http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=220202015 My favorite part is this When asked for specifics, Karl replied, "Every night it's a little bit of stubbornness, a little bit of too much dribbling, a little bit of not committing to the team, a little bit of not having pride in how to play the game the right way." Man I wish he was our coach.
Yes, George Karl has made tremendous strides in effecting change in his players with his not-so-patented "Call-them-out-in-the-media" method. Oh, wait . . . . no, no he hasn't.
George has a highly rated assistant coach whom I would like to take over for Rudy when he moves up to the FO: Terry Crisp, I think is his name. Anybody know anything about him?
A quick Terry Crisp bio: Played for Boston, St. Louis, New York, and Philadelphia during an 11-year stint at center, winning 2 league championships in Philly Nine years experience as a head coach, including one championship Current color commentator on Fox Sports South Oh, yeah -- all that's hockey stuff. I assume you were thinking of Terry Stotts. Unfortunately, I can't tell you anything beyond his NBA.com page. None of the other Google results looked promising re: his value as a coach. Sorry.
George said he was ready to trade one of his guys, but who? No one wants big dog and his contract. Everyone wants ray allen. Some people would want sam cassell. What could they get for Allen or Cassell? Anything like equal value? Likely no. They still need a 4 and a 5, since Tim Thomas hasn't taken that spot, and Mase doesn't handle the support role very well. Maybe Kandi, DMiles and McInnis for Cassell. Hard to swallow.
Kimble: Thanks for the correction. I had looked this guy up one time when I heard him touted. My memory faltered and landed on the more familiar Terry Crisp. Here is the link on Stotts: http://www.nba.com/coachfile/terry_stotts/index.html?nav=page He's been by Karl's side for many, many years. Lo and behold, he was drafted by the Houston Rockets! Fate....
I would take Big Dog and his contract. I would give them most any combination of players excluding Francis, Mobley or Griffin plus maybe a #1 to do it. I think the Big Dog does a lot of things pretty well and is an underrated player.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news/ap/20020204/ap-frustratedbucks.html update. Apparenty, the Bucks and Karl don't think there's much chance of value out there, either. Hmm, Bucks need a pf and center, one less ballhog. Rockets have a pf (Taylor) and center (Cato) - to match close with money. Big Dog is a 3. Tim Thomas is a 3. Grif is a 4. Now, what at the 5? Ervin Johnson? Rockets become Bucks west. Brain-dead lights-out gunners at 1,2,3., except we have Grif at 4, Ervin at 5. Does that make sense?
Clearly Karl is unhappy being a Bucks coach and he wants the coaching job at North carolina this is obvious so he makes these petty antics if he trades sam or ray or anyone it will ruin this team. Fire karl problems solved I never liked him as a head coach he caused great confusion in Seattle and hes doing it bucks town now. If you notice Karl never blames himself
