"I think most except the most ardent Doc detractors will admit that Doc did an overall very good job last year.
Or do you?
If you know me, you know I support Doc and will defend him incessantly.
He was our coach and until he got some talent to work with, I said give the man a break and let's see what he could do.
He did well.
But, he drove me nuts. His overuse of Posey at the PF position and small ball was maddening. His horrible rotations that quite often used a "Green" team of subs when the game was still on the line had me throwing things at the television screen. His reliance on anyone but Perk in the fourth when the C's needed his size and defense almost had me committed. The misuse of Ray Allen as solely a three point assassin was almost unforgivable. And there was a lot of other things."
This post is very interesting to me. On one hand it gives tremendous credit to doc's coaching abilities but then it is followed up by a lengthy critique. If he did all those things wrong that are stated above and "a lot of other things" too, then my comment is - it doesn't sound like he did such a good job, going by your very own words.
I agree with you, there are many areas of doc's coaching that bother me too.
I think that most coaches would have a hard time losing with the team we had last year.
Yes doc does have his positives traits, but how can the negatives ones be ignored now just because we won it all last year?
He deserves credit for sure, but I think that the negative effects of his coaching only get overlooked now because we have the big three and banner #17 is going up on Oct. 28. Winning the championship doesn't make doc a good coach in my opinion.
The bottom line is win baby - win, and we did.
doc was at the wheel when our championship bound tour bus hit the road last year so he gets the credit. But how much of it was doc's coaching and how much of it was our roster and Tom Thibodeau's defense?
Let me first say that just because I critiqued certain aspects of his coaching doesn't mean that I think he did a bad job. He did an overall wonderful job last year and quite honestly, doesn't get the credit he deserves because he did have KG, RA, and PP in the lineup.
Doc is one of the best coaches in the league at managing people and emotions and keeping his team focused. Even when he had bad talent his teams were focused and were in every game they played. That held true through last year as well.
He is a great motivator as was finally revealed during the playoffs with some of the in huddle speeches being broadcast on television.
Most would agree that he is among the best in the league at getting his team to play well and execute immediately after time outs.
Doc took three huge egos that had never played together before and made each one believe that their sacrifice of their game would be in the best interest of all so that the team could win. We heard nearly nothing regarding complaints or calls for playing time from this group. He took 15 guys, 8-9 of which had never played with each other before, and had them melded into a solid and efficient operating group from DAY ONE. FROM DAY ONE!!!!
Doc's rotations got increasingly better as the playoffs wore on and by the end of the playoffs it was clearly evident that he outcoached a man that had previously coached 9 championship teams.
Also, how many times do I have to debunk this myth! The Celtics played a defensive set and scheme that is Doc's. He got it from Mike Fratello and Pat Riley. The defense is Doc's and Danny Ainge admitted as such in an interview on WEEI. I think Ainge would know who's defense his team plays.
Tom Thibodeau, who taught a similar defense played by Van Gundy when Thibodeau assisted for him, only taught Doc's system. He is great at teaching the subtleties needed to make that defense work. The defense isn't his, it's Doc's. Thibodeau only assisted in teaching and coaching it.
Lastly, I can think Doc did a great job and still have some qualms about certain aspects of that job. Don't read too much into the critiquing of a few areas that I think Doc has to improve on. He did a fantastic job last year.
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