I picked Lawrence Frank our coach because IMO he lost so many games for us and got outcoached almost every game. And he really is not a good nba coach, he should be a college coach. But thats just me.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (cpawfan @ Apr 19 2008, 08:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>The man that put the bloody roster together</div> +1
Kidd...he did not get the team winning games at the start of the season when the Nets had an easy schedule. Then he ditched the team before the schedule started to become difficult.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Main Event @ Apr 19 2008, 09:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I clicked on other/explain because there was no "all of the above"</div> Same here. I wanted to pick all of em.
It's not one person's fault as you win as a team and lose as a team but I'm choosing Kidd only because nothing Rod or Lawrence could have done this season to make him want to be here and play passionately. When the captain isn't on board it doesn't matter what kind of talent this team had it's just not going to work, it's poisonous. I firmly believe any and all good play in a Nets uni this season was a showcase to prove he still had something left in the tank and to blind potential suitors to the lackluster approach he had to trying to make this team work even if it was flawed. The whole organization took a heavy hit having to tip toe around a quitter they had plastered all over the stadium and after the trade they were essentially against a wall trying to figure out who they were on the fly.
I think it's Lawrence Frank because of the lineup he played at the beginning of the year. Collins and Krstic was not a good idea. Collins and Allen was an even worse idea. This guy was an idiot. We had the ability to be a contender I truly feel and he messed everything up. We started off well too, we were 4-1 and I think Kidd was trying. Carter went down in the Boston game and Kidd gave up shortly after. That's where our season went down and it all goes back to Lawrence Frank.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (cpawfan @ Apr 19 2008, 08:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>The man that put the bloody roster together</div> Much as I like and respect Thorn--and think he has a nice record of turning grist into gold--it is on him. 1. He knew that Kidd wanted out...but didn't pursue a trade as aggressively as he should have. 2. He signed Magloire, a complete waste, when he could have used the $4 million more wisely, instead winding up with him, Malik Allen, Darrell Armstrong. 3. Most importantly, he didn't read and appreciate Hollinger. And if Cuban wasn't panicked by the Laker and Sun trades, he would have been in a much, much worse bargaining position. (Of course, we don't know what Ratner's position was on all this...did he want the team to keep Kidd, for example?)
I chose Frank because of decisions, lineups, offense, not playing sean. I bet Frank is part of the reason why sean wasn't as effective by the end because i read during an interview with sean that he said frank doesn't like him gambling so much and going for the block each time. and let's be honest if sean isn't blocking shots or altering shots then why even put him out there? Back to Frank though, there were enough games that the offense just flat out stunk. no open looks, defense knew exactly what was coming and there seemed to be no adjustments. He's still a young coach so hopefully he learns from his mistakes but there was no reason why the nets should have been that badly outplayed this season.
Not playing Sean??? He started 29 games and played 1,262 minutes. That is more than any player drafted after him and more than nine of the 16 players drafted before him. Sean Williams wasn't ready to play big minutes in the NBA, as he showed at the end of the season. He was foul-prone and even his teammates questioned his attitude PUBLICLY. Frank gets a bad rap on developing young players. In 2004-05, he played Krstic 1,570 minutes, In 2006-07, he played Marcus Williams, Josh Boone and Hassan Adams 2,375 minutes, meaning rookies were on the court a combined 30 minutes per game. He started Adams 8 times, six games more than any player taken in the second half of the 2006 Draft. Yeah, Wright didn't excel, but I think at this point, he has to be considered an uber-bust, one the team dumped after giving him multiple chances... Planinic, basically the same thing (and both had off-court focus issues). Moreover, SOMEONE has to get credit for the progress Boone made all this year, and the progress Harris made after arriving here,
