The amount of fanfiction in this thread could rival Tumblr.
Quoting Nick from the now locked Ime thread:
At some point you have to blame the performance on the court on the players on the court. Every loss is not the coach's fault and every win isn't because of the players.
Was Ime excellent? No. But I am not sure what coaching strategy causes the players to suddenly not turn the ball over or miss wide open threes or miss free throws or miss bunny layups in the paint or miss defensive assignments or causes the bench to not show up. That's on the players
Just change “Ime” to “Joe” and that quote certainly still holds true. There were 47 pages on that thread calling for Udoka to be fired and the team ended up making it to the Finals. Reading through some of the posts… It’s like they were written yesterday.
to a point, that's true. however, Joe's offensive philosophy is to chuck as many 3's as possible even when the team is ice cold from outside. Ime had them taking 3's but not to this extent. Also, Ime showed he could implement an excellent defensive scheme to get them to the finals. Our defense this year has not been nearly as effective. injuries or not, we still missed people last year but managed to play very solid defense. not so this year.
also, Ime had the team coming together going down the stretch of the season and into the playoffs. this year, Joe had them out of the gate doing well when they were hitting shots at a ridiculous clip but they're are fading down the stretch and any game where they aren't making a high percentage of their 3's is coming up as a loss or barely-a-win.