At around the time The Athletic broke the news that Manchester United were finalising their approach for Mauricio Pochettino to be their next manager, their current manager was arriving to take training.
On Wednesday Michael Carrick will, as he did on Tuesday, go through the motions of overseeing a session that involves the few United players not on international duty, existing in the liminal space between employment and dismissal, floating through life but knowing the phone is going to ring soon. He may well have to do it again on Thursday.
It’s not a dignified existence. He knows the end is near. We know the end is near. But more importantly Jim Ratcliffe, Jason Wilcox, Omar Berrada and whoever else chips in with these things at United or INEOS, all know the end is near.
But this is Manchester United, the club that somehow always manages to get things wrong. The club that want to appoint Pochettino, a man currently in an international job, so have chosen an international break to make their move for him, one of the only fortnights of the year when they know he is definitely busy.
One thing is for sure, Manchester United have treated Michael Carrick dreadfully, the latest in a long line of terrible decisions from a shambolic football club.
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hop step from the ft line to the front of the rim, then explodes vertically off that hop step so quick and instantaneously that at 5’11 he’s dunking before 4 blks per game, POY Marcus Camby can even process a contest
Darius Acuff tonight
32 Points
5 Rebounds
10 Assists
3 3's and a Steal
11-21 from the floor for 52%
55 Espn Fpts and hes averaging just under 40 for the year
Expectations were high coming in but no one has a truer green light then Acuff and hes looking like a late round steal
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i still don't love Jabari's flat-footedness, Jamal managed to punish us late. glad we could outshoot them late + some unreal Sengooner play to close
we're still not doing the work we were promised to "get KD comfortable" but he's pre-empting traps better
when jakob poeltl contests at the rim this season, he holds opponents to 52% shooting. elite number.
but the raps as a team allow 71% at the rim with him on court. very bad number.
how's that possible? bc jak rarely actually contests those shots:
Never forget that Ant Edwards was a struggling rookie under coach Ryan Saunders his first 31 games of his career. Chris Finch was hired mid season under controversy & both Anthony Edwards and Jaden McDaniels got better as rookies and in Anthony Edwards case he took off & flew to the moon.
Ant Edwards stats his first 31 games under Ryan Saunders:
28 minutes per game, 14ppg, 3rpg, 2apg on 37/31/79 splits, TS% 47.
Ant Edwards stats in his next 41 games under Chris Finch in his rookie season:
35 minutes per game, 23 ppg, 5rpg, 3apg on 44/34/77 splits ts% 55
Now just imagine how good Jonathan Kuminga would be right now and where he would stand in this league today if Chris Finch got a hold of him as a rookie. For the love of a God look how he's transformed him after coaching him for just 9 games.
Coaching matters. It always matters. Y'all think Steve Kerr was playing Anthony Edwards 35 minutes a game in year 1? Y'all think Anthony Edwards is where he is at today if Steve Kerr got him at 19??? Yea, how about HELL NO!!!
"Jonathan Kuminga is just doing what Steve Kerr always wanted him to do" Yea right. Y'all so damn funny.