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Maybe it's because you didn't drink Canadian bagged milk like I told you to
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No, dude.
A coach does not pay attention to lottery standings, percentages, who won/lost that night, or the night before. Their job is to coach.
That's what he did. He treated game 81, the same as he treated game 1.
The fault, lies with the top. THEY, are the ones that have to factor in everything, every single detail. Including Mike.
They needed to be the ones to pull Mike and say, here's what we need.......and then, Mike goes out and does that.
They didn't do that.
So, he went out, and did his job, which is to coach this team.
Hopefully you've noticed, Mitch has an agenda. Mike has his agenda. Kobe has his agenda. Pau, agenda. Nick Young, a damn agenda.
What's going on is, no one is at the top, lining everything up. Mitch needs to get Mike on the same page, Kobe, Pau, Young, Farmar, etc etc on down the line.
Tell me, do you see that, this year?
Absolutely not.
Kobe out here takin huge contracts from Mitch, then sayin Mitch better win fast.
Mike is hired for next year one day, fired the next. His team "quit" on him in game 50, but played balls out in game 81.
Pau, I mean, do I need to explain Pau this year?
Nick Young, contract player. Joyfully ruining our draft position all year long, so he can keep his job. (not to ya know, help HIS team get better players for him to play alongside, no, not that)
In the end, Jim and Jeanie sit in their offices doing, what? Watching it all unfold.
A coach does not pay attention to lottery standings, percentages, who won/lost that night, or the night before. Their job is to coach.
That's what he did. He treated game 81, the same as he treated game 1.
The fault, lies with the top. THEY, are the ones that have to factor in everything, every single detail. Including Mike.
They needed to be the ones to pull Mike and say, here's what we need.......and then, Mike goes out and does that.
They didn't do that.
So, he went out, and did his job, which is to coach this team.
Hopefully you've noticed, Mitch has an agenda. Mike has his agenda. Kobe has his agenda. Pau, agenda. Nick Young, a damn agenda.
What's going on is, no one is at the top, lining everything up. Mitch needs to get Mike on the same page, Kobe, Pau, Young, Farmar, etc etc on down the line.
Tell me, do you see that, this year?
Absolutely not.
Kobe out here takin huge contracts from Mitch, then sayin Mitch better win fast.
Mike is hired for next year one day, fired the next. His team "quit" on him in game 50, but played balls out in game 81.
Pau, I mean, do I need to explain Pau this year?
Nick Young, contract player. Joyfully ruining our draft position all year long, so he can keep his job. (not to ya know, help HIS team get better players for him to play alongside, no, not that)
In the end, Jim and Jeanie sit in their offices doing, what? Watching it all unfold.
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looks really bad for the front office when nick young tells reporters before the game that hes going to go all out and prevent us from getting a good draft pick (that would take his playing time) and is actually allowed to do it
lakers front office cant even outsmart nick young
lakers front office cant even outsmart nick young
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http://espn.go.com/blog/los-angeles...43/despite-victory-mike-dantoni-wont-win-fans
Damn the system for maximizing talent and damn the Jazz for being so inept at developing their youngsters.
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From the same link.
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Which is why...
Many of us said...
Jim Buss, is, an, idiot.
2 years ago.
Many of us said...
Jim Buss, is, an, idiot.
2 years ago.
As usual, you deliver the news they don't wanna hear. Thank you, good work this season.
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No, dude.
A coach does not pay attention to lottery standings, percentages, who won/lost that night, or the night before. Their job is to coach.
That's what he did. He treated game 81, the same as he treated game 1.
The fault, lies with the top. THEY, are the ones that have to factor in everything, every single detail. Including Mike.
They needed to be the ones to pull Mike and say, here's what we need.......and then, Mike goes out and does that.
They didn't do that.
So, he went out, and did his job, which is to coach this team.
Hopefully you've noticed, Mitch has an agenda. Mike has his agenda. Kobe has his agenda. Pau, agenda. Nick Young, a damn agenda.
What's going on is, no one is at the top, lining everything up. Mitch needs to get Mike on the same page, Kobe, Pau, Young, Farmar, etc etc on down the line.
Tell me, do you see that, this year?
Absolutely not.
Kobe out here takin huge contracts from Mitch, then sayin Mitch better win fast.
Mike is hired for next year one day, fired the next. His team "quit" on him in game 50, but played balls out in game 81.
Pau, I mean, do I need to explain Pau this year?
Nick Young, contract player. Joyfully ruining our draft position all year long, so he can keep his job. (not to ya know, help HIS team get better players for him to play alongside, no, not that)
In the end, Jim and Jeanie sit in their offices doing, what? Watching it all unfold.
Man, I agree with everything you are saying overall. BUT, there's no way in hell you can blame Nick Young for ballin on a contract year and for trying to keep his job. WTF kind of logic would it be for a player to do the opposite. You think he's gonna go out there and purposely play like ****? That just wouldn't make sense. But everyone else, you right 100%. Losing Jerry Buss was one of the worst things to happen to us. With him, we had a certain way of doing things that everyone would have to conform to down the line. Jim/Jeanie got no clue what they are doing.
Last night was the most angry I've been over a Lakers win maybe ever. :x
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You had a lot of disagreements with that? There was a line of folks defending Jim to you?
Pretty sure everyone put their faith in Mitch, and not Jim back then.
And to be fair to Jim, damning him during his "rookie" year as an owner, is rather unfair. You do need to give a guy a few years to see what he can do.
Mitch has been with the org 30+ years. He worked for Jerry Buss, and Jerry West. Mitch KNOWS what needs to be done, and how it needs to get done. Moreso than Jim in fact. So even if Jim is leaning a wrong direction, Mitch should be able to say hey, boss, lean the other way for me big fella, and the tides straighten out.
Jim pays the bills, no doubt, but Mitch is the one we entrust to run the org. Just as Phil is about to start running the Knicks org. Danny Ainge in Boston, Larry Bird in Indiana, Pat Riley in Miami, etc.
Relax, I'm not dead on Nick for last night only, I know why he played hard, and that's fine. Their job is to play hard, and for the most part, this Laker team did that, for 81 games, give or take a stinker that's to be expected from time to time.
In a perfect world, Mitch tells MDA what the deal is, MDA goes out, we're down 13, perfect. Young starts to heat up, MDA pulls the plug on him. That's how it should have gone.
I don't blame Nick for playing hard. I blame Nick for coming out before, and after the game, KNOWING the scenario of draft pick this and that from Laker reporters, and him absolutely glowing that he personally ruined that ****. Not, a good look.
Jodie Meeks played well last night (and every night) too. Jodie wasn't running around to mics happily mocking folks that he ruined our draft odds, right?
Nick was. Nick, never accused of being all that bright, and there's your difference.
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Mike could drive a F-150 truck into a schoolyard and run over little girls at the playground and you'd still find a way to have his back.
"It's not Mikes responsibility to look out for kids while he's cruisin. Those kids should of found somewhere else to play at. That playground should of been built somewhere else. The school principle should of stopped it. Let Mike live. The man can't win"
"It's not Mikes responsibility to look out for kids while he's cruisin. Those kids should of found somewhere else to play at. That playground should of been built somewhere else. The school principle should of stopped it. Let Mike live. The man can't win
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"I have Mike's back"
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I have an idea. we should all create a billboard ala #stayd12 except it should say #HireCP for the GM position.
Would you take the job cp? You'd have to leave your family behind in Oregon.
How loyal are you to the Lakers?
Would you take the job cp? You'd have to leave your family behind in Oregon.
How loyal are you to the Lakers?
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So coach Cal was on First Take this morning and pretty much shotgun shot down the Lakers coaching rumors...
So MVP I hope those authorities of yours has some secret knowledge that would make him lie on national tv which in turn would make him look like a fool...
You will never be able to live down those "authorities" of yours
So MVP I hope those authorities of yours has some secret knowledge that would make him lie on national tv which in turn would make him look like a fool...
You will never be able to live down those "authorities" of yours
I have an idea. we should all create a billboard ala #stayd12 except it should say #HireCP for the GM position.
Would you take the job cp? You'd have to leave your family behind in Oregon.
How loyal are you to the Lakers?
You shouldn't joke about that, gonna have people in here rioting.
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teamgiveCPachance
darthska
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So again, to reiterate:When should we tell them that it's on upper management to inform the coach of what needs/should be done? Or should I just let them believe it's on Mike?This is the type of imcompetence I look forward to next season.Exactly the type of post I came to make, right down to Rondo & Gortat making Mike realize.Originally Posted by L2B
So...
Mike D'Antoni didn't know how the NBA Lottery system works...
He admitted, in quote, that he thought in tonight's game "didn't matter" if we won or lost, chances would remain the same.
Yet this is the coach some of you dudes choose to defend!? This dude doesn't even know how the draft system works.
Us not knowing is one thing, we're fans. This guy is being paid 5 million dollars to know these sorts of things, is he not?
Or would he have known if he had Rondo and Gortat?
This dudes a joke.
You're the nicer guy, you make the call.
- failures: not the coach's fault. He doesn't play; the players do. He doesn't run things; the FO does. No bad... is his fault.
- successes: "Thank you, #basedMDA!!"
Got it.
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whos taking the time to replace LTB's sn in these quotes with "L2B"?
the quote button already writes his whole name out for you
the quote button already writes his whole name out for you
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Nooooo your not obsessed with the lakers. Not you
darthska
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"He's not a good coach" =/= "I want him outta here."
"He's not a good coach" = "He's not a good coach."
"He's so incompetent" = "He's not a good coach."
"Good coach, but it's just not a good fit" = "I want him outta here."
Just because you said you want him gone, doesn't mean you think he's a bad coach.
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It wasn't Jim's rookie year running the team though. If has been multiple articles, multiple trusted people in the league and organization that has said over and over that Jim has been pretty much running things since 2009/2010.
He is doing the exact same job he has been doing for years. The only thing that has changed is his daddy died & his title has changed. That's about it.
The change has been on the outside but not in the organization itself. Only to outsiders
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But Jeanie has the final say right?
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If my 2000 fire red v retro didnt fall apart today id still be mad at the win last night smh
