Dunlap has to go!

[teej]

Reposted in it's full glory because I fucking lost it the first time I saw this. So true. Y'all need to take a Xanex, or something.

Showing patience isn't always a virtue. We didn't show any patience with Sam Vincent and everyone was thrilled. Different circumstances but similar results.

If Kemba and Byron lock Dunlap out of the locker room post-game, we can have the Vincent discussion.

I haven't watched more than 6-7 games in their entirety this season, but I've followed most of them, and I haven't been disappointed at all. We're supposed to lose, the kids are supposed to get better, and that's exactly what's happening. I don't know if the 7-5 mirage made you guys think this team was good, but that's not even close to the story. All the "veterans" are here because they were gift-wrapped to us in some form (Haywood was amnestied. Gordon's LOTTERY team was so happy to get rid of him they added in a lucrative first rounder. Diop came for Matt Carroll and Ryan Hollins and hasn't done anything since. Hakim Warrick came for Carroll, who was promptly waived.) Henderson is mediocre on a good day, and the young guys are all developing, outside of MKG, who because of that concussion could be a wash the rest of this season. And oh by the way, this team already has 13 wins...wasn't everyone predicting a max of 25 in the preseason? The best player on the team is 5'10 and in his first full season...

Phil fucking Jackson wouldn't have more than 20 wins right now.

[ND22]

Thank you Teej, thank you.

[kickazzz2000]

It really can be simplified like that though.

I played football, baseball, soccer, basketball, and ran cross country on various levels as I grew up. We learned at a very young age to do what the coach says. "Eyes up, ears open". I've disagreed with coaches on numerous occasions, but I was only stupid enough to back talk a coach once.

It was one of my friend's dads. We had one of those "complicated" relationships outside the team because I spent enough time around him to be on good terms. I was goofing off outside the huddle trying to stand on a soccer ball for as long as I could and he said something to the effect of "stop that mess and pay attention" (similar to Dunlap and Ben). I said, "hold on I almost got it". I spent the next 5 minutes getting chewed out for disrespect, the ~30 minutes after that running laps and had to stand there while he had a talk with my mom, and I already told you what happens when you get home.

You can have your cute little complicated relationship with the players all you want. This isn't a Disney movie. When you step on that court/field, that stuff goes out the window because it's time to get down to business. It doesn't matter if you hate the coach or don't give one hoot what he has to say. You shut up and do what you're told. The way I grew up says Ben is way wrong and is lucky to have not been Paul Silased.

We'll just have to disagree.

Have you ever managed anything? Can't just tell people what to do, ESPECIALLY in "the south." Cute story about peewee soccer, but when it comes to managing professionals, and I mean professional ANYTHING, if you just expect it to be like some 1950's "yessir nosir" hierarchical organization, you're not going to be very successful.

[SWedd523]

Thanks for the cute response.

It's just my opinion that was cultivated through growing up in the south where, whether you like it or not, things are different from most other parts of the nation.

That opinion is that you listen to those above you. It doesn't matter how old you are or what your role is in the organization. Don't have to like them or respect them, but you still do what you're told.


I'd love to hear your reasoning as to why the yes sir no sir concept is a) antiquated and b) not successful today

[spectre]

^ That's because in the South if you smart mouthed back to an elder you'd get the shit slapped out of you by your Mama right then and there.

God bless those dear Southern women...they knew how to raise 'em right.

[SWedd523]

^ That's because in the South if you smart mouthed back to an elder you'd get the shit slapped out of you by your Mama right then and there.

God bless those dear Southern women...they knew how to raise 'em right.

Seriously. I told my mom the other day (mostly joking) that she couldn't tell me what to do since I'm not a kid anymore.


"Don't make me drive all the way down to Columbia just to beat that smart ass of yours!"



I find it crazy that somebody could say you can't tell somebody what to do, ESPECIALLY in the South. That's just mind boggling

[BrotherDave]

I've had some basketball coaches that I should have told to STFU. That's one of the problems with the South and world in general, people getting respect that have no business being respected in the first place.

[SJackson1]

i'm not sure what to think of Dunlap to be honest, he came to the worst team in NBA history.

[CharlotteNBATeamFan]

In my opinion last season at this time when our Bobcats got dominated it was in large part due to a lack of effort. I really don't think that for the most part we can say that about this Dunlap coached Bobcats team. The effort appears to be there more often than not even when the team loses by 20+ on occasion. Usually those type of losses happen against the best teams in the league as one would expect.

Ben Gordon is not squat on this team other than a rich diva who is contributing little in the way of production or leadership. He may not like the situation he is in but he is more than well paid and he should bide his time and make the most of his situation. I know if I was paid what he is paid I could take a lot of s&^% off of people.

In other words the Ben Gordon incident should hardly be an indictment on coach Dunlap.

The verdict is still to be made in my opinion as to how good a job coach Dunlap has done with this team. As of now I would give coach Dunlap a solid B.