Yost reminded me of George Bush (2nd one). Put him behind a powerhouse and he’s gonna fuck up and look like an idiot but there’s no way he’s gonna completely fail. Those WS Royals squads were immaculately constructed.
Bud was great the first year he got here. He'd stand there in his power stance and actually get into the games. He led us to a 60 win season, and a couple games away from the Finals. After that his demeanor completely changed, and every game he'd be on tbe sideline with huge bags under his eyes, and that confused Bud look on his face. He just became so terrible at making any adjustments in game. He road the coattails of the players to a championship which kept his job a couple more years. I love the guy, but it was past time for him to go. Feel bad for him and his brother during this last series though.
I was shocked he had any success after Milwaukee canned him.
Or Mike D'Antoni or Don Nelson or Tom Thibodeau,
That Royals WS is one of the most irrational championships in my lifetime of any sport I've ever followed probably only surpassed by Leicester City winning the premier league.
Small ball coaches everywhere rejoiced as their style of play was put on full display. Then, as quickly as it arrived, it was never seen again. Truly an anomaly. Their pitching staff was also lights out though.
Zach Lowe has a good discussion of Bud on his pod yesterday. He’s going to be hard to replace, but no adjustments and no half-court offense made his time run out.
Denying the rim to concede 3 pointers is a great strategy over a large sample. That variance can either work in your favor or bite you in the ass. Bud's teams have experienced both sides.
As an Orioles fan who attended the 2014 ALCS, it was so painful to watch your team, which was clearly better over the course of the year get small balled to death and have no answer to what was going on. It was one of the most bizarre experiences of my life.
It looked as if they were gonna coast to a sweep but Booker and Durant had other plans. Which begs the question: was CP3’s molasses-style of play holding them back?
What's the other option for an 8 man rotation instead of Green? Now I don't watch all the late games so I might be wrong but it seems like Green has been on with Jokic off, so of course the +/- is gonna be trash but they've been dominating net rating in the playoffs due to being ok on defense while playing Gordon at the 5 with Jokic off. Would you try Cancar or Nnaji or Bryant instead?
I mean...did I say that? are those not both illegal screens? The ref is even looking right at Zeller while he grabs Hartenstein and physically moves him out of the way to clear space to get a 3 pointer off. And this isn't a Knicks thing--the Heat do this every round in the playoffs because they know they get away with it. They did it last round too against the Bucks. Any time Bam sets a screen he moves his feet and leans into the defender. They have maybe called it once this series on Bam. And quite a few have been dangerous too. Bam has now injured Grimes, Quickley, Randle, Brunson and Mitch this series alone.
Definitely agree on the calling the game consistently. And you’re right, those are illegal screens - do other teams also do them, I’m sure plenty do. Apologies, I’m frustrated that the series is still alive and that we lost last night.
For sure, though the Knicks got Lowry back last night on a nice hook from Barret to get him his 5th foul. Jimmy looked real human last night also - both teams definitely banged up at this point