Why does everyone set trip on me for calling covert a genius yet he gets to repeatedly call me childish (simply because I don't want to talk to him) at every turn?? Not just this post but in most of his posts directed at me, at least I deleted mine - wth
I didn't say you were childish. I said you were holding childish grudges. Also, maybe because most of us around here can disagree and we are cool with each other as soon as it's over? You don't seem to be able to move on and are holding grudges. That's not how most of us roll around here.
And I do all that with literally everybody else on this board - just not you
So, you consistently hold grudges with anybody that disagrees with you? You do you. I have no animosity towards you.
Do you understand English? I don't hold grudges with anybody that disagrees with me - just went over that - I'm literally fine with everybody else on this site
Believe it or not? I am fine with even you. You can't seem to get past it. That's what everyone is picking up on. Putting me ignore might be the best thing for you then.
Drop it.
Yep. I think that's what @AzStevenCal was sort of referring to. There were signs. Also, remember that when all this came down? Many players (including Bridges) showed their support for Crowder. I think CP3 said something like "that my guy" or something like that. So, interesting that NONE of what transpired seemed to come from the players.
And some of that is undoubtedly on James Jones, too. He and Monty were two peas in a pod on lots of those wayward personnel moves.
I could be wrong but I don't see it that way. To me, JJ kept trying to get the type of players Monty wanted but the Coach would forget about them once they arrived. JJ should have recognized that style of play and ability was less important to Monty than some other things. I suspect had he focused on bringing in nothing but straight arrow devout Christians, I think he'd have better filled Monty's cupboard with usable pieces.
If I remember correctly Monty played both Devin Booker and Kevin Durant more than anybody else in the playoffs and I don't believe either are exactly devout Christians - matter of fact I think Ayton might be the most devout Christian on the roster lol and we saw how that played out
Actually Steve, you are stating exactly what I meant. Jones got Monty his type of players even when those weren't at all helpful to winning... instead of overruling Monty and building a roster that would equal more talent over "character" guys. The Shamet debacle is a perfect example of that.
You skipped over the straight arrow part. And he wants conformity and submssion too IMO. I'm sure that isn't all he wants, any coach wants stars too but he has a behavioral line than some players cross and that's it for them. Anyway, whatever he's in search of (and I just gave my best guess as to what that is), he's always been a "my way" only kind of coach.
If a coach bases their starting line up on their favorites, they are a *******! Being a favorite and being the best for the position are not mutually exclusive.
Yeah the Christian angle was just an example of the type of guys he wants but nothing more than a guess on my part. But it's not that much of a reach IMO. I've known a few coaches that he reminds me of so I know they exist - the ones that ostracize you if you don't pray with them in the locker room before the game.
Maybe not for you but since I've experienced something similar in my past, I come at it from a different perspective than you. I know for a fact that there are leaders that think less of non-believers and are more tolerant of mistakes from people that share their faith, it's just a guess on my part based on similar behavior that Monty falls into that camp. It isn't a shot at Christians or religious people in general nor was I implying that all Christians are this way.
100%. At a prior employer a hiring partner decided to hire a summer associate who was Mormon (so was the hiring partner) despite every single associate that had run, or been invoked in, the summer program speaking out against him being hired, vehemently. We were completely slack jawed when we found out. Several individuals quit running/participating in the summer program and it was the first nudge for me toward my exit.
