First game is PRIME EXAMPLE why I cant stand Don Nelson

we should just replace him with bob lanier, brian winters, adelman, cowens…………………..

You make good points except this was the first game of the season. And yeah, we were in the game…in fact, we had several chances to win the game. I thought the “fatigue 3” by Jax could have been avoided. That wasn’t Nellie’s fault. Jax had a choice of not chucking up a three at that time. So, that being said, I don’t see how you can fault Nellie for giving the Dubs a chance to win against the Hornets. Chris Paul made a great play at the end because that’s what he does.

I’m sure we’ll be seeing a lot of the bench on the upcoming road games…

exxxxxhhhaaaleee.

now it’s starting to sound like 94-95.

Do your heart and blood pressure a favor and pace your angers and frustrations.

We played well and were in the game vs. a possible title contender that played at virtually full strength. This is the kind of loss that you accentuate the positives of instead of dwelling on the negatives.

Nelson has lost credibility in my eyes after tonight.I mean WTF jackson couldn’t even take a breath in the fourth which lead to five straight bricks.This is so depresing having all that talent just to watch them rotting on the bench since the coach is a COWARD who IMO only cares about his record and gives a s..t about our future.Young players can improve only by playing and experience will come if you play with the best (CP3) not Memphis scrubs.I guess we will see a lot of seven man rotation this year which will worn out our players and bring us mediocre results.

Nellie did an outstanding job keeping us close to the Hornets. The guys played hard and with a lot of heart. Good things to come.

   Haha, Marco’s gift was getting drafted.
         I’ve got lots of problems with Nellie and his style of play and was glad when he left last time but I think he did as well as could be expected against the Hornets , and I did like the big line up. The main problem is thinking D.Nelson can lead a playoff team, we should been looking for a guard when it became apparent that Williams was not gonna make in in Nellieland.

The Hornets are a QUALITY TEAM! They’re playoff bound, and probably championship material. I was at the game last night and the fact that they were even that close makes it the best opening game I’ve been to in the past few years.

I biggest qualm about the team right now is even though we have a different cast of players, we still play the same as we did last year. What that means is, everyone is still gonna be involved in the helter skelter type of offense, we’re just going to have lower calibur players taking the shots. When the shots fall (which will be less often than last season), we can win games. When they don’t, everyone will complain how horrible of a coach Nellie is.

Seriously, when the best player out on the floor is Stephen Jackson or Corey Maggette, you’re just not going to win games like these as often as you’d like. When Monta comes back, we’ll have a more well balanced team with one slasher, two shooters and a player to clean up the mess in the middle.

Unfortunately, we don’t have the type of players to change this because our objective right now is to win, not to groom the youngsters. If the season gets progressively worse, then we can give the youngsters time to grow… but until then, put the best team out there to get the win.

Last nights game is going to illustrate how the rest of the year will go. The Dubs will be a competitive team in the West. I can see them losing a lot of games this year where they are in the game for a very long time, but when it really counts, the lack of a star and real bonafide talent will expose how they aren’t a Playoff caliber team and are very average at best in the West.

Nellie, that’s nice you “had” to play the best players out there to win. If that’s the case and you play your starters 40 minutes a night, where will they be 40 games from now? On the bench with an injury? On the floor shooting air balls like SJax because they are sucking wind? Please play Randolph. Please play Wright. At least do so when we play virtually anyone in the East and teams out West like Oklahoma, Minn, Clippers, Grizz and SacTown. I love Nellie, but we all know the Dubs aren’t going to make the Playoffs in a conference that has 75% of the elite teams in the entire NBA, so with that being said, is it time to divert from the Nellie we all know that plays the hell out of his best players, or will Nellie adopt a new method of exposing his newbie’s to the riggers of the NBA so at the least he and the rest of us can see what some of our young guys bring to the table in a game time situation-not just practice.

BTW Harrington, you can leave at any moment you wish. Average player on an average team.

let me start off by saying i like nellie, but hes not my favorite. i wouldnt mind keith smart next year, but thats out the window.

anyways, lets be honest here. we dont have our best player, Monta. the hornets might be top 3 in the west. we were in it until the end. how can you blame fatigue during the last 3 minutes of the game? these are professional athletes. Its the first game of the season. when the game is on the line adrenaline alone could have put them through 2x overtime periods.

i do think we should have seen at least some spot minutes from AR, B-Wright and even A. Mo but lets be honest. we were in it. the turnover on the in-bounds had absolutely nothing to do with fatigue or coaching. Players have to take responsibility for mistakes like this. if Jax was so tired that he wasnt able to throw an in-bounds pass he needs to hit the gym. maggette is went off the curl and the ball was the other way. just bad communication with 2 players who played their first nba game as teammates.

btw. if harrington doesnt shoot it who will? jax will probably hoist a 3 when all we need is a 2. I think maggette should have took it to the hole but if not him i like harringtons chances.

harrington was 5-17 from the field, struggling with his shot…and the play was drawn up for him?? i’m a wandering sonics fan and this was my first full warriors game i have watched, is this normal from nelson? it seems the play should’ve been called for maggette and a quick drive to the hoop for points (8 seconds left on the clock), because jackson was too tired to shoot anything. harrington though?!?

also, it doesn’t make sense to play only 7 players, especially when you can have four quality rotating players on the floor at all times (jackson, maggette, biedrins, azubuike, harrington, turiaf) and add one developing player (bellinelli, randolph, wright) who’s weaknesses will be covered by the FOUR other capable players. that’s what i consider reasonable for a team with a good mix of young players, veterans, and potential break out players.

From the end of the 1st quarter to the end I was laughing because of what don nelson said in the middle of the offseason. “IM GOING TO PLAY THE YOUNG GUYS” not the exact quote. I was laughing at how silly his lie was. Give them 4 to 8 minutes at leasst with mags, or 1 out of the three captains on there. at least dont let them ride the bench. I know this will sound so damn redundent but fuck, NELLIE GIVE YOUR players a chance especially belli, wright, and anthony a chance, how the fuck are they going to develop. Since all of those three were drafted in the first round, one in the top ten, 2 from the top 15. When will he play his draft picks huh, when we get a FUCKING number 1 pick, hah like that will ever happen!

it was important to them because if would set it off right, and no way i mean winning 50-30 in the season, but hey it could set the teams hopes and confidence up

i would.
don nelson kept this game close. players didn’t make shots. while i would have liked to have seen wright, i believe he’s hurt. ya, put in marco… lol.

i agree with you 100%. we’re never going to be an elite team under Don Nelson! he is too stubborn and stuck in his ways! all he’s good for is riding the veterans til the wheels fall off, a couple of good inbounds plays here and there and ruining young rookies careers!! i can’t stand this guy and i hate the fact that we extended his contract for 2 more years. that is not good news for the warriors or the development of any of our young guys! i love the warriors but i’m done with Nelly!! let’s start a fire nelly movement!! who’s with me?

You people actually think that putting in the rookies (and/or young people) would have helped? Sure, as the season goes on we need some people to pick up the slack and give the big boys a rest, but jesus, there is NO way in any part of that game that a rookie in there changes the outcome for the better. Ok… Ronnie Turiaf had a terrible game (24 minutes, 0 points, 4 boards, 4 fouls), maybe Randolph coming in for 12 of those minutes would have helped. I can’t see him not getting a point, and I can’t see him bricking 2 layups. Regardless, I’m completely sick of the people on here calling for Wright and Bustinelli to get minutes. That is ridiculous- one is a big man with very little offensive talent, no mass to help out his minimal skills on the defensive end, and NO fire or killer instinct. The other is a 3 point specialist who can’t hit shots in real games. Get the f(*& over this. Fast. If you want to watch these totally unpolished guys play basketball, realize you don’t have the teams success in mind.
/Rant over.

Yes the Dubs would of had a better chance with Mag’s or Buike taking the last shot against the Hornets.
Yes the Dubs needed SJax to take a breather.
Yes Monta will come back while being gone almost 1/3 of the season.
Yes that BWright/Randolph/Belinelli are not as talented as our best 7 guys.

But, the question is, will the Dubs make the Playoffs? If they are headed in a direction at some point in the next 6 weeks to stay in the “realistic” hunt for the palyoffs, maybe the 7 player rotation should be adhered to. I don’t think the Dubs will be in the mix though, thus we should play our younger players for christ sakes. If they are being payed and aren’t playing, the Dubs should trade their asses for some productive players that will help this team get to the playoffs.

From this point after watching the two summer leagues and pre-season, while also having a good understanding of Warriors history(‘85-present), I don’t see them going to the playoffs. With that said, just fu*king play the youngsters at some point Nellie and give the Dubs the ability to say they have explored all their options!

Why is everyone bring up old coaches, “it was a close game” and young players are not that good? Lets use common sense…..

Old coaches with different players, people here are making pointless points. The fact is his coaching tactics have not done much to help the team and obtain the potential they can have. We have seen this team start to realize its potential in the playoffs against the Mavs, but since then the game-plan has not lead to much (that is a fact). If everyone is OK with the “same ol same ol” then that is fine, but I strive for more and in sports all the warriors are doing is setting themselves up for another competitive yet non playoff season with a HUGE possibility of turning our young talent frustrated, irritated and unsatisfied that they just up and leave to another squad and reaching their potential elsewhere. That is the reality of this coaching and management process. It is called "stagnate coaching" where yes they stay competitive, yet do not make the proper adjustments to et to the next level.

All I’m saying is that I see no growth, no change. Same old outcome.

…yet?

I have a love-hate feeling about Nellie. He is a great game coach but his Ego is bigger than any active player in the NBA which drives me crazy. He is a business man first and is not worried so much about us loyal fans. He is funny but extremely arrogant…nobody loves Nelson more than Nelson..not even Joy loves the guy that much. Smoking cigars, hanging with Willie and Woody in Maui…gimme a break…what happened to that tractor driving good ol boy that coached the Bucks? You seemed so real and now you just name drop and come off more like Jimmy Buffet than the coach I once loved? Please do not defend Jimmy Buffet…he is a complete waste of music!

Nelson likely has a plan of when he is willing to start playing the younger players. It has less to do with how they do in practice than it does ticket sales. If the Nelson starts playing the youth and they lose, fans will think he is packing it in and concentrating on the future. For loyal fans, this is great because we all know that (even with Monta), the Warriors will not make the playoffs. They will be lucky to win 30 games this year. I hope I am wrong but Jackson at point guard, hahahaha. They made the playoffs because of Baron Davis. Remember how good Monta was in the playoffs? He was about as good in the playoffs as he is at peddaling a moped (if that story is even true).

Nelson has to win to get people to come to the games, it’s his job! We just have to hope that he is not more worried about himself (his record) and honestly cares about the future of this team. The future is sitting on the bench for now but we’ll see what happens when they are 5 and 15?

I love the way he coaches, I love the style and pace of the games but I could never love anything as much as he love himself. Go Warriors!

 Actually they surprised me with their competitiveness these first two games. We coulda very well won both so I’m now hoping for a .500 season . I like the bigger line up better than the small ball. I’m just waiting for the other teams to start pressing Jax when he plays point to end that experiment, but as long as they let him bring it up we might as well take advantage of the larger size it allows.