Why the Deac Not
Frederic Fuckin' Chopin
Hate that we won't get to see a healthy and rejuvenated Keyshawn lace 'em up for the Deacs next season, but I can totally understand his desire to explore other options at this point.
Unfortunately, this is the kind of shit that happens when a coach doesn't effectively teach and motivate his team...you come in preaching how your teams will "hang their hat on defense." Then you proceed to play virtually no to little defense in four years because a) you don't know how to employ the right schemes or control tempo and b) you've failed to recruit the type of player that suits your preferred style of play.
Then you send the wrong message to players by not benching certain players consistently or play favorites with the minutes distribution (i.e. short hook for young player who makes one mistake, but long leash for less disciplined players who don't lead by example) too often. I would not be surprised that, after having both watched DM in action from the bench for an entire season and playing for two, Key realized things weren't going to change and bad decisions would continue ("bad behavior" rewarded with minutes and lesser players getting more minutes than they should etc) and probably exacerbated with the injection of youth next year.
Anyway, on to the next transfer...who will be next as the Wheel of Transfer Woes keeps on churnin' and burnin'?
Unfortunately, this is the kind of shit that happens when a coach doesn't effectively teach and motivate his team...you come in preaching how your teams will "hang their hat on defense." Then you proceed to play virtually no to little defense in four years because a) you don't know how to employ the right schemes or control tempo and b) you've failed to recruit the type of player that suits your preferred style of play.
Then you send the wrong message to players by not benching certain players consistently or play favorites with the minutes distribution (i.e. short hook for young player who makes one mistake, but long leash for less disciplined players who don't lead by example) too often. I would not be surprised that, after having both watched DM in action from the bench for an entire season and playing for two, Key realized things weren't going to change and bad decisions would continue ("bad behavior" rewarded with minutes and lesser players getting more minutes than they should etc) and probably exacerbated with the injection of youth next year.
Anyway, on to the next transfer...who will be next as the Wheel of Transfer Woes keeps on churnin' and burnin'?