Revisiting Last Fall

[chicagoceltic]

Nah Leprechaun, I know you have been right there with me (and Larry) and a few others on this board objecting to Joe's one-dimensional offense.

Your comment about the 2025 Knicks games 1 & 2 being a fireable offense is not hyperbole. I've never seen anything quite like those two games in succession with zero attempt at adjustments as two must-win playoff games that included 20-point leads go up in flames. Seems those disasters and Joe's incompetence got lost in the chaos after Tatum's injury.

We did not shoot the 3's well tonight in game 1 vs Philly and stubbornly kept firing away, but it didn't matter because of the blowout.
I love our bench guys as well because they play so hard and bring an extra dimension to our team the way they fight for offensive rebounds and loose balls.
Playoff defenses are much better than the regular season. I hope we don't repeat the playoff disaster of 2025.

I can't predict how much success the team will have, but if we don't make the conference finals, the narrative will shift to Mazz being a regular season coach. People will note that he fell beind 3-0 to an 8 seed, had a relatively easy path to a championship (granted the team did dominate), and blew two home leads against the Knicks. Call me cynical (which is probably true), but if we don't win at least two series, this will all come out.  If I'm wrong, I'll be happy for everyone to repost this.

I for one hope that we do not find out whether you are wrong or not.

[Donoghus]

Nah Leprechaun, I know you have been right there with me (and Larry) and a few others on this board objecting to Joe's one-dimensional offense.

Your comment about the 2025 Knicks games 1 & 2 being a fireable offense is not hyperbole. I've never seen anything quite like those two games in succession with zero attempt at adjustments as two must-win playoff games that included 20-point leads go up in flames. Seems those disasters and Joe's incompetence got lost in the chaos after Tatum's injury.

We did not shoot the 3's well tonight in game 1 vs Philly and stubbornly kept firing away, but it didn't matter because of the blowout.
I love our bench guys as well because they play so hard and bring an extra dimension to our team the way they fight for offensive rebounds and loose balls.
Playoff defenses are much better than the regular season. I hope we don't repeat the playoff disaster of 2025.

I can't predict how much success the team will have, but if we don't make the conference finals, the narrative will shift to Mazz being a regular season coach. People will note that he fell beind 3-0 to an 8 seed, had a relatively easy path to a championship (granted the team did dominate), and blew two home leads against the Knicks. Call me cynical (which is probably true), but if we don't win at least two series, this will all come out.  If I'm wrong, I'll be happy for everyone to repost this.

I for one hope that we do not find out whether you are wrong or not.

We won't.  This team is going farther than the conference semis.