I agree. Rockets are now 6 games under .500 with a much improved roster over the one they had last year. Their defense is good not great, offense is poor. He’s very overrated, IMO.
Lol.
The Rockets' "good not great" defense is 6th in the league in defensive rating, up from 29th (!) last year. And their "much improved roster" is VanVleet, Brooks, and a rookie Thompson - crazy improvements! The team is projected to beat their initial expected win total by 5-6 games this year; Ime has done a pretty good job in Houston thus far.
Clearly an objective, unbiased take here.
ESPN has them tied for 10th with Chicago. Like I said… Good not great. We get that you hate Joe and can’t be objective, though. Even thought you say your are. Lol. Ime good, Joe bad…
In the world of hot takes, I get that it's hard to get a balanced take.
Ime is definitely a better coach. He worked under Pop for a while, and had really good experience for a first time coach. Joe has had much less experience. It makes sense that there would be a drop-off from Ime to Joe.
Those that are unhappy with Joe (but so willing to jump to Ime's support) have picked the wrong target. This was Ime's doing. He was the one responsible.
Did you want Wyc and Brad to overlook Ime's transgressions?
Did you expect Joe to decline the opportunity to be the head coach?
Thanks for bringing this up, because I think this is a misconception of some of our positions, or at least mine.
While it's hard to have any firm opinion on this given the inconsistent/lack of information that was shared about the situation, I do fully support the Celtics ultimately moving away from Ime. As beloved as Ime was by the team, organization, and fans and how good of a job he did in his single year here, the fact that we were willing to move away from him tells me that there just wasn't a realistic scenario for him to return, meaning what he did was significant enough to move away from him - whether it was the consent issue, potential coercion, an untenable future with Ime remaining given who the woman and her husband are, etc.
I'm completely fine with that decision, but that is a whole separate issue from us subsequently bringing on a clearly unqualified coach right after that, let alone then quickly giving him a long-term deal when there were still significant questions about him. That just simply wasn't the right decision for this team and was a major factor in our failure to win the title last year.
I won't speak for everyone, but I think most of the pro-Ime/anti-Joe people here are focused solely on the basketball merits, while also understanding the necessity of moving away from Ime.