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Today i was reading Netsdaily and say like 5 or 6 articles on how many in toronto feel Coach Frank out coached Mitchell. So one could maybe assume that mabye that could be grounds enough for making him not the worst coach. In an example of what the articles were saying i copied a post from a toronto blog reguarding this topic.
[November 22, 2008
Game 12: Raps vs. Nets - Post-game
JayJay wrote this today:
Well, the guy who we said the Raptors couldn’t have hurt them, seriously hurt them. Well, he more than hurt them, he killed them. Vince did everything that a team leader was supposed to do last night, making the shot to send his team into overtime and then finding a way to get loose in overtime to throw down a dunk to win it. But realistically, this is another game that the Raptors let get away and while we have been defending Sam here, this could be the game that essentially sealed his fate.
I bring up Sam’s job security here because there really isn’t any excuse for a) Vince being able to even get a 3-point shot off at the end of the game; b) Vince being able to get loose at the end of the game for a dunk. You have to know that when the game is on the line, there is only one guy the Nets are going to look for. If the ball isn’t going to Vince with the game on the line, then something is seriously wrong. So you have to wonder why the Raptors didn’t foul Vince as soon as he touched the ball before taking the 3. Sure, you don’t want to foul him in the act and send him to the line for 3 easy ones, but at the same time, we’ve all seen him make clutch shots before (and also miss them…if we go back to the infamous final shot against Philly). Apparently the word from Sam is that the players were instructed to foul Vince if his back was to the basket, but why the hell would his back be to the basket that far out with hardly any time left on the clock? That should have been a slap right away.
As far as the dunk in OT, that’s inexcusable. Again, you know that with that little time left on the clock, the Nets are going to look for Vince. Lawrence Frank is a smart enough coach that he is going to draw something up for Vince, get the ball in his hands and let the fate rest there. So the fact that he essentially just walks around two Raptors on his wayk for an easy ally-oop just makes you wonder what is going on defensively for the Raptors.
We have brought up a million times here that the worst part about Sam is that coming out of timeouts or on inbound plays, the Raptors can’t run an effective play. Roaches when the lights come on. Everyone just running in circles with their hands up. It’s embarrassing. The fact that AP had to take a timeout when he couldn’t get the ball in and then the ABSOLUTELY INEXCUSABLE gaffe of Bargs not inbounding the ball at all comes down to coaching. At worst, if the 5 seconds that SHOULD be internally counting down in your head is about to expire, toss the ball off a defender’s leg or try to force a pass. You can’t just stand there with the ball and turn it over. I mean, really.
Once again, the Raptors showed their inability to step on a team’s neck. There were plenty of opportunities for the Raptors to close this one out, but they kept letting the Nets back into the game. That’s the difference between good teams and .500 teams. If you can’t close teams out when you have the lead in the 4th quarter, you don’t deserve to win. You have to have that killer’s instinct that the Raptors clearly do not possess. I am not sure what it will take for the Raptors to gain that instinct, maybe it’s another coach, but if they want to move forward, if they want to become a better team, things are going to have to change.
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So do we have the worst coach in the nba, or maybe we have diamond in the ruff.
[November 22, 2008
Game 12: Raps vs. Nets - Post-game
JayJay wrote this today:
Well, the guy who we said the Raptors couldn’t have hurt them, seriously hurt them. Well, he more than hurt them, he killed them. Vince did everything that a team leader was supposed to do last night, making the shot to send his team into overtime and then finding a way to get loose in overtime to throw down a dunk to win it. But realistically, this is another game that the Raptors let get away and while we have been defending Sam here, this could be the game that essentially sealed his fate.
I bring up Sam’s job security here because there really isn’t any excuse for a) Vince being able to even get a 3-point shot off at the end of the game; b) Vince being able to get loose at the end of the game for a dunk. You have to know that when the game is on the line, there is only one guy the Nets are going to look for. If the ball isn’t going to Vince with the game on the line, then something is seriously wrong. So you have to wonder why the Raptors didn’t foul Vince as soon as he touched the ball before taking the 3. Sure, you don’t want to foul him in the act and send him to the line for 3 easy ones, but at the same time, we’ve all seen him make clutch shots before (and also miss them…if we go back to the infamous final shot against Philly). Apparently the word from Sam is that the players were instructed to foul Vince if his back was to the basket, but why the hell would his back be to the basket that far out with hardly any time left on the clock? That should have been a slap right away.
As far as the dunk in OT, that’s inexcusable. Again, you know that with that little time left on the clock, the Nets are going to look for Vince. Lawrence Frank is a smart enough coach that he is going to draw something up for Vince, get the ball in his hands and let the fate rest there. So the fact that he essentially just walks around two Raptors on his wayk for an easy ally-oop just makes you wonder what is going on defensively for the Raptors.
We have brought up a million times here that the worst part about Sam is that coming out of timeouts or on inbound plays, the Raptors can’t run an effective play. Roaches when the lights come on. Everyone just running in circles with their hands up. It’s embarrassing. The fact that AP had to take a timeout when he couldn’t get the ball in and then the ABSOLUTELY INEXCUSABLE gaffe of Bargs not inbounding the ball at all comes down to coaching. At worst, if the 5 seconds that SHOULD be internally counting down in your head is about to expire, toss the ball off a defender’s leg or try to force a pass. You can’t just stand there with the ball and turn it over. I mean, really.
Once again, the Raptors showed their inability to step on a team’s neck. There were plenty of opportunities for the Raptors to close this one out, but they kept letting the Nets back into the game. That’s the difference between good teams and .500 teams. If you can’t close teams out when you have the lead in the 4th quarter, you don’t deserve to win. You have to have that killer’s instinct that the Raptors clearly do not possess. I am not sure what it will take for the Raptors to gain that instinct, maybe it’s another coach, but if they want to move forward, if they want to become a better team, things are going to have to change.
Popularity: 5% [?]
* Filed under: Raptors Forum
So do we have the worst coach in the nba, or maybe we have diamond in the ruff.
