His assistants are offering Nate a little cold water too. He will adjust because of new exposure. Not huge changes, but then, 50+ win teams don't need total overhauls.
After an off-season of chirping and squawking about his role, it's going to be pretty interesting to see what kind of dynamic unfolds if he ends up back in a Blazers uniform by the start of training camp. I'm with MM, I think he and Nate are a pretty bad match, but I think it has less to do with on the court stylistic differences than it does with Nate not being the kind of coach that works to build a player up mentally and emotionally -- give Nate a guy that needs encouragement and lots of back slapping to be at his best and they're probably going to struggle, give him a guy who came up with a hard-ass college coach who's used to a stern task-master and they'll probably thrive. I don't see this ending all that well.
Saddest Rudy Quote Ever Hopefully Nate finds a role for him so he can get his psyche out of the gutter and we can get the old sharp shooting attacking Rudy back
I disagree. I think Rudy was given every chance last year to do his thing when he finally got off the injury list. In fact I think the team went out of their way to try and get him going. I also don't buy that going to another team will automatically get him going either. People said the same shit about Sergio and he is out of the league now. How many of those folks were right? 0. According to them, it was all on Nate too. Good players find a way to make things happen. Bad players make excuses.
I think Nate is just trying to work with the management team to try to maintain some modicum of trade value for Rudy; i.e., try to persuade other teams that if we don't get good value for him, we will utilize him ourselves. But Rudy is working very hard every week to lower his trade value, and I don't think Rudy's value will rise above a future late first round pick. The Blazers may just decide to let him buy his way out and go back to Europe. At this point I think I would be OK with that.
http://www.marca.com/2010/08/11/baloncesto/seleccion/1281537413.html Here's the unfiltered article that Dwight Jaynes quotes in ABM's link.
Use google chrome and it will translate everything ... one of the comments was surprising, someone was actually critical of Rudy for not taking full responsibility for his play.
Yes both parties definitely have responsibility. I just hate divorces that don't have to happen. But that's what does happen when sides aren't willing to give up their point of view for the better of the team.
"What is missing from Rudy? Talent? Indisputable. Physical conditions? One need only recall some of his plays. Defensive-minded? Not only defends, but is one of the only Spanish athletes to be able not only to defend but to unhinge an opponent (which is showing in these situations fairly marking players taller than him) in this issue reminds me Yugoslavs. Ability to assume responsibility? Perhaps here we see a defect, sometimes Rudy seems to want to assume more responsibility and leadership that we sometimes lose or spend some extra flourish. The difference between leadership and responsibility Navarro shows him with his game at key moments and difficult both the selection and in the Barcelona is always offered and their decisions in these critical moments often correct." I think this is the quote you talk about? They still think he is a good defender, but still, they do recognize that sometimes he needs to take full responsibility.
