<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> [imgl]http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006_images/nba.rankings/brian.hill.jpg[/imgl]Brian Hill As we've talked about in the past, Hill isn't exactly at his best when having to adapt or adjust on the fly. Opposing teams flesh out Hill's schemes by halftime, his teams won't know how to react; and even if a sound game plan is in place, Hill hasn't always been the most proactive of motivators. The trick for the Magic coach this time around is to try to take a game or two before being knocked out of the playoffs -- Hill's three playoff series losses have all been sweeps.</div> Source: Sports Illustrated
I'm going to steal this thread idea from you. But what can you expect. I mean I'm haven't seen a lot of Magic games, but from the ones I have, he has done a bad coaching job. He just seems to play the wrong players at the wrong time, and how long will take him to realize Dwight needs more touches. In a way, he is really stunning the growth of Howard's offense game.
Also, he mentions talking about Brian Hill's struggles in the past, here is the old article. <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">I know it seems as if every other one of these columns turns into a Brian Hill ripfest, but we've been watching this same pattern doom teams for years. His early Orlando squads, led by Shaquille O'Neal and Penny Hardaway, didn't just lose to better teams in the playoffs -- they lost to better teams that had half of Orlando's playbook memorized by halftime of the first game. This is why Hall of Fame-level coaches like Larry Brown (with Indiana, 1994), Rudy Tomjanovich (Houston, 1995) and Jackson (Chicago, 1996) made mincemeat of those Magic teams with playoff sweeps. Revisionist history wants to lay the blame at the feet of the feuding superstars or Shaq's foibles at the free throw line. Though these issues didn't exactly help things, they don't lead to four-game sweeps, either. It appears as if the same stylistic issues are dooming this year's Magic: Hill had his team playing next-to-perfect basketball coming out of training camp, taking advantage of an league that usually takes six weeks to get its act together. But the team hasn't been able to think on its collective feet, offer up a new quirk or 10, and Orlando has fallen out of the playoff bracket as a result. The Magic aren't really playing much worse than what we sawin November (although Jameer Nelson stunk it up pretty badly in February); it's just that the rest of the league has grown wise to the team's ways. And it's hard not to foster a dour outlook for a team in the playoff hunt that allows the Bobcats to score 119 points against it with just 17 games left to play.</div> Source: Sports Illustrated
We should ALL email it to him! Seriously, email insider@orlandomagic.com with the subject OTIS and it goes to him.
While we're taking a trip down memory lane... http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writ...ings/index.html
<div class="quote_poster">Voodoo Child Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">While we're taking a trip down memory lane... http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writ...ings/index.html</div> Man, I remember being so excited during that stretch. Now look where we are. This is the exact reason why Brian Hill should be fired. No coach should be able to let their team skyrocket that far down in the standings after being first in the East at one point and still keep their job.
<div class="quote_poster">The One & Only Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Everyone, break out the "Fire Brian Hill" titles.</div> Haha, they've been there for some time.
He has left the playoffs every time getting swept. It's not coincidence that the first 3 playoff series that he coached that the Magic lost was in a sweep. It's a foregone conclusion that this will also be a sweep, so make it 4.
