What's new
By:

Game 46 - Hornets at Jazz 1/30/13 7:00 PM MST, Root Sports

mellow said:
Isn't Burks struggling with defense right now? --I'm asking because I haven't seen enough to say myself, but I have heard Locke, Boone and Johnson (I think) say that he struggles and needs to improve if he wants to play more.

In the infamous, "Only one Loss" game against the Rockets Burks led (or is it trailed?) the whole team with a -32+/- in 26 minutes of play.
Click to expand...

Yeah he is. That's why I said "if he doesn't botch"
I think his major problem is he doesn't go through screens, but takes shortcuts. Not only that, but he gets way too close to the defender outside the 3 point line. If Burks is guarding Gordon, who's going to slash, he should definitely slack off a little. Gordon's fast as hell.
The thing with Burks is that he's our quickest gaurd by far and he's put up nice defensive performances before but he tends to do the wrong things.
 
JGolds said:
ty should of pulled al off the floor, told him to stop drinking the night before a game sat his fat butt on the bench and let enes tear into the rockets. ty shows lack of emotion just like the players.. ty should of had a fire lit under him. not stick his tale between his legs and let his player fail and continue his rotations.
Click to expand...

Very true. However Big Al is paid millions of dollars to play basketball. He should lite a fire under his own butt every damn game. They all should. Look at Foye's D or Millsaps overall game against the Rockets...

Also what about the assistant coaches? They either failed to light that fire also or were prevented from doing so. The GM and owner fialed to light a fire under the coaches to get their players running up and down the court and at least trying to play D. There are several players on the Jazz that will never be good at D but it is abundantly clear when they do and do not put forth an honest effort to play D.

This was a failure from the entire organization, top to bottom.
 
Stoked said:
Very true. However Big Al is paid millions of dollars to play basketball. He should lite a fire under his own butt every damn game. They all should. Look at Foye's D or Millsaps overall game against the Rockets...

Also what about the assistant coaches? They either failed to light that fire also or were prevented from doing so. The GM and owner fialed to light a fire under the coaches to get their players running up and down the court and at least trying to play D. There are several players on the Jazz that will never be good at D but it is abundantly clear when they do and do not put forth an honest effort to play D.

This was a failure from the entire organization, top to bottom.
Click to expand...

I agree, but the coach is there for a reason. he is the guy that is suppose to say " yall are sucking it up!! you dont want to play? theres the bench!" but tyco didnt do that. he obviously knows he isnt getting fired for any of the dumb things he dose he isnt worried. I agree that the fault is on everyone, jefferson always says he hates loosing and take it pretty hard. but i say people that dont like loosing at basketball play harder D. i just dont feel like nay one took responsibility for the lose. they all just said it was one bad game... hell no that is a terrible attitude.

there was that article about the jazz wanting respect for being a decent team, maybe they need to play like it night in and night out. yes it was only one loss and that is all it counts for in the win loss catigory but it looks pretty terrible, a team want respect for being good but not trying.
sorry my rant is done.
 
JGolds said:
i agree, but the coach is there for a reason. he is the guy that is suppose to say " yall are sucking it up!! you dont want to play? theres the bench!" but tyco didnt do that. he obviously knows he isnt getting fired for any of the dumb things he dose he isnt worried. u agree that the fault is on everyone, jefferson always says he hates loosing ant take it pretty hard. but i say people that hay loosing at basketball play harder D.
Click to expand...

Oh I agree. I am just syaing that this failure is more than Ty's failure, even though I would single him out the most.
 
I believe a message was sent all the way down the chain of command after the 'Just one Game' loss. That was not the way the Jazz play, and everyone who had a hand on that team has some responsibilty.

Since tonight will be the first game since, I will withhold my judgment on who failed. If the Jazz learn from their mistake then it was an embarassing and perhaps costly lesson, but still a lesson learned. If the Jazz lay an egg again, then Ty had better be calling out players, KOC had better be calling out players and Coaches, Greg had better be calling out players, coaches, and the front office, and Mama had better be on the phone asking Greg what he is doing.
 
Weezur said:
The key matchup is Foye versus Eric Gordon and Tinsley/Watson versus Vasquez.
We lose that matchup.

If we were smart, we'd put Foye on Vasquez and Burks on Gordon and hope that Burks doesn't botch it on defense.
Click to expand...

Foye doesn't bother me guarding another undersized SG.
 
No Hayward? It aint gonna be pretty, might be able to squeak one out with Eric Gordon still a little rusty,
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Share this page
Back
Top