Hes the only "true" PG in that he utilizes PG skills in the games...which Gibbs and Purvis don't, namely attacking and having the option to dish/score. He's not a "true" PG in that he's a scorer/slasher but he he is a PG, not a SG.
And as for Ollie, again I'm not defending his poor coaching recently, except to say that when we stand around and dribble then hoist up bad shots...ANY offense can be that way if that's all the players do.
I can't sit here and say he tells them to play the way they do on O, with very little attacking dribble movements. If his offense is set up to attack at given spots, and all the players are either too reticent to do so or too afraid of turning ot over or whatever...thats what you get.
It's not like most offenses are set plays. They are offenses. At this level he can't tell each player each movement, he has to coach them on when and how to attack it properly. In 2014 he did that, clearly. So is it a matter of these players not being as good, not being as willing, not understanding the game?
His role is to get that out of them, so it doesn't clear him of blame. But people I think are going too far blaming the entirety of the stagnation on him.
He has to push some different buttons, clearly. But it's on these guards to take ownership and start playing with some toughness and leadership, and dare I say, basketball IQ.
