Here's a shocker from me: The problem is Nellie and his up-tempo system. I know I'm a broken record, but dammit! when are people finally going to admit we're in the middle of a civil war-- I mean that our emperor has no clothes!

It's well known that Nellie teams are averse to defense and rebounding, but this team even looks lost on offense. Nobody really looks like they have a clear understanding where they fit in -- which will happen when you take a young, marginal team and build it around a green light philosophy. We might as well be playing blacktop ball out there, because nobody's running plays or anything. No half-court offense -- again a major weakness in Nellie's up-tempo. You wonder why we can't control games late? It's because we can't play half court ball.

And speaking of major weaknesses, here's another: how about settling down with some solid rotations. Nellie is getting all this credit for mixing up the lineup every night, but the result has been total and complete lack of continuity. Nobody knows what their role is. And, because Nellie stresses that he'll play whoever's hot and sit whoever's not (unless your name is Patrick O'Bryant, in which case you ain't never going to see the light of day no matter what), players like Matt Barnes are running scared, knowing that a couple of turnovers or a bad shooting night will mean getting yanked out of the rotation for who knows how long.

I'm all for experimenting with different lineups and looking for a combo that works; Mike Montgomery didn't do enough of it. But we're at the All-Star break with the playoffs slipping away, the time for incessant tinkering is over.

But that is what Nellie does. His "sustained chaos" theory of coaching is not right for a team that doesn't have a good grasp of the fundamentals, either individually or as a team. Instead of building a strong foundation based on solid offensive sets, dedicated rebounding, and committed defense, Nelson has decided to build this team around free-form offense, fast breaks, and outshooting the other team. Pretty tough to do when you're shooting about 15 percent from the three-point line and turning the ball over 15 times a night.

I don't want to hear about injuries or bad luck or a weak roster. There are lesser teams out there doing more with less than the Warriors. And I don't want to hear any more Nellie-aggrandizing until he actually does something. Everybody is quick to give credit to Nellie for bringing a breath of fresh air to this team, but for all the hoopla, he has done little better than the vilified Monty (and Monty didn't even have Baron for half of last year. How would Nellie do without Baron for half the year?)

Yes, the team could be better, but right now, it is the system that sucks. I can think of several coaches in the league right now that could be getting a lot more out of this roster than Nellie is -- Jerry Sloan, Phil Jackson, Gregg Popovich to name just a few. If Jerry Sloan was coaching this team, we'd at least be playing .500 ball.

So let's stop giving Nellie a free pass. He can't just keep shaking his head and blaming it on the players. Maybe his 30-year old system for mediocrity is the thing that needs to get better. Maybe he should think about adapting his coaching style instead of blindly applying his signature style to every situation and every team, whether it's the right system for the situation or not.

I could go on all night. I guess, I've just reached the breaking point. Thanks for listening.

Bring back Mario Elie.