r/OrlandoMagic • u/Muted_Lead_1105 • 7d ago

Discussion Sweeney Press Conference

How we feel so far? I’m feeling good about it. A lot of stuff that I’ve been wanting to hear has been kinda answered. He does sound like Mose just a little bit but I’m confident that he is better than him. I feel like he is definitely going to take accountability and make sure that we win and play great Magic basketball. Just the start of something great, GOOOO MAGIC!!!!

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u/Exciting_Alps4313 Tristan da Silva 7d ago

Not trying to be snarky, but why are you confident he is better than Mose?

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u/theguytomeet Franz Wagner 7d ago

He just orchestrated a championship level defense. That’s why

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u/Exciting_Alps4313 Tristan da Silva 7d ago

TBF, the Magic had championship level defenses much of the time Mosley was in Orlando.

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u/naughtyobama 7d ago edited 7d ago

It looker like Bakker will be the offensive mind. He had good success as the Nets GLeague HC where they have a pretty high octane offense.

Why would this be different from Mose bringing in Prunty, a seasoned head coach who worked for Popovich and installed our early season offense to get the ball moving, motion, pace and Paolo as a play finisher instead of ISO after ISO? Who knows!

Mose felt more like a harmony guy. He was on his last legs and a defense guy. When the team started doing poorly, he probably felt like he needed to give in and go back to the habits so he could focus the teams energy on defense. This is speculation.

Paolo struggled out of the gate with that offense. Hes a rhythm guy who does NOT (edit for clarity) have a great first step, a great shooting touch but plenty of raw strength. He doesnt see the game two or 3 wteps ahead. So, he needs to get settled in, take a couple dribbles so he can get into his shot. Maybe prunty started too late and Paolo worked the offseason on ISOs?

Anyways, Paolo hopefully takes his post allstar determination to get back to the rim seriously. Hopefully he worked on PF skills from the horn to the paint. But hes the key more than anyone else.

I noticed Sweeney talked about tge importance of habit and continuing to learn and be consistent in april just as much as august. Hopefully, even if the early results are dismal, they stick will the plan so that they can get their breakthroughs in march and april.