I refuse to question Adelman's moves (w/poll)

As long as its worthy criticism. Guys like Adelman and others get more of a pass then guys like Kahn because they are proven entities, and what they do works far more often then it doesn’t.

Belicheck certainly deserves all the praise in bringing to the Patriots what he has over the past decade. But that doesn’t mean he isn’t able to be criticized, much like he was over his call to let Manningham beat them on that final drive instead of Cruz/Hicks. Right idea on paper, but the move clearly backfired.

Adelman’s got a long track record of success, and he’s already instilled some here, with likely more to come. But his success rate isn’t 100%, just like anybody, and deserves the criticism when rightly justified.

As for last night, it was probably match up problems. Adelman probably figured with all the turnovers that were plaguing the team, having Ricky, Love and Pek on the court wasn’t going to stop the bleeding there. Running 3 PGs theoretically would improve the ballhandling, but it never really manifested itself when we could hold onto the ball or shoot in that dreadful 11 pt 4th quarter.

the the wording of the answer choices but would have voted yes to the question had it stood on it’s own.

3 guard lineup with 9 minutes to play, no, Pek, you have to be able to criticize that. RA is worlds better than Rambis but that doesn’t mean that he doesn’t make mistakes. That’s not to say everyone on here is always right either, and I’m sure he knows more than all of us (obviously, he’s the coach). That doesn’t mean it isn’t fair to criticize, though

I don’t know the game well enough to second guess this coach, and I tend ignore comments from folks who’re always looking to trade half the team for a questionable shooting guard.

Freedom of speech ≠ obligatory opinions

It’s great when comments add to my understanding of the game, and most of the comments here do just that. But some of the comments border on hate speech and I will go to my grave thinking that some of our “headcase” players do check out these threads, and what they read does not help their confidence. Or am I the only CHer who’s noticed that our Wolves play better on the road than they do at home?

The point of being a fan is to cheer for your team. Everything else is just politics and sports fandom, like the rest of America, has decided that everyone must have an opinion, and some days it seems like the less well informed, the better.

You trust your coach or you agitate for a new one. You don’t second guess your coach. That’s what Vikings fans do, and no, outside of talk radio, I don’t know of a whinier bunch of second guessers on this planet.

I’d rather be a homer than a complainer. Frustration needs to be vented, but I think we have far less cause for frustration this year than we’ve had in years past.

Go Wolves!

to know when the toast is burnt.
Adelman is a fine coach. But we are fans, so here goes an opinion.
Kevin Love is still an All-Star. The starters from the previous two years (outside of Love) did not show anything special.
The starting lineup should be: Pek, Love, Williams, Rubio and Barea.
2nd team: Tolliver, Beasley, Wes, Wayne & Luke.
The rest fill in when there are blowouts or injuries.

Also, this is the third season we have seen Darko. For Darko to be that winded constantly has to be some type of medical condition. I think it needs to be checked out further.

But they aren’t worth criticizing right now. We are forced to play 3 PGs at times which is killing us. We have to make a trade, sign someone, call someone up, or something. This team has some solid foundations pieces but the plumbing needs fixing still and the roof is collapsing a bit. We need someone to play wing.

It’s okay to admit it. They’ve been that way since the start.

that doesn’t mean you can’t criticize him.

He may have cost us a few wins by insisting on playing Wes and Darko. I think not playing Williams is pretty absurd, he may never be a true 3 but he is a better basketball player than Wes and maybe Beasley.

Also he has standards for certain players that don’t seem to be equal with others. I’m sure there is a method to his madness, but there are some games that Beasley has looked good in recently and he’s only played between 18-26 minutes in favor of Tolliver/Wes etc.

He’s a great coach and I’m happy to have, same with Love though….just because we are grateful to have them doesn’t mean they are beyond criticism from time to time.

when I disagree with what he’s doing. And look at the things Adelman was criticized over. Starting Luke over Ricky? Eventually Adelman gave in and we went on a winning streak. Playing Darko while burying Pek? Pek is now one of our 3 most productive players. I think it’s pretty apparent that Adelman is as befuddled with our wing situation as most of us are (that’s more an indictment of Kahn than Adelman).

I like to pretend I’m a reasonably intelligent basketball mind. I like to pretend most contributors here are reasonably intelligent basketball minds. The funny thing about coaching in sports is there are very few decisions that are crazy like a fox, and vastly more that are simply crazy. By that logic, a group of reasonably intelligent people should be able to point out something stupid when it happens. Adelman is not a dunce like Rambis, but that doesn’t mean he’s infallible. So no, I won’t swallow my opinion when I think he makes an error, and for the sake of developing a majority I would appreciate other intelligent people refusing to sit on their thoughts. But I also expect (and to this point he’s proven) that he’ll figure it out… which is more than I can say about our previous coaches.