I would love the Celtics to add an assistant coach to run the offense (just like they did for defense). Someone that can smooth the edges and allow Doc to concentrate more on his strengths.
Basketball is nothing like football where you have offensive and defensive coordinators.
Coach Thibodeau coached, taught and practiced the defense but come game time that team was almost all Doc's. I also think that one of Doc's strengths were writing up plays out of TO's both offensively and defensively. This wasthe coaching staff's first year with this group and my guess is that most of the rotation will be returning. Another year of familiarity and further exposure to the offensive and defensive systems and I expect an even more fluent team.
I expect all that whether Coach T comes back or not and I expect that if no one is added to the staff. Coach T gets a lot of well earned credit but way too much so. It wasn't his system, just a system he knew how to teach. He taught it and assisted during games but the defense, the offense and everything in between is Doc's on gameday.
Whether or not his was just "Doc's defense with better players" or not, it worked. Tom Thibodeau had this team more effective running the defense.
What would be the problem if they did the same thing on offense?
where's the need? i mean, what exactly do you want this new coach to do?
it's not like they don't have assistant coaches that help run practices....
Be in charge of the offense like Thibodeau is in charge of the defense. See if someone with a more limited view and responsibility can increase the efficiency of the offense.
If it works well for the defense, why not do the same thing for the offense?
i agree with the poster that mentioned your model being the NFL model. i can't think of one team in the NBA where the head coach isn't the main man in terms of at least managing the offense or the defense....and Doc's main strength is on offense, so i don't see why we would give that responsibility to someone else.
it's not like the NFL where the head coaches just don't have the time to implement the schemes.
an NBA coach has plenty of time in that regard, and Doc did a great job with the offense.....and it's not like running the offense is keeping him from other duties.....
and if you look at a lot of the playoff losses, some of the key problems were with second-chance points and transition defense.....but i wouldn't want to bring in another Asst Coach on those things. i want TT to work on them. just like i want Doc to work on the offensive problems....
When Larry Bird was coach, he let his assistants run the offense and defense.
But who really cares what other teams are doing. Doc gives the reigns of the offense over to another coach. He can worry about the big picture and the players.
Exactly how many championships did Larry win coaching that way?
Exactly how many championships in basketball have been won working that way?
Zero?
Wd, let's face it, you still have major problems with this coach and want to suggest anything you can to further displace this coach from any credit he deserves for the job he has done. The offense doesn't need someone less qualified than Doc to run Doc's offense. The defense doesn't necessarilt need Coach T to run the defense for this team to succeed.
If you don't like Doc just say to dump him and get another coach. Who cares how bad it sounds if it's really how you feel and it's pretty obvious it is how you feel.
NBA championship winning coaches never, and I mean never, bring in other coaches to take responsibility away from himself after doing something that has already worked to the tune of a championship ring. The notion is absurd and ridiculous and if someone was recommending the same thing for Greg Popovich, Larry Brown, Pat Reilly or Phil Jackson or any other recent championship winning coach you would be calling them an idiot.