What has David Locke so upset?

[mct]

Locke Logic: On any given night our starting lineup is so much worse than the other teams that Ty must be an excellent coach to be winning games with inferior players.

Oh, wait, Ty sets the starting lineups.

 

[NAOS]

damn, Locke has huffed way toooooo much homer glue. Like, waaaaay.

 

[mct]

In case anyone is having a hard time wrapping their mind around Locke's logic, all you have to do is accept one truth:

Corbin is omniscient.

It all makes sense, see? Our most effective players play the most minutes. We know they are the most effective because Ty is omniscient and he plays them the most minutes.

Unfortunately, stats show that these players--our most effective according to Ty (who is omniscient)--are of lower quality than pretty much any other team.

Therefore, Ty must be an amazing coach to pull off an above average record with a below average roster.

 

[NAOS]

If you can't listen to all of it, then at least go to the 27:00 mark and play the next couple of minutes.

Locke epically bails.


EDIT: by 30:35 Locke has been exposed. Pretty funny.

 

[franklin]

Pretty interesting hearing a member of the national media criticize Corbin for not intentionally losing games with an eye toward the future. Mahony turned a blind eye to the locker room mutiny that would have followed if Corbin had made those transition switches. That's a huge hole in his argument, otherwise it was a very feel good piece. Very informative input from Locke's POV too. He essentially puts the Corbin is idoit crowd into the grave.

 

[franklin]

If you can't listen to all of it, then at least go to the 27:00 mark and play the next couple of minutes.

Locke epically bails.


EDIT: by 30:35 Locke has been exposed. Pretty funny.

How? I could only listen to about the 26:00 mark, at which point Mahony more than conceded that Corbin didn't have alternative plays and the young guys weren't ready, but he wanted Corbin to do other stuff regardless of predictably bad results.

 

[hhhhkau]

I found this whole micro-saga pretty fascinating. We got a national writer and our guy (sort of) bumping heads on coaching and how it relates to individuals, line-ups, systems and broader philosophical and strategic stuff… but it also makes me think about the way Locke presents as a cog within the Jazz’s media presence/product, AND as an advocate/poster boy of social media/new media technologies.

It also left me wondering just how crazy the guy is because he’s definitely a little bit loopy and might need to step away from living, eating and breathing Jazz basketball on a daily basis because his emotional response to this piece was so stupidly disproportionate to the content.

 

[reignman40]

How awesome would it have been if that kid said "I like boobies"

 

[Hotdog]

For starters, I haven't listened and will likely forget to.

That said, Locke isn't stupid. I think he's in a situation where he wants to be positive and can't really buy it, himself.

But touching on that last sentence if Mahoney's, how can you argue anything else? What have the Jazz accomplished in the way of legitimate progress?

That's what stuck out too me too, was that last sentence. It pretty much sums it all up.

 

[reignman40]

Basically that guy is putting Corbin in his place. While Locke, employed by the jazz won't/can't blast Corbin or anyone else to the full extent. Locke kinda likes Corbin just a little to much though.

 

[b_line]

I listened to that entire 45 min convo between Locke and Mahony (while working...so take my recap with a grain of salt...but anyway) it sounded to me like Locke had his bases covered and his "stats" ready, and had Mahony in the end conceding that maybe he was a little harsh by calling the Jazz one of the "biggest disappointments in the NBA." and that Locke opened his eyes a bit as far as the Jazz are concerned.

BUT, Mahony stood strong in his thoughts that Corbin could have done a better job, and that the Jazz "successes" this year might have not been "because of" Corbin, but "in spite of" Corbin. Locke and Mahony both agreed Al isn't that good, probably won't be back, and gets lots more minutes than he probably should, but when Locke asked who do you play instead, Mahony said "well anyone and everyone..." or something like that, and Locke just got all butthurt and started saying something to the effect of "well, that's what everyone says, no one gives a player's name, but instead, just side steps the question and says the rest of the team will just pick it up magically."

They went back and forth, and both made good points. It was a good listen, I think if you all have time, you should check it out.

The answer to the who else should he play instead of al question is pretty damn easy. It should be a no brained that kanter and favors could eat up Al's minutes pretty quickly, and we wouldn't have any drop in production.

 

[b_line]

How? I could only listen to about the 26:00 mark, at which point Mahony more than conceded that Corbin didn't have alternative plays and the young guys weren't ready, but he wanted Corbin to do other stuff regardless of predictably bad results.

Sure glad those young guys weren't ready to throw down any 20/20 games this year....