Vincents Relationship with the Players

[MattD]

Anyone here about this... from espn's recap of the charlotte game:

"It was a positive ending to a rough week for the Bobcats, who entered with the league's longest losing streak. Coach Sam Vincent put his team through two difficult days of practice that included a heated exchange between Vincent and Okafor at the end of Friday's workout.
Vincent was upset that Charlotte wasn't getting the ball to Okafor. They changed that in the first half, with Okafor scoring 13 points as the Bobcats built a 49-42 lead."

That may go along with what others have said about the players and how they feel like they may know more then Vincent etc. But this is interesting coming from Mek the mild mannered guy. Also the fact that Vincent said he was going to make the team practice 7 days a week, doesnt seem like a good idea to me, never giving the players a break... thoughts?

[davcbow]

What ever was said or done behind the scenes, it worked..... We won finally!

Go Bobcats!!!!!

[MattD]

hardly something to say our problems are over about... we beat a lebron less cavs; barely

[davcbow]

I didnt say our problems are over, we need a good big man real bad and we need a small. We have 2 good players out on injury until next year at best. We have alot of problems and what coach did or said must have worked to get a team that had lost 7 games in a row and have the personnel problems we have to pull out a win. A win is a win and I'll take them as they come because they may not be that many this year with out any help.....

[ohara831]

I have no problem at all with his busting their asses. I have been sick and tired of watching them essentially quit in the 4th when they got behind. Crash is the only one I can say I have not seen take time off when the game was out of hand. And that especially includes Okafor! He has disappeared way too often.

And like the man said above, it must have worked. Okafor was demanding the ball, and they team was giving it to him.

Finally, if a player thinks he knows more than the coach, then he's gonna be trouble. If that crap starts here like it did in NY and has on other teams in the past, then get rid of the troublemaker. I will back the Coach against a prima donna player almost every time!

[ziggy]

This quote from today's Charlotte Observer also suggests that some of his perimeter guys are questioning his authoritah.

Vincent had told his shooters they were taking too many long balls.

"But we're open!" Vincent recalled of his shooters' reply.

"There's a reason you're open," Vincent said. "

[davcbow]

Thats a good burn on the perimeter game.....

[Keetch]

Frankly, I trust Okafor's intelligence much more than Vincent' s or any of the coaches for that matter. I've worried that Okafor didn't sign his extension mostly because he can't trust this organization and needs to keep his options open. I'm worried.

I thought last night's game, though we won; was very ugly basketball.

[ohara831]

Frankly, I trust Okafor's intelligence much more than Vincent' s or any of the coaches for that matter. I've worried that Okafor didn't sign his extension mostly because he can't trust this organization and needs to keep his options open. I'm worried.

I thought last night's game, though we won; was very ugly basketball.

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Keetch: It is not a matter of who we think may be right on an issue. It is a matter of chain of command. You cannot have the players question the authority of the Coach. The team will absolutely disintegrate! It's like in the military. You dont question the intelligence of the guy in charge. If you are a Private, and a Colonel gives a command, you do what he says. If it does not work, but you have executed his Orders, then you have to trust the people above him to make a change. (But in the NBA, at least you do not have to die for your boss's errors in judgement. It's only a comparison, so please dont read too much into my example)

Bottom line is, if there is this feeling of mistrust, this team is DOOMED! MJ is not going to pull the plug on his man b/c Okafor, Ray, Crash or J-Rich questions his leadership. I agree with you on one aspect though - I think we do seriously have to worry about where this is going. Wven though we won last night.

[Keetch]

I understand O'Hara, and I bet Okafor does too. But between the PA announcer and Vincent the games are becoming unwatchable for me; I can't imagine what Okafor must be going through.