Hornets fired Paul Silas, Cavs fired Paul Silas. What is it about Paul Silas that makes him a viable candidate for the Warriors? Let's give Monty or any homegrown Warriors assistant coach a chance shall we? Besides, what is Paul Silas about? What is his method of coaching and will it be better considering the flaws that our team has? I just think changing coaches is like putting a band-aid on a gunshot wound. It won't really help us until the players show they can play smart basketball with extra passes, inside defense, made free throws, etc.
I just think if there's any coach we need, it's somebody that has to be more vocal. I don't think Monty feels he's earned the right to tell these guys what to do because he's a rookie coach. If it comes down to Monty's firing, I think we should give Keith Smart or Mario Elie a chance or somebody that's a veteran and has played nba ball. Actually, I don't think Smart has played nba ball, but Elie has. Edit: Smart has (very short) nba experience actually. Smart also played briefly in the NBA, appearing in two games for the San Antonio Spurs during the 1988-89 season. Smart was originally drafted by the Warriors in the second round (41st overall) of the 1988 NBA Draft. http://www.nba.com/coachfile/keith_smart/?nav=page
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting custodianrules2:</div><div class="quote_post">Edit: Smart has (very short) nba experience actually. Smart also played briefly in the NBA, appearing in two games for the San Antonio Spurs during the 1988-89 season. Smart was originally drafted by the Warriors in the second round (41st overall) of the 1988 NBA Draft. http://www.nba.com/coachfile/keith_smart/?nav=page</div> I'm pretty sure Smart was terrific in college, though (I'd have to check the books, but I remember seeing something on FSN about it, including his nailing a game-winning jumper in the NCAA tourney... I think). Regardless, I have a hunch the players respect / relate-to Elie and Smart more so than Monty, just because of their having been players. Further, I really do think especially Mario Elie would make a terrific head coach, at some point. Look at Avery Johnson... he made the switch shortly after his career and has been successful (albeit with a stacked Dallas roster). But Elie has in particular three nice ingredients IMO: 1) He's "walked the talk" for many years as a hard-nosed, defensive minded work-a-holic player and teammate that most everyone respects in the NBA. 2) He's obviously animated, vocal, inspired, passionate, and probably prepared to lay-into players when they lose focus. 3) Refs love him. I think Monty has a great chance to pull this out. I'm at a loss as to how, though. I'm exasperated as a fan right now. If a change does need to be made, let's give Elie a shot.
Right now the team is looking inconsistant,and off balance. I can't say another coach would assure that changed. You Can lead a horse to water but you can't make him play defense.: There seems to be a need to "DO SOMETHING" but realistically,doing "something" is not enough. "Something BETTER" sure,"Something" stupid...been there...didn't like it.
But then again, it's just not the coaching. If you look at our history of bigs and the fact we've lacked a pure point guard (that can score in the nba) for the longest time, it's been our franchise's downfall. You win with talented big men and guards that can feed off the big men. Our big men in the last decade or more has just sucked and it's why we couldn't advance very far in the playoffs or have missed the playoffs. Plus, our guards, as talented as they are, should be able to shoot free throws. Otherwise, what's the point of using their athleticism to get to the foul line.
Losing is never just the coaches fault. However the team wins and loses as a team, I think that is a general belief, almost a fact, maybe. The defense needs help. The way the Warriors are playing needs some adjustments strategy wise(offensively and defensively). Rotations could be better. Communication on defense must improve. Players on the court need to be busting their butt more on defense and for rebounds. Maybe some roles of the players need to change a little bit. In the NBA, especially there needs to be changes and maybe the most accurate term would be adjustments. How long now has it been though, that the coach hasn't known what to do with the team? How long has he said that he doesn't know what to change? It doesn't matter if there is 5 days rest between games or one day between games, there continue to be some problems. With the roster like the Warriors, the coach must be flexible. I agree that you can win with talented big men and guards who can feed them. But I am quite certain that is not the only way that you can win the game of basketball. It doesn't matter at what level you play or watch basketball at, the team that exacutes wins games. Basketball in reality is a very simple game. It's about exacuting and putting the ball in the basket, and playing together on defense and hustling and doing everything you can to stop the other team from getting easy shots and then hustling and fighting for the rebound. I believe maybe exacuting starts with finding an identity. Still, another thing that the Warriors have yet found. I think doing something would be a step near the right direction. Making adjustments and starting to prepare to win games will be the best step though. The team must come together, someway or another and just find a way to establish roles, establish an identity and start to focus on exacution and using the great talents that this team has. Yes this team does have weaknesses, maybe even BIG weaknesses. But this team also has BIG talents too. Let's focus on using these talents now though, yes?
Sorry about Paul Silas. I don't know so much about other coaches in the NBA. So I don't know about him particularly. But having a coach that can have some ideas(at least) on how to improve the team's exacution, hustle, communication on the court, and rotations will be an improvement. Maybe Silas is that man? I don't know. I'd guess possibly.
