Yes…in general, you have a good sight with good stories.  I probably agree with about 90% of your stories, disagree with about 5%…and hit the ceiling on about 5% of the stories, like the latest Hamilton hatchet job.

The real question remains, if you don’t like what we do here, why do you read? I think the answer is you really do enjoy the work here. Perhaps I can interest you in a Christmas gift?

According to the story, here’s  what Hamlton is supposed to have yelled at Kuester:

“As stunned coaches and teammates watched, Hamilton bellowed at Kuester that he had been a failure in his two seasons in Detroit, blown the opportunity the franchise afforded him and was nothing more than a career assistant coach, sources said. Despite Hamilton yelling within inches of him, Kuester didn’t respond.”

LOL…Patrick, you have to admit, at least Hamilton is truthful and objective about Kuester, which is more than I can say for you.

And, in your opinion, who is responsible for the leak???  Why don’t you do some real reporting and give us the name of the person who leaked the story?

So those two articles are supposed to be examples of how you held Kuester accountable?  You don’t think you were too hard on him do you, with quotes like:

“it’s extremely difficult to deliver news to people that they won’t take well. It just makes Kuester a poor coach.”

“The bottom line is good coaches are willing to take responsibility for the tough decisions they make, not just publicly, but behind closed doors, and Kuester wasn’t willing to take that responsibility.”

“Kuester missed the chance to put his stamp on the team and wrest a bit more influence away from the powerful locker room vets.  Instead, he tried to take the easy way out in order to avoid a confrontation.”

When you people write a story about Kuester’s awful rotations, awful defense, awful plays…and awful record, let me know.

Meanwhile, your sight rips Hamitlon up on side and down the other for some bland, non-committal response, in an attempt to defect the question. That’s not objective journalism; it’s a biased hatchet-job, if you ask me. 

And more to the point, the incident occurred almost a year ago and Hamilton is no longer even on the team.  Get over it.

Right. No one ever wrote anything blaming Kuester. Never let facts get in the way of an argument. And seriously, John Kuester not being a good coach has been mentioned dozens of times in posts on this site. Certainly in many of the game recaps last season.

As for what our readers are ‘buying,’ I’m not all that worried about it. If people didn’t like what we did here, people wouldn’t read as often as they do and the site wouldn’t continuously grow. One thing I’ve never been able to figure out: why do you read? If you don’t like what we write here, go find somewhere else to comment. I certainly don’t spend my time commenting on sites where I think the writers suck. I honestly can’t fathom why you and a few others seem to do exactly that here.

Oh, and further, if Kuester had publicly said after joining the Lakers that he and Hamilton never had any conflicts, believe that there would be a post ripping those comments here as well. But to my knowledge, Kuester has not commented on Hamilton since leaving the Pistons.

But from the looks of the comments, your readers aren’t really buying your propaganda about Hamilton.
 

In regards to that altercation in practice, I don’t know how accurate that was.  We don’t know what was said by both parties.  And as for the young players who wished they had the courage to say something, two of them participated in the boycott a couple of months later.  And reporters can believe it was Rip who orchestrated it but they have no prove or sources.  That’s just their belief.

I’m not saying Rip was a model citizen.  But I know that when we were winning, you never heard a peep out of this guy.  From Carlisle, to Brown, to Flip.  And then the line-up and roster change, and suddenly Rip is Terrell Owens?  I attribute that to wanting to win and hating to lose.  Kobe is blasting management for trading Odom and demanded a trade publicly when he shared the backcourt with Smush Parker.  I know Rip is no Kobe, but can it be possible that he shares Kobe’s passion for winning?  You ever read the part in Phil Jackson’s book about Kobe?  Ouch.  When you’re used to winning, losing doesn’t sit well with you; especially when you believe you know why you’re losing.  I’m assuming Rip knew exactly why the team went from the ECF to the lottery.