Well, I agree - I was really unclear there. I wasn't trying to say that Vinny gave up on him - he did keep him in the starting lineup to the end, and I honestly do believe that Vinny at times forgets about subbing guys back in.
I wasn't speaking to anyone in particular. I'm not even sure if someone said that in this thread, just that i've read that a lot recently that VDN gave up on Tyrus and now three coaches have given up on Tyrus, so Tyrus must be bad because it was three coaches.
Well Skiles didn't give up on Tyrus, he played him more the longer he coached him (for whatever that is worth).
Boylan didn't give up on him either, as he played him more as the season went on (probably had no choice in that, but the result is still that as the season went on Tyrus's minutes went up).
VDN didn't give up on him either, he played him more and more as his season went on.
So there are three coaches who each played Tyrus more as time went on rather than less. This isn't to say Tyrus is their favorite guy or best player, but just a note that none of them exhibited patterns of giving up on him.
We gave up on Tim Thomas this year. Notice how he played some, then his playing time went to zero. That's giving up on someone.