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

tydett · Post #281 » by **tydett** » Tue Jan 23, 2024 8:59 pm

More assistants should get chances to be head coaches. That being said, Griffin should give teams pause. He was an absolute disaster organizationally, tactically, and personally. He'll wind up on some team's bench again, but he will never get another head job in the NBA nor should he. Honestly, would be smart to start grifting colleges out of speaking engagements or something else with his PhD - a lot less work, and probably just as much money to be made.

Post #282 » by **MickeyDavis** » Tue Jan 23, 2024 8:59 pm

-Jragon- wrote:
Dick Tate wrote:Kudos to MKE_design for the early early heads-up.

Where and when was this? Which thread was the tip? That's awesome

A lot of people were predicting a coaching change. :dontknow:

ABucksFan · Post #283 » by **ABucksFan** » Tue Jan 23, 2024 9:00 pm

You can't roll with Prunty, that would be basically throwing away a season when we don't have the luxury to do so. You bring in whoever you think is best for us to win a chip right now.

buckboy · Post #284 » by **buckboy** » Tue Jan 23, 2024 9:01 pm

LUKE23 wrote:
buckboy wrote:
That's the one, yes.

Grief is probably the best nickname that has ever appeared on this board for any coach or player.

Completely low-brow and idiotic.

GBPackers47 · Post #285 » by **GBPackers47** » Tue Jan 23, 2024 9:01 pm

nagawicka wrote:
raferfenix wrote:Whatever we think the behind the scenes is probably so much worse.

Good on the Bucks for failing fast at least!

Didn't get Nurse but did get Giannis to extend.

Nurse saw something he didn't like. Something that had nothing to do with Griffin.

Ya, the lack of Dame.

This hiring came BEFORE the Dame trade, when everyone on this board also thought this roster was massively flawed and destined for an early playoff exit.

That is probably what Nurse saw.

Post #286 » by **humanrefutation** » Tue Jan 23, 2024 9:01 pm

If my options are Prunty for the rest of the year or Doc for multiple seasons, I'd rather just ride it out with Prunty and go after a legit head coach in the offseason. Get Taylor Jenkins out of Memphis.

JayMKE · Post #287 » by **JayMKE** » Tue Jan 23, 2024 9:01 pm

j_hilge444 wrote:
JayMKE wrote:I will keep the eternal flame of the Bud cult alight forever idc what anybody says, he's by far the best man for the job and IMO the only guy you could have a reasonable expectations of salvaging this season on the fly PLUS the team is already paying him.

"Hey, we are paying you to do nothing. What'd you say you come on back and give us something for that money" - I'm sure Bud would be all over that..

Give him a raise, make him POBO over Horst idc. He's just the best man for the job regardless of past circumstances and only guy that could realistically turn things around midseason.

tedbrogen · Post #288 » by **tedbrogen** » Tue Jan 23, 2024 9:02 pm

MoreTrife wrote:I would pay $200 to sit in on the discussions surrounding the pros and cons of firing him. Like high level analysis of everything. That'd be awesome.

I think it was more Horst was aware how bad the advanced stats for the D are and the internal stuff we didn’t know about (Giannis and Brook lost confidence in Grief long ago) and then Haslem was at that Cleveland game which was likely the last straw. Grief got to coach the Pistons games while they completed the search.

MiltownMadness · Post #289 » by **MiltownMadness** » Tue Jan 23, 2024 9:02 pm

buckboy wrote:
LUKE23 wrote:
buckboy wrote:
That's the one, yes.

Grief is probably the best nickname that has ever appeared on this board for any coach or player.

Completely low-brow and idiotic.

I like stirring the pot so I'll also say it was really dumb

WuTang_CMB · Post #290 » by **WuTang_CMB** » Tue Jan 23, 2024 9:03 pm

GBPackers47 wrote:
nagawicka wrote:
raferfenix wrote:Whatever we think the behind the scenes is probably so much worse.

Good on the Bucks for failing fast at least!

Didn't get Nurse but did get Giannis to extend.

Nurse saw something he didn't like. Something that had nothing to do with Griffin.

Ya, the lack of Dame.

This hiring came BEFORE the Dame trade, when everyone on this board also thought this roster was massively flawed and destined for an early playoff exit.

That is probably what Nurse saw.

We will never know but Nurse is repped by Klutch. It seemed at the time he was losing the race and wanted pull out to save face since Giannis chose Griffin over him. Same thing happened with PHX

JayMKE · Post #291 » by **JayMKE** » Tue Jan 23, 2024 9:03 pm

ABucksFan wrote:You can't roll with Prunty, that would be basically throwing away a season when we don't have the luxury to do so. You bring in whoever you think is best for us to win a chip right now.

How is it throwing away the season any more than hiring Doc Rivers? Because he's on TV and has Milwaukee connections?

tedbrogen · Post #292 » by **tedbrogen** » Tue Jan 23, 2024 9:03 pm

GBPackers47 wrote:
nagawicka wrote:
raferfenix wrote:Whatever we think the behind the scenes is probably so much worse.

Good on the Bucks for failing fast at least!

Didn't get Nurse but did get Giannis to extend.

Nurse saw something he didn't like. Something that had nothing to do with Griffin.

Ya, the lack of Dame.

This hiring came BEFORE the Dame trade, when everyone on this board also thought this roster was massively flawed and destined for an early playoff exit.

That is probably what Nurse saw.

And it seemed like they had no roster flexibility until the Dame trade fell into their lap. And Nurse saw that Giannis runs the team, not the coach.

AussieBuck · Post #293 » by **AussieBuck** » Tue Jan 23, 2024 9:03 pm

well ****, looks like I have some train ride entertainment to get through. Good luck with whatever Dr Grief, we hardly knew ya.

rilamann · Post #294 » by **rilamann** » Tue Jan 23, 2024 9:04 pm

The funny thing if we hire Doc is that with 40 games to go, it looks like we're on a collision course to play the Sixers in round 2.

Doc goes up against the team that fired him, and goes up against the Coach that replaced him and the Bucks passed on. That would be some serious popcorn worthy drama.

tedbrogen · Post #295 » by **tedbrogen** » Tue Jan 23, 2024 9:04 pm

JayMKE wrote:
ABucksFan wrote:You can't roll with Prunty, that would be basically throwing away a season when we don't have the luxury to do so. You bring in whoever you think is best for us to win a chip right now.

How is it throwing away the season any more than hiring Doc Rivers? Because he's on TV and has Milwaukee connections?

Because he has won a title and they are not legally prohibited from firing him if he fails.

buckboy · Post #296 » by **buckboy** » Tue Jan 23, 2024 9:04 pm

JayMKE wrote:signing the home town coach NEVER works ffs

He's not hometown. He's from Chicago. He spent >3 years in Milwaukee.

sidney lanier · Post #297 » by **sidney lanier** » Tue Jan 23, 2024 9:05 pm

MickeyDavis wrote:Barkley. I know we want HC experience and not another rookie HC but man that would be fun.

He would GUAR-ON-TEE a championship.

ABucksFan · Post #298 » by **ABucksFan** » Tue Jan 23, 2024 9:05 pm

JayMKE wrote:
ABucksFan wrote:You can't roll with Prunty, that would be basically throwing away a season when we don't have the luxury to do so. You bring in whoever you think is best for us to win a chip right now.

How is it throwing away the season any more than hiring Doc Rivers? Because he's on TV and has Milwaukee connections?

If you're just going to let Prunty coach the rest of the season...why would you even bother firing Griff?

Doc for all the crap he gets, actually has won...you have a better chance of winning with Doc than rolling with Prunty.

Perishable517 · Post #299 » by **Perishable517** » Tue Jan 23, 2024 9:06 pm

buckboy wrote:Also, we can now put to bed possibly the dumbest nickname we've ever come up with.

What? That was one of the best! Not Aqua Dagger level but good.

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SupremeHustle · Post #300 » by **SupremeHustle** » Tue Jan 23, 2024 9:06 pm

buckboy wrote:
LUKE23 wrote:
buckboy wrote:
That's the one, yes.

Grief is probably the best nickname that has ever appeared on this board for any coach or player.

Completely low-brow and idiotic.

Yeah. We could have easily beaten that with a little effort.