SB Nation User Blog: DontCallMeJoey

In Defense of Mangini

DontCallMeJoey — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:05:03 -0000

In Defense of Mangini

with the notable exception of the atrocious mismanagement of the quarterback position...

coach mangini has clearly taken a ton of heat from fans, local and national media, and everyone in between (except, maybe, randy lerner). however, i truly believe that you could strike every mention of "mike singletary" in the attached article, and replace it with "eric mangini".

singletary and mangini clearly share the EXACT same philosophy: team, discipline, execution, sacrifice, accountability, win-first. singletary, though, steps into a situation with more talent (and a much worse division) and is having SI articles written about him. mangini is being burned in effigy.

i don't think mangini's approach is wrong, but he clearly lacks the street cred that singletary has with the 49ers. i don't know how that changes, but, to me, our issue is not mangini's style...it's more the composition of our roster.

"I would put one of my players on another team's practice squad before putting him on the Browns."

DontCallMeJoey — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:50:40 -0000

"I would put one of my players on another team's practice squad before putting him on the Browns."

consider the source, of course, but this certainly doesn't portend positive things for the browns in the free agency market. i can't say i'm surprised to hear such rumblings...mangini is known for running a military installment of discipline, and i wouldn't think players/agents would be psyched about that.

having said that, though, players will go where the money and the opportunity is, so this is all bluster.

Shaq Vs Premiere

DontCallMeJoey — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:39:24 -0000

Shaq Vs Premiere

i thought this was awesome. roethlisberger comes off kind of jerky if you ask me, but shaq kills it, once again.

i didn't catch it live, but i'll set the tivo for next week's.

Shaq - Conan Dance Off

DontCallMeJoey — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:55:52 -0000

Shaq - Conan Dance Off

shaq was on conan recently ... showing once again why he's the most likable professional athlete on the planet.

Odom Back to Lakers

DontCallMeJoey — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:56:48 -0000

Odom Back to Lakers

Lamar re-signs w/ Lakers...bummer. They're awfully tough w/ him back in the mix.

Summer '09 Unrestricted FAs

DontCallMeJoey — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:35:21 -0000

so, i took a look at the unrestricted free agents for the upcoming offseason, in hopes that i might find the miracle salve to treat the wounds of the still fresh loss to the magic. to me, the only thing that the magic series showed (aside from a lack of creativity from mike brown and the rest of the suits on the bench) is that we need help in the front court. no real mystery there. more importantly, though, we need defensive help in the front court. unfortunately, the list of FA big men is less inspiring than a physics lecture.

what you'll find after the jump is the FA list (there are a few players in here w/ early termination rights, so they might stay w/ their current teams, but i didn't have time to parse through that). there are two categories: players that we care about and i tracked down 2008-09 numbers for, and players that we (at least i) don't care about. feel free to disagree. i'd be interested to hear people's thoughts.

i looked at several different numbers, but in the interest of space here i chose to show: position, age, 2008-09 PER, 2008-09 Win Shares (WS), 2008-09 Defensive Win Shares (DWS), and then the ratio of DWS:WS. in keeping w/ my theory that we need defensive help up front more than offensive, i thought DWS/WS was worth looking at. i'm not saying we don't need offensive help in the front line, just that defense is more important. each position is ranked by PER. remember, a PER of 15 is league average.

			2008-2009
	Pos	Age	PER	WS	DWS	DWS/WS
Mehmet Okur	C	29	17.5	7.5	3	40%
Jermaine O'Neal	C	30	15.4	2.5	2.3	92%
Eddy Curry*	C	26	15	1.7	0.4	24%
Rasheed Wallace	C	34	14.9	4.8	3.2	67%
Zaza Pachulia	C	24	14.1	3.8	1.8	47%
Jamaal Magloire	C	30	10.6	1.3	0.9	69%
Mikki Moore	C	33	8.9	2.1	0.9	43%
Steven Hunter*	C	27	8.6	0.1	0.1	100%

Birdman	PF	30	18.1	5.5	2.9	53%
Carlos Boozer	PF	27	17.2	2.7	1.8	67%
Antonio McDyess	PF	34	16.6	5.3	2.7	51%
Brandon Bass	PF	23	16.4	4.1	1.6	39%
Drew Gooden	PF	27	16.3	2.7	1.6	59%
Shawn Marion	PF	30	16	5.1	3.1	61%
Al Harrington	PF	28	15.9	4.1	2.1	51%
Chris Wilcox	PF	26	13.2	1.1	1	91%
Kwame Brown	PF	26	11.5	1.8	1.3	72%
Stromile Swift	PF	29	6.8	-0.1	0.2	-200%

Andre Miller	PG	32	18.7	8.6	2.5	29%
Jason Kidd	PG	35	16.9	8.4	3.9	46%
Mike Bibby	PG	30	16.38	6.7	2.4	36%
Anthony Carter	PG	33	10.8	1.8	2.1	117%

Lamar Odom	SF	29	16.5	7.1	4.4	62%
James Singleton	SF	27	16.4	3	1.1	37%
Ron Artest	SF	29	15.6	5.5	3.9	71%
Trevor Ariza	SF	23	15.5	6.3	3.7	59%
Grant Hill	SF	36	15.2	5.6	1.9	34%
Hedo Turkoglu	SF	29	14.8	7.4	4.4	59%
Matt Barnes	SF	28	12.6	3.1	1.4	45%
Kyle Korver	SF	27	12.1	3.8	1.8	47%
Gerald Green	SF	23	11.4	0	0.3	750%
Ime Udoka	SF	31	9.5	1.2	1.7	142%
Devean George	SF	31	7	0.6	0.6	100%

Ben Gordon	SG	25	17	7	1.7	24%
Eddie House	SG	30	15.4	4.8	2.4	50%
Flip Murray	SG	29	14.7	3.1	1.9	61%
Von Wafer	SG	23	14.7	2.6	1.6	62%
Quentin Richardson	SG	28	11.6	2.3	1.2	52%
Dahntay Jones	SG	28	9	2.1	1.3	62%
Morris Almond	SG	23	7.3	0.1	0.2	200%

* 2007-08 stats

"Who Cares" List
Marbury
Juwan Howard
Lindsey Hunter
Jerome James
Jason Hart
Iverson
Jamal Crawford
Brian Cook
Dikembe
Maceo Baston
Marquis Daniels
Travis Diener
Stephen Graham
Rasho Nesterovic
Ricky Davis
Fred Jones
Brian Skinner
Chris Mihm
Quinton Ross
Mike Wilks
Mark Blount
Luther Head
Malik Allen
Keith Bogans
Francisco Elson
Damon Jones
Rodney Carney
Jason Collins
Kevin Ollie
Shelden Williams
Maurice Ager
Trenton Hassell
Jarvis Hayes
Ryan Bowen
Devin Brown
Melvin Ely
Sean Marks
Damien Wilkins
Desmond Mason
Malik Rose
Robert Swift
Adonal Foyle
Anthony Johnson
Tyronn Lue
Royal Ivey
Donyell Marshall
Theo Ratliff
Kareem Rush
Raef Lafrentz
Shavlik Randolph
Michael Ruffin
Calvin Booth
Bobby Jackson
Cedric Simmons
Michael Finley
Jacque Vaughan
Anthony Parker
Jake Voskhul
Jarron Collins
Brevin Knight
Ronnie Price
Juan Dixon
Etan Thomas

Points in the Paint

DontCallMeJoey — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:22:25 -0000

Something that I think would be worth tracking over the last 20 games of the year is points in the paint, both scored and allowed. That seems to be a pretty good indicator of the effort that the Cavs put out on a nightly basis, and I'd imagine a pretty good predictor of W's and L's.

Ever since the Lakers game in LA, the Cavs have really wilted when they've been attacked in the paint, and similarly shied away from driving the ball to the lane on the offensive end. Yao torched us in Houston, the Lakers got over on us in the paint in Cleveland, Leon Powe and friends dumptrucked us in the lane in Boston...I'd even go so far as to say that the Clips gave us the business in the paint.

The painted area is and will continue to be the key for the Cavs. If you've got time, Cavsblogger, I'd be psyched to see that data.

Definitely no Winslow on Sunday

DontCallMeJoey — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 23:13:43 -0000

Definitely no Winslow on Sunday

Winslow's appeal won't be heard before this week's game. He can still recoup his game check, but he definitely won't be reinstated.