I'm asking a Yes/No question to this entire forum: Are these issues the same as the last 8 years?
Because honestly, I feel they are. And that was even with Ime/Stevens. Also, the team has guys like JVG, Cassell, etc. as assistant coaches and advisors. At some point I start to look at the players more. A ton of reliance on the 3. Players becoming soft and mentally weak. Some terrible lapses in-game.
Mazzulla deserves some blame but I think blaming primarily him is just missing the point frankly.
No - tonight was absolutely, 100% on Joe not putting his players into positions to succeed. The Heat adjusted, and we've been completely unprepared for it thus far and have not done anything of consequence to adjust.
Even the adjustments we have made have been countered by Miami. Joe refuses to go small, so we have to compensate and overhelp on the defense to cover for KP on the high PnR, so they just make the extra pass and the shooter is open.
Tonight just highlights an elite coach from a poor coach. Joe is a complete embarrassment tonight.
Good response. I'm not really disagreeing, but to me it's just we've had the same core of guys for a while now (Horford, JT, JB, etc.) and it just seems like it still hasn't clicked for them particularly the Jays. How much do they want it? Even looking at Denver, I don't think Mike Malone is an elite coach, but that team got over the hump when Jokic, Jamal Murray and those guys stepped up their games and dominated in their run last season. I've still yet to seen that from Tatum consistently. He's had a few awesome games no doubt but you need more consistency.
I just think even if you added another coach here not much would change. Like how would another coach suddenly make Porzingis not look like what he did today? To me KP was more mental than it was any major adjustments or schemes, he was just awful from the start.
I guess I just want our players to tough it out more and play like they are on a mission. For a good chunk of today's game it looked like they were coasting. Not a good habit. This was true even with CBS and Ime too.