Cavs: The Podcast – Episode 18 – “Patience is a Virtue”
2012-12-22
What does Byron Scott have to prove? Kevin and I discuss in this 18th installment of Cavs: The Podcast.
https://soundcloud.com/tom-pestak/episode-18-patience-is-a
Commenters: What sorts of changes, results, benchmarks do you think the Cavs should demand of their coach?
Hey Dave, those 3 straight double-doubles by TT have been disappointing. So has the fact that he is essentially giving us the same rebounding numbers as Andy since Andy has been hurt. Oh, and Andy is the leading rebounder in the league. So disappointing…
@Dave – yeah well said. There is no identity and you are right – he hasn’t done much for Pargo/Casspi/Leuer/Samuels. I’m not saying they deserve a lot of minutes but the way he banishes them to the bench for DNPs is not helping their confidence.
I’m a Mike Brown fan. I’d love to see him back with the organization. But I don’t think he wants any job other than HC, and I don’t think the org would basically admit they were wrong 3 years ago when they let him go and switched directions.
If not a new coach, Chris should hire mike brown as defensive consultant.
Simply put, Scott has to start to establish an offensive and defensive identity for this team. Are we a team that plays transition basketball, or do we play a plodding half court-set? Do we press and try to create turnovers or do we pack the paint and dare the opponent to beat us from outside? Do we play a Princeton-inspired offense or whatever? We can only for so long use the excuse that we are young and lack talent. The same is true for New Orleans, Orlando, and Charlotte. A good team with mediocre individual talent can give five talented… Read more »