I feel bad for Mazzulla. He was out in an impossible situation two weeks before the preseason started. Cs management failed this guy by not hiring veteran assistant coaches. At the is point it is too late and the writing for this season is on the wall.
I don’t know how you can walk back from those comments. Mazzulla should be fired but something with this roster core is rotten and needs a shakeup.
He'd generate a lot more sympathy from fans and the media if he wasn't so smug and dismissive all the time. He got arrogant with the hot start and expected an easy ride the rest of the way, even when he was clearly underperforming.
I feel bad for him, but only to an extent. He was put in a bad position, but he also accepted it and took the money and recognition that came along with it. That's on him. Maybe he should've been more truthful with himself and recognized he wasn't yet ready to lead a team like this, because he's probably screwed up the rest of his coaching career in the NBA after this performance.