TP for the post.  I don't think it is going to stop the complaining about Doc though.  They will all just say get rid of DA along with Doc...

That's true. Its already bad enough for all these posts of getting rid of Doc. Now if these "get rid of DA" posts come too, it will be worse.

Doc's not going anywhere, he never was. Can you imagine the reaction of KG of Doc being fired? Despite his faults as a coach, his players have a lot of loyalty to him and it shows.

As far as his coaching this season, rotations have frustrated me a bit at times but I the longer the season wears on, the more I question how the pieces fit here. I mean, we've based our success on being a defensive juggernaut, but the primary offseason editions have been subpar defenders throughout their careers. JET, Jeff Green, Bass, Wilcox - those aren't great defensive players, some are better than others, but not by much. I think this is a case of "we have a defensive system and we know what we need to do, but we just don't have the pieces to properly run it."

Since when was there a danger of Doc being fired?

People are just upset with Doc because he's not freaking out like they are.  He's not worried about Terry, Pierce, KG, the poor defense, etc. and throwing all the stuff he's done for the past 5 years out the window.  He has faith in the team, and even when they're losing badly he acts like it's out of character and completely fixable.  He treats the team the exact same way whether they're on a 10 game winning streak or 10 game losing streak.  He doesn't overreact.

Ainge says it perfectly:

Ainge added, "One thing I've learned in this business is patience is a virtue. That's one of the reasons why I love Doc. Because when things aren't going well, there's no one I want in my corner more. Anybody can put on a smiley face and come to work with energy and enthusiasm and passion when you're winning. But it takes a special person to do it with an 18, 19-game losing streak with a bunch of young players and to still have that respect and work ethic before we were able to put a great team together and obviously, have some success."

Thats good.

This is getting silly.  I expected the "blow it up!" stuff last year with Ray and KG in their final years of their contracts, but I never expected what I am reading all over the place this year.

Doc's not going anywhere, he never was. Can you imagine the reaction of KG of Doc being fired? Despite his faults as a coach, his players have a lot of loyalty to him and it shows.

As far as his coaching this season, rotations have frustrated me a bit at times but I the longer the season wears on, the more I question how the pieces fit here. I mean, we've based our success on being a defensive juggernaut, but the primary offseason editions have been subpar defenders throughout their careers. JET, Jeff Green, Bass, Wilcox - those aren't great defensive players, some are better than others, but not by much. I think this is a case of "we have a defensive system and we know what we need to do, but we just don't have the pieces to properly run it."

Good point, but I think a lot of Celtics fans are also wondering, "Why do we go with small-ball lineups but play a half-court style?"

I'm not for firing Doc, but it makes no sense to play a style not suited to your personnel.

This is very old news and well known.