hsb wrote:Kevin Willis wrote:hsb wrote:Lol, Casey is so damn stubborn to anything basketball. Why so many homers on here tried to justify his stupidity is embarrassing for them.
Casey would've thought the only difference was Kawhi, and honestly this is the time he would be right. He keeps mentioning how much everything is the same under Nurse this season and he's not entirely wrong. Nurse made some very stupid decisions this series and got bailed out, along with everyone else who couldn't shoot and play hot potato pretty much all series (Gasol, Lowry, Ibaka, FVV, even Siakam after game 1), by Kawhi.
Without Kawhi, Nurse would be criticized from some of these things for example; not attacking JJ when even the Nets of all teams were doing it game after game, not giving Embiid more room to chuck threes to close out the paint for everyone else, playing way too small for way too long this series, calling game 2 like it was a regular season game all together, tried Meeks for some damn reason etc etc.
Good points. He made some stupid decisions and so did Brown. Philly did a good job hiding JJ and the other 4 starters were incredibly talented. He didn't care if JJ went off as much as the other 4. Nurse is a mad scientist. He experimented even in this series. He had faith in his bench and they didn't deliver. But when it came to a must win he made the right moves - Game 4 and 7.
I was fine with his mistakes. They were logical, they just didn't work. Some of Casey's mistakes were head scratchers like Miles on Love. Even being small worked sometimes. But their PG is 6'10. JJ is 6'4. I also don't think Brown out-coached him. His playcalling and execution at end of game was bad. Ours was solid. Out of timeouts we executed plays. If our offense shot the ball better we would've won in 5. Can't blame Nurse for passing up wide open shots after the play was successful.
He's a rookie coach and they listen to him. Casey wouldn't flex at all and players would get mad.
I'll just say it isn't about what you and I think of Nurse and Casey, you bring up of what Casey might be thinking. Casey wont be pissed, he'll tell himself what if he had a player like Kawhi instead because nothing else changed. Something he said on the record multiple times, for the most part, this season when asked about the team.
Casey was already pissed. He keeps takings shots at Nurse and the Toronto fanbase. I'm saying this would piss him off even more. If he said the only difference is Kawhi that would be wrong. This Milwaukee team is very similar to the team last year. Different coach and very different results. Having a superstar player means nothing if he is used wrongly. Plus their Nurse and Casey philosophies are different. Casey is pound the rock - consistent, persistent go for most wins possible. By your own admission Nurse is like mad scientist - experimenting, testing and seeing what can work.
I agree sets are similar since last year it was Nurse's offence anyway. But mindset, rotation, ATO is different. When Casey said they run the same plays he's right, mostly. But Ibaka, Siakam, JV are having outstanding years under Nurse so something is different. Casey is a company man that cares how he is perceived and right now it's perceived that Masai made the right move getting rid of him. He is pissed.
