When Brad pulled Kyrie in the 4th, that was game...
That and insisting on gimpy Hayward down the stretch instead of Brown when Brown actually showed some initiative and intensity today. There's like no logic or consistency with him.
When does Brad start getting murmurs about the hot seat? Seriously. NBA coaches are a dime a dozen. You don't get this type of stacked talent on one team all the time. If nice guy Brad isn't getting it done, we can't afford wasting this season with him not motivating players and making inexplicable rotation decisions costing us games. That's just asking Kyrie to leave next year.
People can think this is a hot take all they want, but it's unequivocally clear that the coaching staff has been a complete failure top to bottom this year, which is a major part of our struggles due to lack of preparation and inept in-game decision-making. Someone else can do the job if Brad can't, because it's looking more and more likely that Brad is more of a "maximizer" coach that can't actually manage this level of talent.
You feel Brad should be replaced? With who? And a year after we were 1 game away from the finals and 2 years from making the ECF?
I don't know if he should be replaced... yet. But he does clearly need some pressure put on him, as he's largely operated free from scrutiny in the press and everywhere else.
Look, he might just not be a coach that can manage this level of talent and egos, which quite honestly wouldn't surprise me given his character. Simply put - he's too nice. I don't think you can try to be everyone's friend and try to equally distribute the playing time like Brad is clearly trying to do.
But if we're still playing this type of inconsistent ball with inconsistent effort and terrible rotations in January, yeah, I'll be onboard with switching coaches. But for now Brad at least needs some pressure put on him to figure this out, because this is a giant waste of talent as it is right now.
Topic: Celtics (9-7) at Hornets (7-8) Game #16 11/19/18 (Read 37175 times)