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Originally Posted by TaShawn  I just like Flip because he is a nice man.
Classy press conference by him. Mentioning Dice's G-Ma's death and almost tearing up himself. Then he made sure to give credit to Bill Davidson, Joe D, Stuckey, and many others as he reflected on the organization and the game.
He's pressing 90% of the right buttons so far this post season. The team is playing extremely hard and smart. |
He is doing a lot more this season vs. last season. And tons more than the year before that where he basically systematically started to tear the team apart. 90% though. Nope. Maybe 70%. Thats a C- coach coaching an excellent team. Now, the season ain't over yet, Flip could still up his grade a notch or two.
You want specific problems? Hayes still got in there to stink things up this last game, even after Flip had a whole season to try and find a better solution at backup small forward.
Herrmann is dressing over Amir? Uhhh, wait a sec, Herrmann is the slowest player we have, ie the least quickest. Not even close to the next guy. Amir is about our quickest. This is pretty much utter craziness.
Afflalo has shown all year to be a solid defender, and yet it seems Flip keeps finding excuses not to play the guy. I do have to give him credit for the time Afflalo has played, which has been substantial, but the playing time Afflalo has gotten falls far short of what he should be getting. Individual grade on this by the way is 70%, right at Flips overall average.
Amir also has played. But only about 50% of the amount he should have gotten. Will call this about a D grade. Not failure, not E+, not D-, but a solid D.
Stuckey. Despite his threats to find excuses not to play Stuckey until, well, something far south of here freezes over, Stuckey got in there about as soon as could be expected and did get serious minutes. About 90% of what he should have gotten. Thats an A grade. Stuckey is actually ready to play for the playoffs, this is an accomplishment. Good job Flip on this.
Dyess was overplayed in the regular season. But not too severely. Still, his minutes over last year went too far up. Bad player management. C.
Sheed, Tay, Billups, and Rip all played less. And yet, they were all a year older. The minutes could have come down a bit more yet. B.
On Maxiell, good recognition that his minutes count was getting too high, and backing off playing him some. A.
Playing rotations that make sense, that matchup on D. Very poor. Orlando should not have competed with us, for instance. Giving them constantly good favorable matchups at the forwards spot continually hurt us, and was never addressed. D.
Defense. B. You may not like zones, but knowing how to play them can come in handy for throwing a monkey wrench into their offense here and there. Flip would have an A here, but since he so seldom chooses to matchup to the other team on defense, and often fails to adjust even after we are getting burnt for several minutes, the grade is lower. Yeah, thats a double penalty for the poor rotations, live with it. Its important.
Getting his team to run a logical game plan on offense. C. Erratic. Like, when was the last time we got one of their key players in foul trouble? You know, if their best scorer was in foul trouble, it just might help. Why did Sheed jack up 6 threes last game? Good questions. No answers. The Pistons have shown they can play right, attack the basket, avoid long shots that trigger fast breaks, drive inside until they are in so much foul trouble it gives us a great advantage. But its erratic.
05-14-2008, 08:06 PM
Re: Saunders deserves credit 
