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Now_Im_Not_Banned:
Alright...Lakers have been playing like garbage and I haven't been very happy. I've been down with the Lakers since I was born, so I have to get to the bottom of this...Provided the players they have, Lakers can easily be a force in the NBA, but right now there's no chemistry, no experienced coaching, no teamwork, no defensive efforts, no independance (other than Kobe, of course)....The Lakers need someone to bring them together, someone to place the players in their correct roles, someone to inspire, and most of all, someone to coach them back to the top...Rudy Tomjanavich wasn't bad, but he didn't get to finish what he started...Look at their record month by month, when Frank Hamblen stepped in the wrong position as head coach, everything started going downhill...


Pre-season: 6-2
November: 9-6
December: 6-6
January: 8-7

Total: 29-21


As you can see, the first few months when the Lakers were playing under Rudy-T, they weren't playing bad at all...Now Frank Hamblen  stepped in as head coach on February 2nd...In between Rudy's resignation and Kobe's injury, the Lakers seemed to have given up hope...Look at their record after Frank Hamblen became head coach...

February: 5-8
March: 5-11

Total: 10-19


Coincidence? I think not...Now what the Lakers need to do is pursue Phil Jackson...I'm not saying Phil will turn the same Lakers into championship contenders, but he can easily make them a force, and with a few slight modifications, they can easily become contenders...Now I have provided proof that the mid-season coach switch really affected the Lakers, so I hope the Lakers orginazation does something about it and I hope they do it quick...PeACe

OneHittaSpitta:
i dont think its Hamblen's fault man. Isnt he running the same system that was in place to begin with? Its the players not responding. When Rudy T went out, im sure it was a blow to the team. A team like the Lakers, with the success over the last few years, and with all the talk of them not even making the playoffs this year, had a very fragile confidence. Rudy leaving, killed it. It was the players job to respond, Kobe's job to lead. None of that happened, and now the easy scapegoat is Hamblen.

Now_Im_Not_Banned:
Hamblen can't reach the players, he's not a head coach, he's not meant for this job...Lakers play like they lost hope.

hisairness:
You have to look at the T-Wolves.  Who can say Flip Saunders wasn't a good coach?  The players were having problems of their own and weren't focusing on what he had to say.

The Lakers just had too many issues going around.  I don't think it would've mattered who came in after Rudy T, things wouldn't have gotten better.

OneHittaSpitta:

--- Quote from: Now_Im_Blowed on April 02, 2005, 07:00:28 PM ---Lakers play like they lost hope.

--- End quote ---

thats what im sayin tho, they lost hope when Rudy T retired. It was Kobe's job to get the team going, he's supposed to be the leader. The coach is the coach, but every team needs a leader on the floor, in the locker room, etc. Kobe didnt step up to that challenge.

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