I'm sure that today if we kept in touch he would say he was better than Red or Phil. The point is we just don't have any metric to judge Coach Joerger on based on what he's working with.
Philosophically some people want to see the kids turned loose. Arguably that is something that Pop would never do - he molds his young talent to his system and if they don't work he cuts them loose - and yet it is the standard some people are holding Joerger to.
Philosophically some people want to see the kids turned loose. Arguably that is something that Pop would never do - he molds his young talent to his system and if they don't work he cuts them loose - and yet it is the standard some people are holding Joerger to.
You do have a metric though because you expect specific things out of a rebuilding team especially if there are disappointing or damaging results. Also when has Pop ever had a team in the midst of a deep rebuild such as this? And specifically turning the kids loose if they are obviously the prime talent at that spot has never been an issue for Pop. Tony Parker jumped right into playing nearly 30 mpg as a starter at age 19. He easily dealt our very own George Hill for Kawhi Leonard and by year two he started nearly every game he played. I would bet that if he were in the same position with the Kings roster we would not be seeing this rotation pattern or type of on court play.