Off Season Thread

[WUnderhill]

32 minutes ago, Anybodyhome said:

Dean Smith frequently benched players when he thought their egos were taking over the game.

And all of the stars you mentioned showed out much better in the NBA  than their college careers might have indicated 

And John Wooden.

Oh no he benched 18 yr olds sometimes. Not sure what more you would want those stars to do in college, Worthy, Jordan, Jamison all won NPOY. 2 won nattys. And again it was a completely different era than now. Dean Smith was seen as a very progressive and empowering coach for his players at the time. Stars and big time recruits wanted to play for him and benefited from playing for him. Can you be more clear or admit that you were wrong because comparing Dean to Rod just makes no sense with the reasons you’ve given and you just come off as a dook or state fan that wanted to take a shot at Dean Smith for seemingly no reason.

And what does And John Wooden mean? He was already a well established coach and starting his run when Dean Smith was just getting started coaching. But hey if your criteria is that a coach is either Wooden and anything less than 10 titles is the same as Rod then you do you.

[PNW_PantherMan]

1 hour ago, KillerKat said:

Elite players dont fit Rods system. Rod has hit his ceiling. We arent going further.

You say this but don’t acknowledge the reality that Florida beat us with a similar style.  Except their power play is basically trying to get garbage goals.

You have given up on Rod and that’s fine.  But where are the teams that are doing so much better?  Oh yeah there’s only 2 of them right now and they’re in the finals.

[KillerKat]

12 minutes ago, PNW_PantherMan said:

You say this but don’t acknowledge the reality that Florida beat us with a similar style.  Except their power play is basically trying to get garbage goals.

You have given up on Rod and that’s fine.  But where are the teams that are doing so much better?  Oh yeah there’s only 2 of them right now and they’re in the finals.

Toronto wouldve waxed us as well, possibly Dallas. Its 7 years of this and the year before we had a much better team and same results. 

[WUnderhill]

 

1 hour ago, PNW_PantherMan said:

You say this but don’t acknowledge the reality that Florida beat us with a similar style.  Except their power play is basically trying to get garbage goals.

You have given up on Rod and that’s fine.  But where are the teams that are doing so much better?  Oh yeah there’s only 2 of them right now and they’re in the finals.

Yeah I get some of the frustration with the conference finals record, however there’s also not many coaches consistently getting to the conference finals. If you want to fire Rod you better be able to get a clear upgrade as a replacement and there are so few of those in the world and of those who is available? I think the bigger problem is the back to back mid season trades without having a solid plan in place for retaining those players.

[Anybodyhome]

2 hours ago, WUnderhill said:

Oh no he benched 18 yr olds sometimes. Not sure what more you would want those stars to do in college, Worthy, Jordan, Jamison all won NPOY. 2 won nattys. And again it was a completely different era than now. Dean Smith was seen as a very progressive and empowering coach for his players at the time. Stars and big time recruits wanted to play for him and benefited from playing for him. Can you be more clear or admit that you were wrong because comparing Dean to Rod just makes no sense with the reasons you’ve given and you just come off as a dook or state fan that wanted to take a shot at Dean Smith for seemingly no reason.

And what does And John Wooden mean? He was already a well established coach and starting his run when Dean Smith was just getting started coaching. But hey if your criteria is that a coach is either Wooden and anything less than 10 titles is the same as Rod then you do you.

Stop taking it as some personal affront. I don't care about UNC, Duke or State. I'm simply stating that Dean Smith did not tolerate nor want a "superstar" on his team. He believed in team play and that nobody is above the team. 

The Canes will not attract a 100-point scorer because RBA doesn't short shift lines to keep Aho on the ice, like we've seen the Oilers do with Draisaitl and McJesus- both with around 30 minutes in regulation time. It's one reason Aho may never see a 100-point season, because he won't get the ice-time to do it. 

 

 

[Anybodyhome]

6 hours ago, PantherChris said:

Glad your back!

 

Orlovs replacement is on the roster his name is Nikishin! 

 

Everything else i agree with. 

 

I'd love Ekblad RHD is what we need.

Yeah, I'm not back for sure, just lurking during the off-season. Can't post anything someone may disagree with without it being taken as some personal attack.

Anyway, yeah, Nikishin will be on the 2nd pair with Burns. RBA's exit presser really sounded like Burns will move down to the 2nd line.

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