Griffin fired!- Doc Hired - Joerger likely on his way

[JayMKE]

Joerger is like the only Doc assistant sorta available, I imagine he probably keeps Prunty/Baker/austrlian guy for at least the rest of the season.

[paulpressey25]

I don't know where the Joerger love comes from, as I am very unfamiliar with his acumen, but just got an ESPN notification that he's a candidate to come aboard

Some on here know Joerger much better than I. But my impression is that he's very much a jag and hardass, hence why he's not employed right now. However, he is a highly respected tactician. And for Doc, that's what he needs.

[BucksRule18]

Does anyone actually think those Clippers teams should have won but were held back by a coach? They were good but never “omg I can’t believe they didn’t win a title” good.

Our roster is closer to the Boston teams he had success with. They are more talented than those Clippers teams and have a proven winner lead dog vs a talented head case in Embiid.

What I’m saying is I don’t really give a **** that he didn’t win with those teams. He won when he had the horses and didn’t when he didn’t. Good news is, we have the horses.

Not to mention having to deal with Ben Simmons and his various issues.

[paulpressey25]

But I feel like the people who think that Doc is some horrible, awful NBA head coach are the type of people who just go along with the popular narrative and either don't think for themselves because they don't want to or are incapable of thinking for themselves. The type of people who can't distinguish the difference between preconception and reality.

Doc is the Mike McCarthy of NBA coaches, to use your yardstick.

That said, we needed Mike McCarthy here. Badly.

[MartyConlonOnTheRun]

"Lucrative" contract haha. Doc bent Bucks over but who cares, not our money.

Getting Doc off ESPN was never going to be cheap or temporary, I wouldn't be surprised if the Bucks have to buy his contract out or something.

Yeah I was amazed by all the posts thinking we could get him on a temp basis or cheap. There is no doc replacement after this. It's either win or blow it up

[MickeyDavis]

"Lucrative" contract haha. Doc bent Bucks over but who cares, not our money.

Getting Doc off ESPN was never going to be cheap or temporary, I wouldn't be surprised if the Bucks have to buy his contract out or something.

Most coaches that go into broadcasting have an out clause if they want to go back into coaching.

[MartyConlonOnTheRun]

"Lucrative" contract haha. Doc bent Bucks over but who cares, not our money.

Getting Doc off ESPN was never going to be cheap or temporary, I wouldn't be surprised if the Bucks have to buy his contract out or something.

I would be shocked if Doc's agent didn't negotiate an out for a head coaching job.

That doesn't clear things up on docs end. He isnt leaving million dollar tv gig for a short term high pressure coaching gig that could blow up in his face unless he got paid big

[MissKhriddleton]

But I feel like the people who think that Doc is some horrible, awful NBA head coach are the type of people who just go along with the popular narrative and either don't think for themselves because they don't want to or are incapable of thinking for themselves. The type of people who can't distinguish the difference between preconception and reality.

Doc is the Mike McCarthy of NBA coaches, to use your yardstick.

That said, we needed Mike McCarthy here. Badly.

Can we say Bill Cowher instead?

[SirChurros]

Getting Doc off ESPN was never going to be cheap or temporary, I wouldn't be surprised if the Bucks have to buy his contract out or something.

I would be shocked if Doc's agent didn't negotiate an out for a head coaching job.

That doesn't clear things up on docs end. He isnt leaving million dollar tv gig for a short term high pressure coaching gig that could blow up in his face unless he got paid big

We have an owner with “**** you” money now.

Anything is possible.

[MickeyDavis]

4 games in 6 days and a long west coast trip. Little time to practice and implement many changes. But much of this board will meltdown each and every loss It's going to be epic.

[PG Graveyard]

But I feel like the people who think that Doc is some horrible, awful NBA head coach are the type of people who just go along with the popular narrative and either don't think for themselves because they don't want to or are incapable of thinking for themselves. The type of people who can't distinguish the difference between preconception and reality.

Doc is the Mike McCarthy of NBA coaches, to use your yardstick.

That said, we needed Mike McCarthy here. Badly.

Can we say Bill Cowher instead?

Andy Reid?

[MrHoneycutt]

I don't know where the Joerger love comes from, as I am very unfamiliar with his acumen, but just got an ESPN notification that he's a candidate to come aboard

Some on here know Joerger much better than I. But my impression is that he's very much a jag and hardass, hence why he's not employed right now. However, he is a highly respected tactician. And for Doc, that's what he needs.

This is definitely tickling my fancy. Maybe it would be like keeping Ken Macha's red ass on the bench to advise Roenicke back in 2010.

Many thanks for helping my excitement levels increase, PP.

[djsunyc]

is this gonna be something crazy like 7 years @ 15+ mil a year?

[humanrefutation]

Doc is not a good coach and if my choices were Doc or Bud, I'm taking Bud every single time.

But the one thing that gives me hope is that Doc is joining a team with little drama and a lot of veteran talent. This isn't the young Sixers with the Embiid/Simmons mess and isn't LA with Chris Paul's negativity and Blake Griffin going Hollywood. This seems closer to what he had in Boston - a veteran laden, professional team with lots of experience that just needed a unifying figure - someone to bring an "ubuntu" mentality to the team. He's more credible than Griff in that respect, without question. And that's a good thing right now, because the vibes surrounding this team are awful.

From that perspective, I'm hopeful that he'll have a positive impact on the roster as a whole. I am also hopeful that he'll be able to reign in some of Giannis's worst tendencies and convince the team to play better together.

However, I am curious to see how Giannis - in particular - reacts to Doc's penchant for public criticism. Because Giannis has not faced that since J-Kidd.

[MickeyDavis]

Luxury tax bill alone this year is approaching $60 million. Edens/Haslam will not hesitate to eat another coaching contract this summer if it's necessary.

[aboveAverage]

Interested to see if Giannis will listen to Doc if he tells him to play off ball.

[theFireBlanket]

This is a day for celebration guys.

Very old reference, but I’d look for a Harvey Kuenn effect in that locker room. Guys are just going to be relieved Griff is gone. You’ll see a lot more effort out there.

The addition by subtraction cannot be stressed enough.

halleluhWAH!

[msiris]

I’ll hold major criticism until the end of the season to see if/how much we improve under Doc. I have serious reservations but hopefully I’m wrong. Adding Joerger to the staff and hoping Horst makes a savvy trade could tip things more towards the good rather than the bad. Cavs did this exact same thing with Ty Lue and they won a title, if that happens then obviously all is forgiven lol. We’ll see. Go Bucks!

This is where I am at. If we fail this year then it's time to blow it up and get younger.

[emunney]

Joerger was a guy Badgerlander and I and some others were pushing for back when he was a Memphis assistant. His pre-NBA resume is impeccable. Won big all over.

[MissKhriddleton]

Interested to see if Giannis will listen to Doc if he tells him to play off ball.

Or stop shooting threes…