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No he wasn’t.

Scottie plays better when he has something to prove. He played amazing in year 1 when people were saying the Raptors should have picked Suggs. He also played better this year after people said he couldn’t be a franchise player, and he only cared about the bowlway dollars.

Anyone who watches games knows that his effort can be inconsistent (even within the same game or in a given quarter). I suspect a lot of Scotties stans here dont watch games - and just see the numbers.

There’s a pattern here. Doug and his “sources” (FVV and Siakam) are right.

Fred was more responsible for any regression of Scottie than a work ethic issue. It is lazy reporting by Doug.

I find the hate against Doug to be a generational thing.

If he thought Scottie wasn’t putting in work last year, why wouldn’t he say so? It was evident there was an issue as even Masai ended up having a one on one meeting with Scottie. It even resulted in him missing a game.

Thankfully, it looks like the criticism worked and Scottie has upped his game tremendously this season. Doug is now his biggest fan.

So to interject a bit of nuanced into this discussion this is how I personally read the piece then and now. When I first read the piece I saw it as a piece about miscommunication between two parties about expectations and visibility.

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I think one thing that is important when you work in an organization is providing visibility over your work and not necessarily leaving your boss in the dark. Sometimes this comes in the form of documentation or “tps” reports. Sometimes it leads to micromanagement but in general communication is important and the key. It seems like a lot of the older vets used to work with some of the coaching staff and Barnes worked with “his guy” and on “his terms”. That is all well and good, but you should be providing some visibility because a team in theory may have plans for you that work within a team context or they may want you to work on xyz.

Now did Barnes just laze around and not do anything? Of course not, but to me, beyond the shot I don’t see the biggest improvement in his offensive game instead I see it in a consistent level of effort that he puts out there on MOST games. Still has a tendency to be passive at times. He himself admitted he wasn’t in the best shape coming into his second year and wanted to work on his cardio. His words not mine.

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I think some people viewed it as a hit piece but it depends on what you expect out of Dougy. Dougy treats a lot of the players with the old puckhead mind set in general but that doesn’t mean he is completely wrong. Sometimes it isn’t what is said but how it is said. Did Masai go down and talk to Barnes about his effort. Yes, he did he admitted he did in the end of season presser.