Anonymous NBA coach jealous of the way the media treats Brad

[Eja117]

I wonder if Pitino or Calipari could generously be called "an NBA coach"

[konkmv]

Come on... he had no playoff material for years and this year his top players got injured.. and he delivered.. would like to know the name... anyway.. he finds the strength of everyone... look where Thomas Crowder Crawford are now...

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

I am sure it happened, and I'm sure it's not just this guy (the anon) feeling this way, and it is petty and whiny.

The Whiny Coach kind of has his cake and eats it too. The Celtics Org does provide Brad Stevens with some good top tier talent by way of top 5 picks, trades, and free agents.

But Brad Stevens because of injuries etc is also forced to start Rozier, to give Ojeleye serious minutes, to play Shane Larkin, Nader, Kadeem Allen. None of those guys were supposed to be above replacement level players. Jaylen Brown was supposed to be a year or two away. Jayson Tatum is a rookie, has no business playing like he is.

Now I'm sure some of that is due to Danny finding the right guys. But a large part of it is Brad Stevens getting his guys to give more than anyone expected them to.

Also, I bet the whiny coach was Jason Kidd. Arnovitz did say that this was said to him before Irving went down. Jason Kidd seems like a whiny little man child.

Let's also consider that certain former Cs haven't done as well since leaving Boston, especially Evan Turner and Jae Crowder.

[Monkhouse]

Brad would be the first person to admit that he gets too much praise.

Plot twist this is Stevens calling it in himself to downgrade and downplay his coaching ability, just so he can come off as more humble lol.

I am sure it happened, and I'm sure it's not just this guy (the anon) feeling this way, and it is petty and whiny.

The Whiny Coach kind of has his cake and eats it too. The Celtics Org does provide Brad Stevens with some good top tier talent by way of top 5 picks, trades, and free agents.

But Brad Stevens because of injuries etc is also forced to start Rozier, to give Ojeleye serious minutes, to play Shane Larkin, Nader, Kadeem Allen. None of those guys were supposed to be above replacement level players. Jaylen Brown was supposed to be a year or two away. Jayson Tatum is a rookie, has no business playing like he is.

Now I'm sure some of that is due to Danny finding the right guys. But a large part of it is Brad Stevens getting his guys to give more than anyone expected them to.

Also, I bet the whiny coach was Jason Kidd. Arnovitz did say that this was said to him before Irving went down. Jason Kidd seems like a whiny little man child.

Let's also consider that certain former Cs haven't done as well since leaving Boston, especially Evan Turner and Jae Crowder.

Different situations and scenarios. I think Crowder is loving it up in the Jazz though. He's the perfect complimentary role player for them.

[Atzar]

If you're going to talk, at least have the balls to put your name on it.  I don't have a lot of use for this anonymous noise. 

This is relayed by Kevin Arnovitz, by the way.  He's a writer who lives in LA and probably spends more time on the Clippers than any other NBA team.  Just saying.  That's not positive ID, but it is an interesting coincidence.

[LatterDayCelticsfan]

Cut the grass, and reveal the snakes 😉

[Alleyoopster]

Could all be fake news or one of the assistants.

[bdm860]

On the flip side, by slighting Stevens this anonymous coach is basically giving huge praise to Ainge.

[wdleehi]

Maybe it is a coach of team worried about competing with those end of the bench Vets that like to go to winning teams with popular coaches. 

[Fafnir]

Biggest thing about coaching is adapting to changing team and its needs. Brad has been so [dang] good this year with all the injuries that lead to changing lineups and rookies getting burn.

Really excited to see what he can do when all of the elite talent is on the floor next year.

[liam]

Cut the grass, and reveal the snakes 😉

Burn the grass, no more snakes...

[manl_lui]

for some reason i want to say Doc, i still appreciate him but something about it sounds like Doc...the fact that he bolted during a rebuild and now our team is definitely out performing his team and growing better than the Clips, it just sounds like jealousy

[Boris Badenov]

Who the **** paraphrases someone using the words "hagiography" and "deification"?

[celticsclay]

Obviously whiny and petty, but I wouldn't be surprised if the vast majority of coaches actually felt that way.  Brad definitely has risen the respect ranks very quickly and without much real playoff success (even with the 2 wins this year, he is just 13-17 in the playoffs and has never finished a playoff run above .500).

I am not sure if you are being serious with this. In his second season he somehow coached a team that had no business being in the playoffs against the Cleveland Cavs. He started Brandon Bass, Bradley, Evan Turner, Smart and Tyler freaking Zeller. You are going to hold it against him for not winning a game that series? The next season the starting lineups were

Isiah Thomas (new to the roster)
Jae Crowder
Evan Turner
Amir Johnson
Jonas Jerekbro

Versus
Ken Bazemore
Kyle Korver
Jeff Teague
Paul Milsap
Al Horford

You hold it against him that he only made that series go 6 games?

You have a lot of takes. This is certainly one of them.

[nickagneta]

Its not just the medua that loves Stevens.

"He is a special person -- and that's on and off the court," Popovich said. "He's very intelligent. And intelligence is fine, but if it doesn't come along with incisiveness, judgment and an emotional maturity, it doesn't do you much good. And he has all of those things. And that's large. Not that many people have that. It shows in the way he handles people and the way he coaches. He's going to be a great one before it's all over with. And he's already a hell of a coach."

http://www.masslive.com/celtics/index.ssf/2017/10/gregg_popovich_boston_celtics_1.html

Pops I guess didn't feel the need to be anonymous