90% of basketball is mental. The other half is physical. Apologies to Yogi.
I was/am a big defender of Mullin but one of the things, if true, I took big exception to was the mandate that "if you are open, shoot. If you don't shoot when open I'll take you out".
A coaches job is to put guys in position on the floor where they can score. It isn't, or shouldn't be up to ME or any player to decide where he spots up or shoots from. If ME is shooting from 3 a lot, it's with the coach's blessing.
If CMA knows what he is doing,and I believe he does, he either is confident that ME will knock down those shots, or CMA will correct this quickly and get him shooting closer to the basket. Posh can really dish, and so far I've been impressed with some of our sets and ball movement leading to easy shots.
Relax
This team isn't a work of art, it's a work in progress. Like my grandmother's italian stuffed peppers they will be better on day 2 and 3 then day one. We don't expect this team to be 23-4, so I'm just trying to enjoy the high spots and tolerate the things we need to work on. Yea, losing stinks, but when we turn the corner this season we will all realize once again that we have a very good coach.
It will be deja vu all over again.