Joe Mazzula Wins Coach Of The Year

[Goldstar88]

I am not sure what you guys are debating.  Is it whether or not Brad Stevens believes Mazzulla is doing a good job or not?  In his statements he calls out the players in general, but no specific players.  He acknowledges that the roster needs to be improved.  But he doesn't call out any coaches specifically or in general.  I have not seen or heard anything from Stevens which would make me think he has any doubt about Mazzulla as the coach moving forward.

I still find it odd that a young coach who has a title and a COTY award gets so much criticism.

My opinion of Mazzulla is that I think he is a good coach, top of the league.  If you were to replace him, I am not sure who would be for sure better.  I do think that the offensive scheme lacks layers (I think this is similar to what Stevens was trying to say).  That issue with the offensive scheme could be related to personnel or coaching or both.  But they do have difficulty getting that first good shot at times, especially in the playoffs.

Other teams seem to have more off ball screening, more off ball motion in general.  A big part of the regular season success was that Brown added the mid-range fade away shot to his game.  Teams adjusted to that by the playoffs (and I guess the refs started calling offensive fouls on Brown).  But I am not sure the roster offered many other options with guys like Vucevic, Queta, Scheierman, Hauser, and so on.

He was Coach of the Year in the regular season. If he gets the credit (and I think he should), than I think he should get the blame in the playoffs. We've underachieved in three of the four postseasons under him. The championship season was incredibly easy. I give him credit that we dominated but I also don't think he was one of only a few coaches that could have won in that situation.  Is there a better coach we could get? I of course can't be sure, but I think it's worth the risk.  He's failed to make adjustments too many times for me to think he's the best coach going forward.

Yeah, maybe the Celtics can get Spo from Miami. Heat didn?t even make the playoffs.

[aefgogreen]

I am not sure what you guys are debating.  Is it whether or not Brad Stevens believes Mazzulla is doing a good job or not?  In his statements he calls out the players in general, but no specific players.  He acknowledges that the roster needs to be improved.  But he doesn't call out any coaches specifically or in general.  I have not seen or heard anything from Stevens which would make me think he has any doubt about Mazzulla as the coach moving forward.

I still find it odd that a young coach who has a title and a COTY award gets so much criticism.

My opinion of Mazzulla is that I think he is a good coach, top of the league.  If you were to replace him, I am not sure who would be for sure better.  I do think that the offensive scheme lacks layers (I think this is similar to what Stevens was trying to say).  That issue with the offensive scheme could be related to personnel or coaching or both.  But they do have difficulty getting that first good shot at times, especially in the playoffs.

Other teams seem to have more off ball screening, more off ball motion in general.  A big part of the regular season success was that Brown added the mid-range fade away shot to his game.  Teams adjusted to that by the playoffs (and I guess the refs started calling offensive fouls on Brown).  But I am not sure the roster offered many other options with guys like Vucevic, Queta, Scheierman, Hauser, and so on.

He was Coach of the Year in the regular season. If he gets the credit (and I think he should), than I think he should get the blame in the playoffs. We've underachieved in three of the four postseasons under him. The championship season was incredibly easy. I give him credit that we dominated but I also don't think he was one of only a few coaches that could have won in that situation.  Is there a better coach we could get? I of course can't be sure, but I think it's worth the risk.  He's failed to make adjustments too many times for me to think he's the best coach going forward.

Yeah, maybe the Celtics can get Spo from Miami. Heat didn?t even make the playoffs.

Ha! It would most likely be an up and coming assistant.