Celtics (4-2) at Cavaliers (5-1) Game #7 11/2/22

[jpotter33]

Boy, Joe having an F- night.

That's the second obvious missed call with zero contact that he's not used the challenge on, leading to 4 Cleveland points. And then he let the Cavs get going with momentum that we're having trouble containing now. Ridiculous. Too green for a title-contending group.

I think this is being revealed more and more with each game

Yeah, everyone was jumping on the "Fire Ime" bandwagon early last year too. Much like last year, let's give the guy some time and allow him to learn.

I was always on the Ime train from the get-go. Thought then (and still do now) that he was the perfect, hard-nosed coach for this group.

All that said, he was great at his timeout calling. We literally have 6 timeouts left in the fourth quarter when they were putting up liek 12-0 runs. Even you can admit that's ridiculous and uncalled for.

EDIT: Plus, Ime also had a much more extensive playing and coaching career before coming into the head coach position.

[jpotter33]

Great D by White.

[ozgod]

Boy, Joe having an F- night.

That's the second obvious missed call with zero contact that he's not used the challenge on, leading to 4 Cleveland points. And then he let the Cavs get going with momentum that we're having trouble containing now. Ridiculous. Too green for a title-contending group.

I think this is being revealed more and more with each game

Yeah, everyone was jumping on the "Fire Ime" bandwagon early last year too. Much like last year, let's give the guy some time and allow him to learn.

Wouldn’t be CelticsStrong without some early season wrist slitting  if I was allowed to I would bump up some of the better threads from last year asking for Ime to be fired before the NewYear 

In everyone defense they can only comment on the here and now, that’s the roller coaster of fandom that makes CS so much fun 

[bello_man09]

Grant making moves all over the place.

[radiohead]

Boy, Joe having an F- night.

That's the second obvious missed call with zero contact that he's not used the challenge on, leading to 4 Cleveland points. And then he let the Cavs get going with momentum that we're having trouble containing now. Ridiculous. Too green for a title-contending group.

I think this is being revealed more and more with each game

He really needs to use his timeouts wisely. Maybe he wants to toughen up he guys when in adversity and lets them play through it,  but you have timeouts for a reason.

Gary Washburn had an article about this in the Globe, basically his conclusion is that Joe doesn’t like using timeouts to stop runs, he would rather the players respond and stop the run on their own and is prepared to lose games as part of the learning experience. Same with challenges, he prefers to save them for really oblivious mistakes. He seems to be a pretty hands off coach, which is probably not going to be appreciated by many people here 

I will post the article up after the game

Thanks and TP sir.

[ozgod]

That shot ends our 14-0 run but we’ve grabbed the lead again

[jpotter33]

Some of these calls are just non-sense and arbitrary. You let so much contact go and then call that.

[ozgod]

Boy, Joe having an F- night.

That's the second obvious missed call with zero contact that he's not used the challenge on, leading to 4 Cleveland points. And then he let the Cavs get going with momentum that we're having trouble containing now. Ridiculous. Too green for a title-contending group.

I think this is being revealed more and more with each game

He really needs to use his timeouts wisely. Maybe he wants to toughen up he guys when in adversity and lets them play through it,  but you have timeouts for a reason.

Gary Washburn had an article about this in the Globe, basically his conclusion is that Joe doesn’t like using timeouts to stop runs, he would rather the players respond and stop the run on their own and is prepared to lose games as part of the learning experience. Same with challenges, he prefers to save them for really oblivious mistakes. He seems to be a pretty hands off coach, which is probably not going to be appreciated by many people here 

I will post the article up after the game

Thanks and TP sir.

I’d like to put a poll up and see who agrees ans disagrees, we all have our own ideas of how the team should be run after all 

TP back at you!

[radiohead]

What a roller coaster this game.

[slamtheking]

Al really working for that bucket.  needed that one

[liam]

this is a nail biter...

[radiohead]

I don’t know what to feel seeing Marcus at the scorer’s table.

[liam]

I don’t know what to feel seeing Marcus at the scorer’s table.

I hope he plays smart.

[Neurotic Guy]

Like in Boston, Cleveland seems to be getting easier hoops at this point. 

[jpotter33]

With how GWill is playing this year, I'm worried we're going to lose him or have to pay a significant amount more this summer for him. His shooting is elite, and he's been very versatile elsewhere.