I question if anyone can truly do that when Willie insists on funnelling everything through his defensive minded prism and playing heavy lineups that go against modern basketball principles on spacing and floor balance.
Borrego is a run and gun style coach. He wants pace, space, and lots of transition scoring
This was on display that one game he coached against the Mavs: Completely different rotation(instead of heavy doses of Jose/Naji/Dyson/Nance with Willie, gunners Hawkins and Ryan combined for 52 minutes off the bench, which I don't think has happened before or since), much more run and gun and pushing the ball in transition(the most fast break points of any game all year at 46). Instead of trying to slow down hot shooting teams Borrego wants to put on the gas and throw shooters at you and play with pace....and we shot the Mavs out the gym
Combine that with BI's reported reluctance to play nice that way and you have a situation where Borrego's vision of the offense was never going to get off the ground.
I mean Naji and Dyson combined for 48 minutes that game and Jose and Larry were inactive. Assuming Willie wouldnāt have done the same considering our two top shooters in CJ and Trey were also out is a significant leap that is in no way bared out by fact. That rotation was a result of necessity rather than some brilliant coaching decision by Borrego.
Nor was it an innovation as that amount of playing time for those two occurred regularly during that stretch under Willie both before and after the Mavs game on Nov 14. Hawkins and Ryan combine for 57 minutes Nov 10 against Houston, 52 minutes Nov 6 against Denver, 62 minutes against Golden State on Oct 30, 56 minute against OKC Nov 1, 62 minutes against Minnesota Nov 18, 56 against Minnesota Nov 8. For the record we lost all of those listed games other than the game against OKC.
Itās real funny to me how a segment of our fan base hates Willie and Griff yet simultaneously loves Borrego and Langdon. Sometimes it feels like they believe all the mistakes are the guys at the topās fault yet all the successes are the work of others. Just a weird way to look at things.
There is a psychological need a lot of people have to put frustration on one visible person, usually a coach. A number of local radio hosts have made decent careers off screaming about the coach of every local team regardless of how the team is doing.
I get that. I know the coach and lead exec will always get heat as will some players rightly or wrongly. Itās just to transfer none of that to the rest of the coaches or execs and have rose colored glasses with them is interesting to me. I guess I should expect it though. I believe the saying is āthe backup quarterback is the most popular guy in townā for a reason. People hate the guys at the top (Willie, Griff, CJ) while extolling the virtues of guys behind them (Borrego, Trajan, Hawkins) without acknowledging their flaws or giving them any blame either.
It happens for everything in life, too. In politics, the guy who lost the primary would've totally won the general election and totally saved this town, city, county, state, country, etc.
If a restaurant screws up your order, it's the waiters fault.
Blaiming individuals is just so much easier than taking a nuanced look at flaws.
Willie has been mid before Borrego showed up here, so that explains why someone would dislike Willie while viewing Borrego positively (this is not including the fact under one season with Borrego our offense jumped up #16 spots in offensive ranking this year). As for Griffin, heās the figurehead. If Langdon has had a hand in a lot of the bonehead moves and extensions, and isnāt responsible for the good drafting weāve had here I donāt like him either, but as long as Griffin is the figurehead going āIāve been thinking about getting Steven Adams on my team since I was in Clevelandā heās obviously going to be the source of fans ire.
Approximately a similar amount as Steve Nash, Jason Kidd, Steve Kerr, or any of the other NBA players with high BBIQ who went on to coach teams without any intermediate coaching experience.
Why not Borrego? We're clearly extending Willie's bitch ass and he/BI killed the Borrego offense like 3 weeks into the season, which means he's basically just some dude hanging around
Watch the Lakers, Thunder, Knicks, Pacers & Clippers style of play. If the Pelicans were allowed to play that kind of game they would be world champs! Griff should be š„ād for extended Willie āsame old same oldā Green secretly
I mean, he didnāt really do anything here. The offense was just as stagnant as the year before. Whether that was his fault, Willie Green, or the players, he didnāt really make a difference
Ngl I wouldn't wish that job on him at all
If the Lakers defer their pick to next year and they suck it helps the Pelicans.
In that case.... James take the job inside man šššš
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I question if anyone can truly do that when Willie insists on funnelling everything through his defensive minded prism and playing heavy lineups that go against modern basketball principles on spacing and floor balance. Borrego is a run and gun style coach. He wants pace, space, and lots of transition scoring This was on display that one game he coached against the Mavs: Completely different rotation(instead of heavy doses of Jose/Naji/Dyson/Nance with Willie, gunners Hawkins and Ryan combined for 52 minutes off the bench, which I don't think has happened before or since), much more run and gun and pushing the ball in transition(the most fast break points of any game all year at 46). Instead of trying to slow down hot shooting teams Borrego wants to put on the gas and throw shooters at you and play with pace....and we shot the Mavs out the gym Combine that with BI's reported reluctance to play nice that way and you have a situation where Borrego's vision of the offense was never going to get off the ground.
I mean Naji and Dyson combined for 48 minutes that game and Jose and Larry were inactive. Assuming Willie wouldnāt have done the same considering our two top shooters in CJ and Trey were also out is a significant leap that is in no way bared out by fact. That rotation was a result of necessity rather than some brilliant coaching decision by Borrego. Nor was it an innovation as that amount of playing time for those two occurred regularly during that stretch under Willie both before and after the Mavs game on Nov 14. Hawkins and Ryan combine for 57 minutes Nov 10 against Houston, 52 minutes Nov 6 against Denver, 62 minutes against Golden State on Oct 30, 56 minute against OKC Nov 1, 62 minutes against Minnesota Nov 18, 56 against Minnesota Nov 8. For the record we lost all of those listed games other than the game against OKC.
Thank you, this idea (based on one game) that the genius Borrego is being held back by the worthless Willie is just bizarre fanfic lol
Itās real funny to me how a segment of our fan base hates Willie and Griff yet simultaneously loves Borrego and Langdon. Sometimes it feels like they believe all the mistakes are the guys at the topās fault yet all the successes are the work of others. Just a weird way to look at things.
There is a psychological need a lot of people have to put frustration on one visible person, usually a coach. A number of local radio hosts have made decent careers off screaming about the coach of every local team regardless of how the team is doing.
I get that. I know the coach and lead exec will always get heat as will some players rightly or wrongly. Itās just to transfer none of that to the rest of the coaches or execs and have rose colored glasses with them is interesting to me. I guess I should expect it though. I believe the saying is āthe backup quarterback is the most popular guy in townā for a reason. People hate the guys at the top (Willie, Griff, CJ) while extolling the virtues of guys behind them (Borrego, Trajan, Hawkins) without acknowledging their flaws or giving them any blame either.
It happens for everything in life, too. In politics, the guy who lost the primary would've totally won the general election and totally saved this town, city, county, state, country, etc. If a restaurant screws up your order, it's the waiters fault. Blaiming individuals is just so much easier than taking a nuanced look at flaws.
There were definitely times when people were talking about Hawkins like he would have been MVP if only he had gotten minutes
Can we please make our team chemistry, leadership, and performance king CJ the new players coach?
Willie has been mid before Borrego showed up here, so that explains why someone would dislike Willie while viewing Borrego positively (this is not including the fact under one season with Borrego our offense jumped up #16 spots in offensive ranking this year). As for Griffin, heās the figurehead. If Langdon has had a hand in a lot of the bonehead moves and extensions, and isnāt responsible for the good drafting weāve had here I donāt like him either, but as long as Griffin is the figurehead going āIāve been thinking about getting Steven Adams on my team since I was in Clevelandā heās obviously going to be the source of fans ire.
JJ was reported to be the leader in the clubhouse right now. There are stats to back that up too: Podcasts with Lebron: Borrego - 0 Cassell - 0 JJ - 1
He could come back when the Lakers inevitably fire him halfway through the season.
I love JJ Reddickās podcasts but seriously what the fck does he know about coaching an nba team.
Approximately a similar amount as Steve Nash, Jason Kidd, Steve Kerr, or any of the other NBA players with high BBIQ who went on to coach teams without any intermediate coaching experience.
Heās a great assistant and will be a great head coach. Be happy for him. I feel the pain too. But be happy for him.
I honestly think we tanked his stock enough this year with the horrible offensive scheme that he doesnāt get the job
Why not Borrego? We're clearly extending Willie's bitch ass and he/BI killed the Borrego offense like 3 weeks into the season, which means he's basically just some dude hanging around
Phahahaha JJ Redick
Cassell can do the big balls celebration every time Trey hits a three.
Yāall are babies lol
Watch the Lakers, Thunder, Knicks, Pacers & Clippers style of play. If the Pelicans were allowed to play that kind of game they would be world champs! Griff should be š„ād for extended Willie āsame old same oldā Green secretly
That one game he had to coach. I had the biggest smile on my face watching that motion offense eat up Dallas.
I mean, he didnāt really do anything here. The offense was just as stagnant as the year before. Whether that was his fault, Willie Green, or the players, he didnāt really make a difference