The Official Fire Doc Rivers Thread

[Mik317]

its going to be D'Antoni lol

[zimpy27]

its going to be D'Antoni lol

For sure.. It has been planned but it's the best way to get the most out of Harden.

[downtownpie]

Rivers has to go. And Morey has 6 months to save his job.

[Tomhomes33]

At least he didn't add to his league record come from behind 3-1 series losses this year.

Joel’s OT winner in Toronto saved him from being back-swapped in the first round
Yet, yesterday after season ending loss at press he has balls to say he did great job and nobody expected sixers to be where they are neither this season nor last...lol..

[Wilfried]

He's gone

[marcush]

Morey needs to go first. Keeps on trading FRPs for old washed up vets. Now he wants to sign cooked James to a max extension.

[Mik317]

At least he didn't add to his league record come from behind 3-1 series losses this year.

Joel’s OT winner in Toronto saved him from being back-swapped in the first round
Yet, yesterday after season ending loss at press he has balls to say he did great job and nobody expected sixers to be where they are neither this season nor last...lol..

I mean TECHNICALLY he's not wrong. Going into each season the Sixers weren't expected to win it all. His first year they were coming off getting swept...and this year they came in with the Ben question....the expectations came as the season went on

so TECHNICALLY Glennard is right....so there lol

[mjkvol]

I hope I'm wrong, but I don't believe Glenn is going anywhere unless Morey already cut a deal with D'Antoni, which I doubt. No way the Sixers schiitcan Glenn unless a plan is already in place.

[FireMorey]

Stephen A Smith says he’s told Rivers will be back next season with the Sixers.

[Jailblazers7]

Does Doc even want to be here? He seems like he’s having a miserable time coaching this team lol.

[Mik317]

Doc and Morey are going to have a PC together

yeah he's back next year....

[mjkvol]

“I don’t worry about my job. I think I do a terrific job. If you don’t, then you should write it," Rivers said. “Because I worked my butt off to get this team here. When I first got here, no one picked us to be anywhere. Again this year, the same thing. If that's how anyone feels, write it. I'm going to feel secure about it.”

Not sure I've ever heard of a coach, especially one who has won a championship and will certainly be a HOFer, that was so incredibly thin skinned and insecure. This guy really needs to go if there is any shot at taking the next step.

[Negrodamus]

Morey just said he's coming back.

[Mik317]

I hurt myself today....to see if I still feel

- The Sixers Franchise in a nutshell

[FireMorey]

People can go cry about it.

[Negrodamus]

Lol, this press conference is hilariously uncomfortable litigating Doc's ability as coach with Morey while Doc is sitting right there.

[M2J]

“I don’t worry about my job. I think I do a terrific job. If you don’t, then you should write it," Rivers said. “Because I worked my butt off to get this team here. When I first got here, no one picked us to be anywhere. Again this year, the same thing. If that's how anyone feels, write it. I'm going to feel secure about it.”

Not sure I've ever heard of a coach, especially one who has won a championship and will certainly be a HOFer, that was so incredibly thin skinned and insecure. This guy really needs to go if there is any shot at taking the next step.

I don't think there's been a coach with his credentials questioned so much, especially while they are competing. Wonder Why

There's been articles for his demise, while they were a top 3 seed and didn't have James or Ben.

To piggy back off of what Mik said, They were expected by everyone including fans to be a 6th seed and questions about whether to build around Ben or Joel coming into the year Doc's first season, and they won the East first seed...while overachieving and winning games they previously easily lost. Joel followed his formula and became a MVP caliber player. Ben focused on facilitating and defense and should've won DPOY, and Tobias became a real 2nd option...not to mention the best Seth Curry ever. This season without Ben, fans here questioned resting Embiid and figuring it out in the offseason, as playoffs may not happen. They competed for the top seed all year.

It's one thing for the fans on a message board to question his rotations with the backup center situation, but as soon as the Harden trade happened, even the local media started jumping on him instead of Morey due to the putrid backup center situation. This offseason is about Morey and Maxey. Your best bet is to let Rivers continue to develop Maxey, to save Philly from the treadmill situation Morey put them in with Harden.

[Negrodamus]

The question they should ask Morey/Doc is:

Why has Harden's shot, particularly from 3, completely fallen off since his Houston days and why should we be encouraged that it will return?

[Ksny13]

The question they should ask Morey/Doc is:

Why has Harden's shot, particularly from 3, completely fallen off since his Houston days and why should we be encouraged that it will return?

Harden shot 36% from 3 on 7 FGA and 47% overall when he was traded to Brooklyn pre injury. He kept those numbers in the playoffs that year while playing on 1 leg. Let's see how he looks after a full year removed from injury plus an off season. He said he couldn't even do any rehab last off season.

[Jailblazers7]

I **** love Maxey. Just endlessly bugging Doc about his development plan so he can immediately get to work.