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Originally Posted by Tigercat
The win/loss record for his entire tenure was about where it should be given the talent and given average/above average coaching. In many ways the depth of talent has been shallow under his tenure, but a uniquely elite PG makes those kind of players better even with mediocre coaching. Scott lost this team, and there was more than enough talent for the team not to tank in the playoffs last year and to start this regular season. Scott can be a great coach at times, but his extreme stubbornness adds to his teams' inconsistencies, rather than serve as an anchor for team success.
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Yes. Scott was not a bad coach, but only the great ones escape the "team stops responding after a certain amount of time" syndrome. He is definitely not great, and we had a classic case of that syndrome on this team. I think Bill Simmons pegged its origins as early as last November when he sat behind the Hornets' bench at a Clippers game. Move had to be made -- should've been done in the offseason.