How good a coach is Stevens?

[BornReady]

i could see stotts winning COY with the surprise wins the trailblazers are racking up

also kerr
even though he was out at the start and walton was coaching in his place
GSW have the best record + close to cracking the 72 wins
that should amount a ton of consideration even more considering kerr didnt get it last year

[hwangjini_1]

He's improving. In my mind, he started the season off as perhaps as a 3 on a 10 scale, he may have clawed his way up to 7.

koz, the boat has sailed on this one, and you repeatedly insist upon standing on the pier. you were against CBS from the start and criticized him on minutia and tiny decisions early on. then you quieted down when CBS showed how great a coach he is.

now you serve up this weak sauce of a critique. koz, much as i respect your posting, you were dead wrong, need to say so, and then move on.

[Csfan1984]

He's improving. In my mind, he started the season off as perhaps as a 3 on a 10 scale, he may have clawed his way up to 7.

koz, the boat has sailed on this one, and you repeatedly insist upon standing on the pier. you were against CBS from the start and criticized him on minutia and tiny decisions early on. then you quieted down when CBS showed how great a coach he is.

now you serve up this weak sauce of a critique. koz, much as i respect your posting, you were dead wrong, need to say so, and then move on.

Nothing wrong with 7 for me. Of course in terms of all NBA coaches level. In a particular season or this current Era though BS should be a 8, at least for me. He could work rotations better, get more consistency out of guys and develop players more. So no way a 9 or 10.

[RockinRyA]

He's improving. In my mind, he started the season off as perhaps as a 3 on a 10 scale, he may have clawed his way up to 7.

koz, the boat has sailed on this one, and you repeatedly insist upon standing on the pier. you were against CBS from the start and criticized him on minutia and tiny decisions early on. then you quieted down when CBS showed how great a coach he is.

now you serve up this weak sauce of a critique. koz, much as i respect your posting, you were dead wrong, need to say so, and then move on.

well that post was from 3 years ago.

[LooseCannon]

Stevens is good enough that he probably has a tiny, non-zero, super-unlikely chance of ending up as the greatest coach in Celtics history.

[SHAQATTACK]

Celtics have had a nice group of coaches in their history .  Although Pitino nearly caused me to question a life time of devotion .....we survived his short tenure

[lefty12]

All props to Stevens - but

Let keep jury in the box for a bit

At least until expectations are (legitimately) raised

So far he has been clearing a low bar

I will say the best thing he's done so far is handle the minutes distribution and ego issues well enough to get past the .500 record that plagued the team through December

Let's see how he handles a superstar when/if DA can cash in some chips and deliver a vet leader

[hwangjini_1]

He's improving. In my mind, he started the season off as perhaps as a 3 on a 10 scale, he may have clawed his way up to 7.

koz, the boat has sailed on this one, and you repeatedly insist upon standing on the pier. you were against CBS from the start and criticized him on minutia and tiny decisions early on. then you quieted down when CBS showed how great a coach he is.

now you serve up this weak sauce of a critique. koz, much as i respect your posting, you were dead wrong, need to say so, and then move on.

well that post was from 3 years ago.

right you are. i did not even notice the date. thank you for pointing that out. tp.

koz, please accept my apologies. while we may disagree over CBS, i was wrong to call you out the way i did since it was 3 years ago when you posted this. tp as a make up present. 

[billysan]

Celtics have had a nice group of coaches in their history .  Although Pitino nearly caused me to question a life time of devotion .....we survived his short tenure

Those were painful times. He really worked us over emotionally.But it made us value a good coach when we got one in Doc Rivers. It also made us want to call Brad Stevens a great coach. Hard to argue as he is headed in that direction.

I like the way Stevens has instilled a sense of confidence and toughness into our guys without making them play like punks. That is a reflection of character that really plays well. I think he may be the best player development guy we have had in my lifetime. We have no superstars yet we are making the playoffs and are competitive for a second consecutive year.

I guess we need to give Danny some credit for getting the players but Brad has done the work and convinced them to buy in to his vision. If we improve as much the next 2 years as we have the last 2, we will be talking Celtic Dynasty again IMO.