Lakers: 5 Reasons Why Giving Byron Scott Credit for Success is Wrong

2. He Can’t Have It Both Ways

Make no mistake about it, there have been a plethora of intensely frustrating moments with Byron Scott coaching the Lakers over this season and last year as well. However, perhaps the most infuriating moments of the 2015-16 campaign have been when Scott has refused to take any responsibility for the team’s shortcomings. If the team comes out flat, it’s on them to stay motivated. If the defense gets gashed for 48 minutes, the players weren’t doing what he designed. If the offense looks sloppy, the players weren’t running his plays correctly.

At some point in the midst of all of these deflection, Scott should have looked in the mirror and at least accepted some of the responsibility for the struggles in Los Angeles. He didn’t. So why then should fans be so quickly to give him credit—or allow him to accept credit, rather—for when the young players have started to show their potential and turn things around for this team?

The answer is that fans shouldn’t carry that mentality. Scott can’t have it both ways where everything is on the players when things are going poorly, but it’s all the coach’s doing when things start improving. It doesn’t work like that in life and in coaching in the NBA.

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