Fire Joe! ... or critique Joe ... or defend Joe... or worry about Joe's coaching

[ozgod]

Fire him tomorrow 

[Goldstar88]

Fire him tomorrow 

[jpotter33]

Even for Joe, two straight games of poor end-game decision-making is impressive.

Not sure what was worse - the awful end-game plays in regulation or the lack of adjustment with KP getting killed all fourth and OT on the mismatches.

Lots of blame to go around, but another masterpiece from Joe.

[SCeltic34]

Even for Joe, two straight games of poor end-game decision-making is impressive.

Not sure what was worse - the awful end-game plays in regulation or the lack of adjustment with KP getting killed all fourth and OT on the mismatches.

Lots of blame to go around, but another masterpiece from Joe.

Getting outcoached by Snyder, who is a mediocre coach, is not a good look.  I mean, their 4th quarter consisted of primarily Murray iso ball, which is flat out awful basketball.

I've praised Joe so far this regular season, but like most other people here his inability to adjust in-game is great cause for concern.  We're the best team and have the best shot at the title, but Joe is the big question mark.

[Roy H.]

Even for Joe, two straight games of poor end-game decision-making is impressive.

Not sure what was worse - the awful end-game plays in regulation or the lack of adjustment with KP getting killed all fourth and OT on the mismatches.

Lots of blame to go around, but another masterpiece from Joe.

Yeah...  the Hawks repeatedly hunted the Porzingis switch, and Joe sat on his hands. 

[ozgod]

Joe with his exit interview coming up as he’s definitely getting canned in the morning …this time next week he’ll probably be collecting unemployment 

[jpotter33]

Even for Joe, two straight games of poor end-game decision-making is impressive.

Not sure what was worse - the awful end-game plays in regulation or the lack of adjustment with KP getting killed all fourth and OT on the mismatches.

Lots of blame to go around, but another masterpiece from Joe.

Getting outcoached by Snyder, who is a mediocre coach, is not a good look.  I mean, their 4th quarter consisted of primarily Murray iso ball, which is flat out awful basketball.

I've praised Joe so far this regular season, but like most other people here his inability to adjust in-game is great cause for concern.  We're the best team and have the best shot at the title, but Joe is the big question mark.

Even for Joe, two straight games of poor end-game decision-making is impressive.

Not sure what was worse - the awful end-game plays in regulation or the lack of adjustment with KP getting killed all fourth and OT on the mismatches.

Lots of blame to go around, but another masterpiece from Joe.

Yeah...  the Hawks repeatedly hunted the Porzingis switch, and Joe sat on his hands.

At least we saw *some* progress from Joe in that he didn't go to a Tatum iso for the second go-ahead opportunity in OT. I actually liked that play with us going to KP on the post, leading to him passing it to JB for the shot.

But, yeah, overshadowed by the lack of adjustments and the continue over-reliance on the poor efficieny Tatum sets, all while doing while burning a timeout that could've been used to get a better look.

[DocomoCelts]

We know Brad's not going to do anything, even if Joe loses all of his remaining games.  Let's see what happens when the Playoffs come.  Get bounced before the Conference Finals, which we can't rule out, and things will get interesting.

[Indocelts]

Somebody mentioned that other players just don't move around when Tatum gets the ball in his hand.

Wondering what those players think when they see Tatum jacking up futile shot after shot in crunch time. Don't they hate it?

Why doesn't Joe take this into consideration as well when he manages his end game?

[SparzWizard]

This team peaked early? Now they're going free fall mode. Bad time to free fall if you ask me lol.

We are so done for in the playoffs and having this joke of a coach doesn't help either

[greenhead85]

Team really has no very good one-on-one player. JT and JB are not. Other playoff bound teams have them. This is where White or Jrue should come in and make plays to work. Dejounte just repeated his performance from last year's playoffs. Smh

[celticinorlando]

They refuse to move the ball on offense in the 4th quarter. It’s infuriating

[jpotter33]

https://twitter.com/NBCSCeltics/status/1773540430669398401

I’m not sure how anyone can defend Joe here, even his most ardent apologists.

Joe admits here that his entire gameplan in the end of regulation scenario was “get JT the ball and let him make a play for us”. He also said that he got a “good” look. More of his laissez faire philosophy that has fallen on its face countless times in his tenure.

It’s indefensible at this point. All the data suggests that this is just not the right play here and we have better options than a JT iso in that situation. I said this elsewhere, but for a supposedly analytics guy he is simply not analytical in his approach. Rather, he’s dogmatic and set in his ways, regardless of what the data suggests.

[Neurotic Guy]

https://twitter.com/NBCSCeltics/status/1773540430669398401

I’m not sure how anyone can defend Joe here, even his most ardent apologists.

Joe admits here that his entire gameplan in the end of regulation scenario was “get JT the ball and let him make a play for us”. He also said that he got a “good” look. More of his laissez faire philosophy that has fallen on its face countless times in his tenure.

It’s indefensible at this point. All the data suggests that this is just not the right play here and we have better options than a JT iso in that situation. I said this elsewhere, but for a supposedly analytics guy he is simply not analytical in his approach. Rather, he’s dogmatic and set in his ways, regardless of what the data suggests.

It’s scary no doubt. I just don’t see the point in getting bummed out about it or throwing in the towel.  This is still a very talented team that can win, and I’d prefer going into the playoffs believing they have a chance rather than convincing myself that they can’t overcome their coaching deficit. They can, and they might.

[CelticsWhat35]

This team peaked early? Now they're going free fall mode. Bad time to free fall if you ask me lol.

We are so done for in the playoffs and having this joke of a coach doesn't help either

The champion Nuggets went 2-5 to end their regular season last year.  The only thing that matters heading into the playoffs is health.  The #1 overall seed has been a foregone conclusion for weeks