I think I’ve continually strained at how infrequently Q seems to use all this “positional flexibility” we seem to have. And at how he seems totally committed to the idea that “you dance with who you brought” on any given night.
For example: Royce. Somehow, that dude can be a drastically different player, night-to-night. But if Q plans on using him, then he gets good burn, regardless of which Royce shows up. If he isn’t in the gameplan, then he doesn’t seem to get to extra minutes.
Extra minutes where, you ask? How about as a small-ball 4 on a night where Jae can’t throw it in the ocean? Positional flexibility, right?
We almost tossed last night into the trash bin... and dammit, it was because of a type of stubbornness that irritates me.
I used to make reference to a key difference in coaching by comparing Mike Shannahan and Bill Belichick. Shannahan was a “my system” guy; he’d shoehorn guys into unnatural roles and his imagination seemed limited. Belichick is way better at adapting and molding gameplans around the skills in the locker room. Anywhooo.... I’m starting to get a bit uncomfortable with how often Q is making me think of Shannahan. We seem to have a tight enough locker room that if a player gets the hook on any given night because they’re sucking the wang, then we aren’t going to implode.
Q, use your deck, dude.
