I guess I don't get why people are reacting so negatively to this article.
As far as coaching philosophy goes, yeah, players were more afraid to make mistakes when Frank was on the sidelines. Is it better to not be afraid to make mistakes and play more confidently (as it seems is the case under Weber)? Debatable. You want your players playing confident, but you don't want them taking every ill-advised shot they get. I didn't like the way Martin handled every situation, but I will say that he was pretty consistent in his philosophy.
I guess I'm of the opinion that if you coach players well and play to your strengths, less mistakes will be made. Perhaps Weber is "teaching" better than Frank was, which can help minimize mistakes. Not sure I'm convinced that the motion offense is all that great. Seems more mistake prone actually. But the motion offense is also pretty worthless if you're not confident and are too afraid to "mess up" the offense. You have to have confidence to make "basketball plays" as my old coach would call them, do something that isn't written in the offense, have the sense of mind to cut to the basket if your defender is somewhere in la-la land. Perhaps that explains somewhat oscar's difference in coaching philosophy.
Or perhaps I'm giving him too much credit.
Or perhaps I just have no clue what the eff I'm talking about.
