PG Rockets@Mavs: 9-0 and counting...

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Originally Posted by mac222b

Carlisle's defends the decision to yank Collison by saying he got blown by 2 straight possessions and then Mike James comes in and immediately gets blown by twice!! and Carlisle is practically gushing about him after the game? Its just flat out weird at times.

Anyone else notice Collison throwing his hands up in frustration as he went to the bench?
I dont blame him. This is the second scrap heap vet to come in and potentially usurp his role. Carlisle obviously has "his guys" and if you aren't one of them you simply can't do anything well enough. Not saying Rick needs to goo all Zen Master and let them play through everything(god knows he loves to use his timeouts)but maybe at least tailor your coaching to the individual somewhat. Some guys need to be screamed at at halftime, some need to be built up.

Bottom line, at least some of these young guys need to be developed. For the good of the franchise. Look at San Antonio. They kept the core but were able to develop Neal, Green, Splitter, Leonard. Especially with this new CBA teams need young talent on cheap contracts to contribute. Or even just as trade assets. Not necessarily at the expense of wins, but then the two needn't be mutually exclusive.

Splitter has been with the Spurs for 2-3 years now. He had a ton of experience playing overseas, yet was terrible for most of the time with the Spurs. Only in this season is he finally getting consistent.
Green and Neal they are developing. Green has been pretty good for the Spurs,esp.
Leonard was good in college, that's why the Spurs gave up Hill to get him. They knew he had potential.
Do the young guys on the Mavs have the potential to be good? Simply playing them because they're young doesn't automatically mean they'll improve. Seems like a lot of it is mental and smarts. Do DC and Roddy have the smarts?