Will Luke be fired?

kfkilla · Star Player Joined: 31 Jul 2002 Posts: 4307

Not sure why this is all on Luke. Everyone is crying that he has no half court system, well he had one last year didn’t he? Oh and he got 35 wins with a injury prone season.

The front office thought they were super clever and built a team that made no sense both in a vacuum and if you consider the coach and what he’s trying to build. This year Lebron pounds the ball and we have zero shooters and everyone gets injured, somehow more so than last year, and we go from 4th place looking up to 10th looking down. This is on Luke?

The latest trades make no sense to me either. Like some desperation move to get shooters without any other purpose than to squeak into the playoffs. Did we really just sign a aging Lebron and are going to on the fly build a contender around him? Chemistry is vastly underrated. Aging superstars should not be your first piece as a GM, and I thought we understood that until the “trade the Lakers-Bron for AD” saga.

The league rules have made it so your superstar has to be drafted not bought/traded for, yet we still can’t figure out how to work around this. Yes I woke up on wrong side haha

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Team of the 80's · Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2019 10:07 am Post subject:

Luke is a bad coach whether the team wins or loses. His coaching has cost the team at least 10 games this year. In fact he cost them about the same number last year. Fire him and make Shaw the coach for the rest of the year.

PhiberOptik · Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2019 10:29 am Post subject:

Are the Lakers giving Lebron and RP too much power by firing Luke?
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BadGuy · Star Player Joined: 13 May 2008 Posts: 3629

He shouldn't be fired, but he probably will be (knowing our FO).

numero-ocho · Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2019 10:51 am Post subject:

I would like them to fire Luke now so we can evaluate BShaw as a potential candidate for next season. A 25 game audition in the midst of this turmoil probably isn't a fair test but it's probably a better chance he'll have if Luke is fired in the off-season.
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PHILosophize · Franchise Player Joined: 05 Nov 2012 Posts: 10758

if yesterday's lost didn't get him fired I think he's probably safe for the year
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greenfrog · Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2019 1:33 pm Post subject:

You can root for this to happen. Just know that a top name coach or widely respected hoops technician will not be in line to replace him.

Don Draper · Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2019 1:55 pm Post subject:

Nonamehero · Starting Rotation Joined: 31 Oct 2018 Posts: 810

Luke needs to be fired

drae · Franchise Player Joined: 13 Nov 2018 Posts: 16144

Come over, Spo. Lakers will treat you good

waterman40 · Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2019 1:43 am Post subject:

I feel its coming, but I don't know who we would get that would be an improvement.

Sure hope it is NOT Jason Kidd.
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deal · Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2019 5:11 am Post subject:

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Don Draper · Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2019 6:28 pm Post subject:

Practice · Star Player Joined: 14 Apr 2015 Posts: 4551

I think it's more likely that the Lakers force him to hire a new staff and give him another year unless they feel the need for a scapegoat during the offseason.

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