I'm not at all satisfied with Vogel, but this is overly critical to me.specialsauce wrote: ↑Mon Apr 29, 2024 2:44 pmFor those saying keep Frank: name one thing he seemed to be good at this year besides consistently beating ineffective players/rotations/schemes to death?
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Offense - Not his responsibility which was clear from the start of training camp. Kevin Young and the players deserve more blame than Vogel.
Defense - It was ugly to start the season, but the team defensive rating steadily improved throughout the season. It dipped in March due to a few ugly games, but in general, the players started performing pretty well in his scheme despite their obvious limitations.
Rotation - This is armchair quarterbacking stuff. It's always easy for us to say he should've played this guy over that guy. Would giving Young all of Eubanks minutes yielded better results? I'm highly skeptical of that. Bol got steady rotation minutes once he settled down. IDK why he didn't get a chance earlier in the playoffs, but he was instantly bullied by Gobert and Reid when he did so...?
Adjustments - After the rough start of the season, I thought they were pretty well prepared for each matchup defensively. Contesting shots was an issue for a while and that's on the players.
Fourth quarters - Again, that was Kevin Young's and players responsibility based on how this was all organized by Ishbia.
Schemes - His defensive schemes in the second half of the season were working well enough.
Player buy-in - It wasn't there for whatever reason. I think it's because he was viewed as HC only in title, but who knows?
Player development - Bol Bol went from being a nightmare to actually productive. That's development. Besides him, there isn't a young player on the roster with potential to develop. IDK what you want from him in this regard.
3PA - Kevin Young and the players.
The Suns were at a physical and athletic disadvantage almost every night. I think that's one reason why Eubanks kept getting on the court, no one else was bringing any force besides him and Nurkic.