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David Locke = massive troll?

Litany

Litany

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I finally reached the point of having to unfollow David Locke after his latest emptying the noggin blog post. These two little numbers pushed me over the edge. One is a tweet the other from the blog:

"Lots of twitter action about the lack of subs. Really it was the case on both side. Willie Green was the only sub from Atlanta. I think it is a legitimate discussion because I thought guys were gassed but I didn’t see a lot of people with specific answers to what they were doing. Favors needs to play more than 19 minutes not because it is the overtime but because he is good if not better than the other guys but who were you taking out of the game and when. Jefferson’s inability to guard the pick and roll in the open floor was an issue for a while but then how are you scoring Millsap was 10 of 25 tonight. Burks for CJ could be a possible move but CJ had held down Joe Johnson as we showed earlier for 3 of 16 since the 1st quarter. It is never as easy as just make the change, when and for whom and how. "

"@Lockedonsports: You would never know from looking at Twitter timeline that Favors was -9 in 19 mins tonight - not sure the validity but worth a mention"

Is he just a massive troll?

He really think we are buying his "how do you score"without Al BS? We've shown an ability to score well without Al against great teams. And the other crap he brings with him makes his production negative. Matador D. Inefficient volume scoring. Ball stopping. Never gets to the line so their team dictates their bigs rotation however they want instead of getting them in foul trouble.

I have followed Locke for a while and he does provide some useful information but I really hate how he
makes excuses for problems that room temperature IQs can see.

And the way he makes it seem like changing players because your guys are gassed is like O-Chem at Duke is hilarious.

I may refollow at some point because he does provide info that others don't, but I needed a break lol.
 
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Isn't a troll someone against the Jazz but rooting for them?

Locke roots for them and supports the stupid Jazz decisions no matter how dumb.
That's a goblin.

Locke's a goblin.
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I have no problem with what Locke wrote.

I laughed when I read you unfollowed him over this.
 
Shaggy said:
I have no problem with what Locke wrote.

I laughed when I read you unfollowed him over this.
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What pushed me over the edge was his mention of +- for Favors.

What is his purpose in mentioning that while at the same time ignoring the disgustingly inefficient game Al had. ZERO FTA for Al in 50 minutes. Locke should be talking about that.

He isn't. He wants us to believe some retarded useless stat about Favors so we won't question Ty leaving Al in.
 
Durrrr said:
What pushed me over the edge was his mention of +- for Favors.

What is his purpose in mentioning that while at the same time ignoring the disgustingly inefficient game Al had. ZERO FTA for Al in 50 minutes. .
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So +/- is worthless, but how many FTA a player gets is SO IMPORTANT. Got it.
 
Troll? Nah. Locke is a stat nerd and he does that kind of analysis after every game. However like most stats, they can be manipulated to a certain viewpoint. In this case, his viewpoint is trying to defend (or at least explain) Corbin's lack of subs.

I can do it right now. For instance, Paul Millsap was 10-25 shooting. Terrible for sure. But he was 8-13 through the first 3 quarters. 7 of his missed 15 shots came in overtime. All of the shooting in OT was atrocious, anyone that watched the game knows this. Locke can spin it all he wants, but the bottom line is, changes needed to be made. Favors was -9? Oh well. He doesn't play olé defense in the paint. Millsap was 2-9 in OT. Take him out or stop giving him the ball. In OT, CJ Miles was 2-6, Hayward was 1-5. Yank 'em. Especially if Atlanta isn't making subs either. Burks could've eaten them alive with his speed.

Al was 5-11 in OT, Harris was 3-7. Better, but still bad. Not a single one of those guys was helping the team by being on the floor, and it's not going to help the team tomorrow when they're exhausted after playing 50+ minutes and Ty insists on playing each one of them 30 more.
 
Locke is paid by the jazz organization. I'm not sure how much he could bad talk corbin without the jazz office putting the burn notice out. part of his job is to make it look like what ever happens in the game was the best and right thing to do, and keep fans behind the team/coach.

Not really sure why you expect otherwise
 
craig2112 said:
So +/- is worthless, but how many FTA a player gets is SO IMPORTANT. Got it.
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+- for one game is worthless. Widely known.

And not getting to the line is a massive
problem.

Wait are you the Craig people have warned for trolling?
 
I'd like to know how it is a league wide practice to keep the closers in the game through OT yet Corbin should be fired and now Locke is a troll for trying to explain this.

I don't recall seeing OT games where teams subbed much at all unless there was an obvious mismatch like Gordon on Heinrich. If there is an example of teams in OT making a bunch of subs for the sake of fresh legs please fill me in.
 
Brown Notes said:
I'd like to know how it is a league wide practice to keep the closers in the game through OT yet Corbin should be fired and now Locke is a troll for trying to explain this.

I don't recall seeing OT games where teams subbed much at all unless there was an obvious mismatch like Gordon on Heinrich. If there is an example of teams in OT making a bunch of subs for the sake of fresh legs please fill me in.
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there hasnt been a 4-OT game in about 15 years, gunna be hard to find a valid comparison. but i tend to agree with you.
 
Brown Notes said:
I'd like to know how it is a league wide practice to keep the closers in the game through OT yet Corbin should be fired and now Locke is a troll for trying to explain this.

I don't recall seeing OT games where teams subbed much at all unless there was an obvious mismatch like Gordon on Heinrich. If there is an example of teams in OT making a bunch of subs for the sake of fresh legs please fill me in.
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So how many OTs do you have to play before you consider the possibility that fresh legs might give you an advantage? 5? 10?

I think your point is valid, up to the start of a 3rd overtime. At some point, you have to consider thinking outside the box. It's probably not a good idea to wait for players to start coughing up blood before subbing them out.
 
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freakazoid said:
So how many OTs do you have to play before you consider the possibilty that fresh legs might give you an advantage? 5? 10?

I think you're point is valid, up to the start of a 3rd overtime. At some point, you have to consider thinking outside the box. It's probably not a good idea to wait for players to start coughing up blood before subbing them out.
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Fresh legs was just one problem. CJ, Hayward, and Millsap were completely ineffective in overtime. Every Millsap miss (7 of 9 shots) in overtime was clanked off of front rim, Hayward couldn't move towards the rim without stumbling or losing the ball, and CJ was CJ.

Too many people have given too much credit to Corbin for the amount of playing time the young guys received during the win streak. In that stretch, Raja has been out, Watson has been out, Howard was out, and Big Al missed a pair of games for his grandmother's funeral.

When it came time to put real confidence in the young guys by given them burn in an overtime game in which our starters all player 50+ minutes and only ONE bench player played more than 20... Corbin fell back into his usual ways and played the starting lineup until foul outs forced him to do otherwise. By the time he made a willing substitution, the game was already lost.
 
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