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Re: Coaching decisions: the good, bad and unusual
« Reply #60 on: January 19, 2025, 09:21:10 AM »

Offline jambr380

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The decision to rush a 2 for 1 in OT and letting a struggling JB carry it out is one of the most inexplicably stupid coaching decisions I've ever seen.

Joe is not getting the most out of this roster this season.  Go ahead and prove me wrong.  (You can't.  Just look at our offensive numbers in January.)

I was at the game.  I predicted it, and of course it happened.

Such bad fundamentals down the stretch.  Turnovers, missed FTs, couldn't rebound, leaving shooters wide open.

Tough game to be at. I was at the games this year and last year in Orlando where we were cruising in both before completely dismantling and losing big. It's not really a better feeling to watch a stinker from start to finish, but it's especially disappointing to think you are definitely going to win and then are walking out of the arena with a big L.

And even with all those negatives, there were still several chances to get the win. It really was an 'everything had to go wrong and it did' situation.

Re: Coaching decisions: the good, bad and unusual
« Reply #61 on: January 19, 2025, 10:26:50 AM »

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I didn't get to watch this ATL game.  You don't like to see the team play bad at the end of a game in any case but we did play without Porzingis and Horford.  Taking the long view I guess.  Several important players still not playing at their best.  I don't blame the coach so much for this one specifically.  If this was the only case, it wouldn't be an issue.  This has been going on for too long though.

We will probably do better than people expect on the road trip.  It just usually seems to go that way.