Should Brad Stevens be fired?

[Rondo9]

I'm leaning towards yes along with trading Tatum.

Trade a 22 year old All-Star who just made his first All-NBA team in his 3rd year??

If he continues to be useless then yes.

Even his "useless" games are 20 pt outings.

Bruh, thank you for giving me the comedic relief I needed after that game.

Along with 5 turnovers, time to move on from him if he keeps playing bad. Bam is a better player than Tatum rather build around him judging by what I saw.

[liam]

Don’t understand the “fire brad” crowd!
He’s working with 6 nba players and the rest is junior varsity.
Danny is the one that needs to be held accountable!
On the flip side:
If the goal was to make the last 4 in the season - we made it!

And the 6th player is hurt.

[liam]

I'm leaning towards yes along with trading Tatum.

Trade a 22 year old All-Star who just made his first All-NBA team in his 3rd year??

If he continues to be useless then yes.

Even his "useless" games are 20 pt outings.

Bruh, thank you for giving me the comedic relief I needed after that game.

Along with 5 turnovers, time to move on from him if he keeps playing bad. Bam is a better player than Tatum rather build around him judging by what I saw.

 

[RPGenerate]

Well, he shouldn't be the Celtics coach moving forward after the playoffs end.

His temperament is just not conducive to winning, and as this postseason has shown (though has been clear for many years now) he has many flaws in his coaching, particularly his in-game decision-making.

Honestly, I'd love to see Kenny Atkinson as the Celtics' coach. I really thought he did a great job in Brooklyn and got screwed over by the Kyrie/Durant drama.

I too would like to replace Brad with an inferior version of Brad. Bravo.

I honestly don't even think they're remotely similar to each other. So not sure where you're going with that one lol

He has the same issues with rotations and calling timeouts as Brad does. And Nate Mcmillan, really? The guy who Pacers fans were cheering the get fired? The guy who's been consistently bad in the playoffs? The grass isn't always greener, folks.

[ozgod]

So which of these three would we rather have, Brett Brown, Kenny Atkinson or Stan Van Gundy? Because a lot of teams will be chasing D'Antoni probably. I think Ty Lue is going to Philly. Donovan is apparently going to apply for a college basketball coaching slot.

[GreenEnvy]

Get Gordon back out there to bust the zone and we will be fine. We started using Smart for it and had mild success, but we know they can’t handle us man to man.

I’m a little surprised that Brad hasn’t discovered how to beat the zone already without Hayward. We’ve honestly been getting good shots and making them take difficult ones. They’ve been hitting tough ones, we’ve been missing good looks.

I trust Brad. We’ve held nice leads in both games. Then we get lazy with lob passes and contested shots. Just stay the course and play a full 48.

[jpotter33]

Sorry guys, but for me personally, it's just ridiculous to turn on a top-5 (definitely, even better by my evaluation) coach in the league instantly, after a couple of hard-nosed defeats against such a good team Heat are. Not even speaking about candidates you can replace him with, I think a lot of people need to chill down and look at the bigger picture: Celtics did beat the Raptors without Hayward, now battling another tough opponent in a very-very close games. Stevens is not a problem, it's just a process of growth for a young team we have.
P.S. This series is not lost, guys, by any means. And I assess reports of item-throwing in the locker-room as a good sign of guys really wanting to be better. Rockets or LAK fans would've loved these kind of news recently.

That's where you're off. This has been brewing with many for a long time with his consistent in-game bad decisions. I've been saying for three plus years now that I don't think he's a good enough coach to get us over the top. Just too passive and too many other flaws to make up for it.

[jpotter33]

Well, he shouldn't be the Celtics coach moving forward after the playoffs end.

His temperament is just not conducive to winning, and as this postseason has shown (though has been clear for many years now) he has many flaws in his coaching, particularly his in-game decision-making.

Honestly, I'd love to see Kenny Atkinson as the Celtics' coach. I really thought he did a great job in Brooklyn and got screwed over by the Kyrie/Durant drama.

I too would like to replace Brad with an inferior version of Brad. Bravo.

I honestly don't even think they're remotely similar to each other. So not sure where you're going with that one lol

He has the same issues with rotations and calling timeouts as Brad does. And Nate Mcmillan, really? The guy who Pacers fans were cheering the get fired? The guy who's been consistently bad in the playoffs? The grass isn't always greener, folks.

While granted a small sample size, I've liked what I've seen from Atkinson when I've watched him.

It's also different comparing him to Brad. Kenny hasn't coached a team with nearly as much talent as we've had the past few years. I think he'd do a much better job of managing these guys than Brad.

[keevsnick]

Brad Stevens has his week points for sure. He for example can sometimes favors veterans over better young players like (like kanter over RWIII). He can be slow to call a timeout when needed. He hasn't been able to figure out how to  adjust to this zone.

But he's a better coach then you're likely to get.

[Rondo9]

I'm leaning towards yes along with trading Tatum.

Trade a 22 year old All-Star who just made his first All-NBA team in his 3rd year??

If he continues to be useless then yes.

Even his "useless" games are 20 pt outings.

Bruh, thank you for giving me the comedic relief I needed after that game.

Along with 5 turnovers, time to move on from him if he keeps playing bad. Bam is a better player than Tatum rather build around him judging by what I saw.

 

Tatum has been outplayed by Bam.

[RPGenerate]

Well, he shouldn't be the Celtics coach moving forward after the playoffs end.

His temperament is just not conducive to winning, and as this postseason has shown (though has been clear for many years now) he has many flaws in his coaching, particularly his in-game decision-making.

Honestly, I'd love to see Kenny Atkinson as the Celtics' coach. I really thought he did a great job in Brooklyn and got screwed over by the Kyrie/Durant drama.

I too would like to replace Brad with an inferior version of Brad. Bravo.

I honestly don't even think they're remotely similar to each other. So not sure where you're going with that one lol

He has the same issues with rotations and calling timeouts as Brad does. And Nate Mcmillan, really? The guy who Pacers fans were cheering the get fired? The guy who's been consistently bad in the playoffs? The grass isn't always greener, folks.

While granted a small sample size, I've liked what I've seen from Atkinson when I've watched him.

It's also different comparing him to Brad. Kenny hasn't coached a team with nearly as much talent as we've had the past few years. I think he'd do a much better job of managing these guys than Brad.

And Kenny hasn't done anything even close to what Brad has, so I don't see the point. I'm sure many people hail Brad as this perfect coach with the same sample size you claim to like Kenny for.

[jpotter33]

So which of these three would we rather have, Brett Brown, Kenny Atkinson or Stan Van Gundy? Because a lot of teams will be chasing D'Antoni probably. I think Ty Lue is going to Philly. Donovan is apparently going to apply for a college basketball coaching slot.

I like Donovan, but I think the start in college is part of Brad's problem and wouldn't want to chance that again.

I like Atkinson the best of the bunch, but I will say that I'm intrigued by the thought of Stan Van Gundy, too.

[Yoki_IsTheName]

Yeah, I'm hitching a ride on that wagon now. Unless he fixes the flaws in the next couple of games, it's time to call a spade a spade.

[Yoki_IsTheName]

Who would we replace him with?

The following candidates are available:

Mike D'Antoni
Billy Donovan
Ty Lue
Brett Brown
Stan Van Gundy

Curious if Kenny Atkinson would do good with this team.

[RPGenerate]

Yeah, I'm hitching a ride on that wagon now. Unless he fixes the flaws in the next couple of games, it's time to call a spade a spade.

I think he at least deserves game 3 to right this ship.