[外電] Stan Van Gundy again draws scrutiny
There is something about former Heat coach Stan Van Gundy and very large people
that tends to lead to oversized debate.
That certainly proved to be the case again Tuesday, when Magic center Dwight
Howard felt Van Gundy ignored him amid the Magic's Game 5 collapse in Boston.
Howard touched the ball just three times in the fourth quarter, including just
once in the final 6 minutes, 50 seconds, as Orlando blew a 14-point fourth-
quarter lead.
Howard's harangue: "I'm not going to get up here and bash or say anything about
what should happen, but I will say it's tough to win when all season long you
play inside-out and you trust one of the people who got you off to a good
season. I think I'm capable of scoring in the post, but I don't think 10 shots
is enough. You've got a dominant player, let him be dominant."
"I have to do it defensively where I have to be more aggressive and offensively
I have to get the ball. I don't think you are going to win a lot of games when
your post player only gets 10 shots," he said.
"It's tough to get yourself going and get a lot of shots without a lot of
touches. We have to do a better job with that."
He also intimated that Van Gundy should have stuck with a certain group that
was on the floor when he felt the offense was clicking. He wasn't specific.
"The coaches have to recognize what's working on the floor. Stick to it. Even
if it's half your starters on the floor. Not just the guys you have put the
most trust in. You have to have trust in everybody," Howard said.
"We moved the ball, we ran, got easy shots, and our coach has to recognize when
he was a certain group out there and they are getting the job done and we have
to leave those guys on the floor. We are going to make mistakes, but I think
you have to go with what works."
Earlier this season, former Heat center Shaquille O'Neal, who hardly was
pleased with how Van Gundy utilized him during the Heat's 2005 playoff run to
the Eastern Conference finals, offered a similar sentiment when O'Neal's Suns
faced the Magic.
Shaq's shot: "I know for a fact he's the master of panic. When it gets time for
his team to go in the postseason and do certain things, he will let them down
because of his panic. I've been there before. I've played for him.''
And in his memoir, Resilience, which was released before the start of this past
season, former Heat center Alonzo Mourning lamented Van Gundy's refusal to play
him alongside O'Neal in those 2005 Heat playoffs.
Mourning's mention: "Stan is a good guy, but at that point I thought he was
overmatched and lacked the experience necessary to lead us to the championship.
I didn't have confidence in him because I didn't think he used the personnel
correctly."
Of course, Van Gundy also set the table for the Heat's 2006 championship and
has the Magic within two victories of the Eastern Conference finals despite
playing without injured guard Jameer Nelson. He is a very good coach, driving
his teams deep into the playoffs, when the scrutiny is heightened.
Still, voices of the past suddenly find themselves in harmony with a voice from
Van Gundy's current Magic locker room.
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