Just to piss everyone off.... 1) Neil called Layman's "3rd year leap" before the season even started. Kudos, Neil. 2) Stotts INCREASED Layman's minutes with the addition of Hood. Kudos, Stotts. 3) Hood looking like a great pickup. Kudos, Neil.
1.) Yes, but then again he's always been confident in his picks. 2.) Kudos for common sense? 3.) After one game? I think he's a good pickup but a lot of fans seem to be saying hes looking like a good move based off one game.
If he is, it is self-inflicted. Between nagging injuries and lackluster attitude he was not someone the team could rely on. Too bad, as when he was at his best I thought he was better than Aminu.
Collins is just having a sophomore version of the rookie wall....he'll snap out of it...Meyers rookie wall lasted 5 years
1) glad you agree. 2) glad you agree. Many here thought Stotts would cut his minutes, so many were wrong. 3) so far, so good.
I'm not surprised he hit a wall. We fired the only person on the team that gave Meyers any self confidence. And concerning basketball, Meyers has never had any. That was Neil's own damn fault. Because someone violates corporate policy and cost him some imaginary chance with Greg Monroe that never really existed.
When Dame who's played against Rodney says he's a hell of a player, I'll take that perspective over anybody around here..the man knows what he's talking about
I don't know if you saw my post in the game thread but Layman only initially entered the game because Stotts asked Hood to come in and he ran back to the locker room and didn't come out for several minutes. Stotts stood around puzzled for a second before basically having to put Layman in. Once Layman got in the game it would have been impossible to take him out. Who knows if he would've even played if not for that? Hopefully Stotts learned something about the lineups that game. If you saw what I saw there is no way you could give credit to Stotts until he shows consistently that Layman deserves to play.
He doesn't praise them all nor experience playing them either...I stand by my view of his opinion...Stotts too...I never water down their take on players or anything hoop oriented..I think greatness stems from positive affirmation as well as hard work
I do have respect for people who are successful at their career and the knowledge their experience brings....this place cracks me up at times....arm chair experts are all around. Some of the guys under the microscope actually are the experts.
If you had asked Dame a week ago what he thought of Sauce, or Baldwin, or Swanigan you would have gotten an equally glowing review. It's great that Dame doesn't throw his team-mates under the bus in public...but don't mistake diplomacy as an objective evaluation.
Charles Barkley has been my favorite athlete for most of my adult life. And on a lot of things he's full of shit. But on a lot of others he's absolutely bang on correct. I'd say that's no worse than the average politician. He get's paid to spout crap. But that isn't the stuff he's right about.
