Time To Throw The Book At Monty Williams?

[jonathanlambert33]

Monty's Offense:
According to the eye-test, Monty is highly in favor of attacking the paint through penetration, at the expense of both ball movement and the three point shot, regardless of whether the opponent is defensively set or not. No doubt attempts close to the basket are ideal shots, but there are times, when from even that close, it isn't optimal. The numbers below support the notion that our somewhat 1-dimensional offense is making things far too easy on defenses (and, later in the article, making certain lineup rotations akin to doomsday devices):
Ball movement - EVERY team in the association has at least one player on their roster averaging 1.0 or greater secondary assists a game but one, your Pelicans. Zero, zip, zilch! The closest player? Jrue Holiday sitting at .7, an absolutely dismal mark for a starting point guard. Further, the top teams in the league (OKC, MIA, SAS) have at least 2 players and many others come close. With nearly all teams, the majority of their large minute guys (outside of most bigs) are above .5. After Holiday's mark, every other Pelican sits at .5 or worse. To put things in perspective, the Pelicans offense rarely makes opposing defenses off the ball do any work and thus defenses need only concern themselves with the point of attack.

http://www.thebirdwrites.com/2014/3/7/5450850/who-is-to-blame

 

[bosoxlover12]

TL;DR: Monty sucks

 

[BwareDWare94]

He sucks, yeah, but the top 9 are all better teams and the tenth team, Minnesota, is probably better, too. While he's a bad coach, a good coach would have made very little difference in regard to this team's potential for this season. As long as he's fired after the fact, you can be happy. 

 

[Elite]

I remember when you sucked his dick a few years ago

 

[jonathanlambert33]

He sucks, yeah, but the top 9 are all better teams and the tenth team, Minnesota, is probably better, too. While he's a bad coach, a good coach would have made very little difference in regard to this team's potential for this season. As long as he's fired after the fact, you can be happy.

I don't think it's so much about the wins and losses, position in the standings, etc. You have to look at the big picture. The guy does a lot of things that just don't add up. I've always thought, and still think, that he's a fine coach leading up to the game, in his preparation, the teams preparation, etc. It's his ability to coach in game though, things happen so fast and some coaches just don't have the ability to put their teams in the best position during the game. Look at how long it took him to finally figure out the best role for Tyreke, and look at what he's done since.

 

[jonathanlambert33]

Monty was asked why Luke Babbitt hasn't been playing, and he said it's because teams have been playing bigger and stronger at the four. That is my beef, he reacts to the opponent instead of creating a possible mismatch and forcing them to react. That is playing not to lose, great coaches play to win.

 

[elcheato]

I remember when you sucked his dick a few years ago

Everyone makes mistakes.