Which in no way means that I want Theus fired. It just means that through 92 regular season games, the assist/turnover ratio for Theus’ team is absolutely abysmal. If that is a function of his personnel, then he needs to adapt his system(?) to his players. If it is a function of his system(?), then he needs to change it (or create it, whatever the case may be).

Turnovers on any given night are a player’s problem. Consistent trouble over 92 nights is a coach’s problem. That said, I would rather see Theus fix the problem then get the heave-ho.

Just because of his down-the-stretch personnel decisions in the past couple of games. Why is he suddenly in love with Quincy Douby?

But I also don’t want to see him fired. Losing close games consistently, or letting a safe lead slide to make it a close game, is the coach’s fault when it happens this often.

Because I took a “No” vote to mean that Theus should be fired. A team playing this many young guys is not going to win a lot of games. And it’s going to get worse over the next week.

There are areas where improvement can be expected. The team DOES have the capability of turning the ball over less and CAN do a better job defending the three point line. I reserve the right to change my position when the team is either 4-12 or 5-11 in the next week.

He should be phased out after the season.

For this incarnation of the Kings, Theus is a good “first wife (coach).” He gets a bad team to overachieve, relates well to the players, and has given the kids opportunities to learn and prove themselves.

While nothing would make me happier than to see a cohesive system emerge, I suspect that when this team begins to display the talent many of us believe it is capable of he’ll be out the door. Which, if he has still failed to that point to put his stamp on the team is appropriate. However, I think firing him during this season would be a poor choice. Right now we need stability more than anything else.

First I want to credit Theus as he has, as we have all noted, been able to get our Kings team to overachieve during his tenure here. We were decimated by injuries last year, long stretches with out Martin, Artest, Miller, and Bibby, four out of our starting 5(and arguably the problem last year was also that we didn’t have a 4, we had lobster, underdeveloped SHawes, and the kennel). But watching the games I felt better about our team for some reason than I do lately, and I think this was because the veterans had better spacing.

What I mean by this is that our spacing on the floor is atrocious. IT’S ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE. And this is on a coach. How many times, this year, already have we seen Beno run into traffic just as another player, trying to help the situation mind you, comes closer to him instead of backing away, which then brings his defensive player to trouble Beno further. Except Beno isn’t the only one who’s done this as ball handler, it’s been Martin early, Salmons when he holds onto the ball too long, even Miller occasionally.

The other argument is that we’re playing a lot of rookies and this is not really Theus’ fault, he’s doing the best he can with the best players. And already this year we’ve been without B-Rad for 5, Speed-Mart for four(?), and Cisco for the season so far. That’s significant injuries, or time away, from three of our first 6, arguably. But that said we need to beat a Suns team without Nash, home-town Barnes, & Barbosa(in other words NO POINT GUARD). We absolutely need to be beating a struggling Spurs team without Parker & Ginobilli(again NO FUCKING POINT GUARD). And if Reggie can’t impose his will on those teams with a group of guys he should have wrestled into his “high c-screen elbow turnover” system, I begin to doubt the rest of the year.

But I’d agree too that we need stability for the rest of the year, regardless of if we become a lottery team or a potential playoff dream. For the rest of the season we’re better with him than without him. Here’s hoping he can teach the personnel where they’re actually supposed to be on the hard wood.

Listening to the Rise Guys this morning, most fans seemed very concerned with Joe Maloof going public with what they felt should have been a private conversation.

I didn’t LOL because I disagree necessarily, but I have a hard time feeling bad for Theus, considering his usage of the local media in a very similar fashion last season.

of this team losing at Minnesota, or dropping two at home to depleted Phoenix and San Antonio teams. I can’t approve of the job that Reggie is doing right now. That does not mean that I think that he should be fired. But it does mean that he needs to do better if he is to be around next year.

There was another poll question that asked about Reggie’s firing. This one asks whether or not we appove of the job that he is doing. I don’t approve.

not the Mel Brooks version. That version would be Phil Jackson.