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Where is their an ample enough sample size of examples for Lue being this way in the 1.5 years he's been head coach?
Pop's been doing the resting technique for over a decade. Since 2008, the Spurs have won 1 Championship. I love Pop. Great coach. Built an amazing culture with the steadfast help of Buford, David Robinson, and Tim Duncan. The partnership and trust he had with Duncan kept everyone in line and the habits he developed as a coach in 21 years built a system.
What I see in regards to Lue are a bunch of people angry that we haven't won a title every year since LeBron came back. To the point where they turn Derrick Williams for example from a molehill to a mountain.
I just do not see evidence, maybe it will come over a longer swath of years, of these crimes against coachdom that Lue has committed.
Especially when in his half year, we won the title and last year we dealt with a half baked bottom half of the roster to start, followed by key injuries, followed by tons of additions and turnover.
All the while, we still made the Finals(to which zero credit is given Lue) and lost to a team that added a top5 MVP player to a historic 73-9 that already had a top5 MVP player, 2 other two way All Stars, and a swiss army knife 6th man.
We made the finals despite of Lue. Look at the regular season. We were losing games at a crazy clip. If it wasn't for INSANE performances by LeBron and Kyrie in 2016 4 straight games in a row and Draymond being suspended a game, we would have lost the finals 3 times in a row. And even then, we won by a hair. As much as you say there isn't evidence with Lue being a terrible coach, you're attributing all of the success to Lue and not the fact that we've severely underperformed in the regular season with 3 of the top 10 players in the Eastern conference, lost easy games to teams that we didn't even need LeBron for, had terrible bench production with LeBron off the floor, ect.
If you can't blame a 16 point difference between LeBron on and off the bench in +/- on the coach, you have to blame it on the players. Who he chose to play. So it's still on him. Also, let's not forget how terrible the defense was. Watching basketball last season was hell. LeBron is not going to want to play at 100% all games all season. Understand why he's in chill mode since it's season 15. But if you can't muster up a single fucking win with Kyrie and Love, you're doing something wrong.
Now, he's still a young coach and I do think he has the ability to change. He's done some good things. His ATO plays are great. But his timeout timing (even in important games) has been awful, rotations poor, defensive strategies lacking, offense with LeBron off the floor shit, and so on.
Was Mike Brown a good enough coach to win 60 games two years in a row? None of the teams outside of Golden State that we have faced in the finals 3 years in a row are anywhere near as good as the teams we faced in the playoffs then. Maybe Toronto two seasons ago. But come on... We have LeBron fucking James on our team and you're still pushing Lue as a good coach when you've watched the games... Seen his dumbfounded looks... Listened to his terrible post game interviews... Seen what he's done with the rotations... Watch the finals we won again. Tell me how many of those baskets were 1 on 1 or fast breaks.... C'mon dude. I've seen you defend Lue so often and it just pains me to think we could have a coach who currently knows how to coach. I'm hoping he can turn it around with LeBron and Wade together. Maybe study some game tape. But to literally play every game like it's against the Warriors by starting Love is already just a poor long term plan. To me, Ty Lue is to coaching what the 3rd quarters were to Mike Brown on the Cavs...