Bucks Fire Adrian Griffin

[ozgod]

I never understood why a team competing for a title would go for a young unproven coach.  Feel bad for Griffin, but that was always a weird hire to me.

The Mazzulla Precedent 

[Moranis]

I never understood why a team competing for a title would go for a young unproven coach.  Feel bad for Griffin, but that was always a weird hire to me.

The Mazzulla Precedent 

Boston wouldn't have hired Joe if they had done a full search.  He was an I term guy that did well enough. Not the same.

[jpotter33]

Wowzers, that was unexpected. Always feels like a drastic move if this has to be done in the middle of the season. Even most of us Joe critics here probably wouldn’t endorse a middle of the season change like that.

I never understood why a team competing for a title would go for a young unproven coach.  Feel bad for Griffin, but that was always a weird hire to me.

Brad says hi. (Though to be fair, that was a much different situation given the Ime suspension timing.)

[Moranis]

It appears he lost the locker room. Apparently this had building for a couple of weeks and wasn't getting better. Had to cut ties before the season was derailed.

[hpantazo]

So is this going to end up being an Udoka type of firing or did they just suddenly decide halfway through his first season to dump him while in 3rd place in the East?

[Moranis]

So is this going to end up being an Udoka type of firing or did they just suddenly decide halfway through his first season to dump him while in 3rd place in the East?

he lost the locker room (or whatever he had of it). 

Much more like David Blatt in Cleveland.  When the stars of the team have no faith in the coach, the coach has to go

[Celtics2021]

So is this going to end up being an Udoka type of firing or did they just suddenly decide halfway through his first season to dump him while in 3rd place in the East?

Seems like the latter.

[jpotter33]

Don’t know a whole lot about him, but Griffin seemed like a stickler who wasn’t able to really connect with his guys.

I think that’s the difference between him and someone like Ime, Pop, or even Joe to a lesser extent - to be that tough and hard-nosed you have to connect with your players and develop that mutual respect.

[scaryjerry]

So is this going to end up being an Udoka type of firing or did they just suddenly decide halfway through his first season to dump him while in 3rd place in the East?

They’re actually in 2nd place and are tied with the second best record in the league overall with a blowout win over us.

Weird firing in that regard but clearly the players don’t like him

[bdm860]

57 win pace, tied for 2nd in the league, has won 5 of last 6, this is weird on all fronts.    If that's having lost the locker room, what's a dialed in Bucks team look like?

If he was a college guy (Pitino, Calipari, Floyd) or international guy (Blatt), I wouldn't be surprised if their was a cultural divide that was causing a clash.  But Griffin being a somewhat recent NBA vet, with 15 years of NBA assistant coaching experience, seems super odd.

So bad coach?  Good coach, bad situation?  Giannis/Dame being divas?

[celticinorlando]

Doc to the Bucks makes it that much easier for the Cs to win the East.

[jpotter33]

For all the talk of the record and how successful they’ve been, has anyone actually been watching them or compared their record to the teams they’ve beat/their overall strength of schedule?

Depending upon what metric you use, Milwaukee has genuinely played a bottom 3 strength of schedule thus far, and most places have them as the most difficult remaining strength of schedule.

Further, in a good portion of their wins they’re barely beating bad teams by better play in the clutch after being outplayed or matched through most of the game, including close wins against the Cunningham-less Pistons in their last two games.

Their defense is atrocious, and their good offense is only barely able to cover their defensive deficiencies with a 3.8 net rating good for 10th in the league against a very soft schedule thus far. I think there’s real concern in Milwaukee that with a much tougher schedule in the second half of the season that they’re not going to be able to get away with playing like they’ve been playing.

[Birdman]

Wow something bad had to happen within the locker room

[Neurotic Guy]

Always liked AG.  Bring him to the Cs.

[bdm860]

Further, in a good portion of their wins they’re barely beating bad teams by better play in the clutch after being outplayed or matched through most of the game, including close wins against the Cunningham-less Pistons in their last two games.

Being a Celtics fan, I thought this was normal.