Damn, there goes the highly anticipated Miller, Blake, Roy, Rudy, Nate five guard line-up. Nate teased us with it by suiting up for practice - then he had to go and get injured. Get better Sarge. BNM
So who do you think Nate was guarding that caused him to blow his achilles? My money is on Rudy, but maybe Roy.
To say that it isn't going to be any different doesn't make any sense. Of course it is going to be different. There is no way that Nate and Dean agree on 100% of the sub patterns, play calls and other details of the game. Nate is incredibly stubborn. It took him how many games to realize that Oden doesn't need to come out of the game because he picks up a few fouls? We'll see. If nothing changes and the offense is still stagnant and the three guard lineup is put on the floor, I'm willing to concede that the problem may be bigger than Nate being a mediocre coach with a very talented team.
Dean is a much more intense coach than Nate. I know a lot of folks will find that hard to believe, but Dean is way more intense. Not the control type of intense. But the will to win type of intense.
Nate picked Dean because he knows he will play his hand very close to the same as Nate. He won't teeter off under his own agenda.
Often things like this Gel a team. An injury. A forced absence. Sometimes it causes everybody to elevate their game, because they know more is expected of them. I have no idea if Dean plans on calling every play from the sideline, or if he is going to give the reigns to the players, or even partially give the reigns to the players.
Whatever you want to say about Nate's coaching style, I'll say one thing: Get well ... not necessarily soon, but get well ... eventually.
SoTravis goes down with a major injury, Nate now goes down and can't coach on a rad trip. If only Blake would blow out his knee, some will be happier than they have been all season .. . a perfect trifecta.
I just want him to get lost with the luggage on a road trip and end up in Kalamazoo Michigan for a few days so we get to see if other guys might actually be capable of stepping up in his absence. I wouldn't wish an injury on him, that's despicable ... he'd lose all of his value as an expiring contract if that happened
Hopefully DD will be a little different than Nate with the rotations. I can't imagine his style will be different. I also hope DD takes the ref's to task a bit more than Nate did regarding Oden.
