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“I give Joe, their coach, a lot of credit, for starting the season with all the noise around this team, and to fill in for the shoes that he’s filling in for. Give him and give their team a lot of credit for the start they’ve gotten themselves off to,” Malone said.
zoyathedestroya wrote:The important bit in this Malone interview is he called Sam Doogie Hauser lol.
https://heavy.com/sports/boston-celtics/mike-malone-sounds-off-celtics-joe-mazzulla/“I give Joe, their coach, a lot of credit, for starting the season with all the noise around this team, and to fill in for the shoes that he’s filling in for. Give him and give their team a lot of credit for the start they’ve gotten themselves off to,” Malone said.
Homerclease wrote:
Can’t hate this enough. This line of thinking will cost this team basketball games. Especially in the post season
While not all fans of the Boston Celtics might agree, interim head coach Joe Mazzulla’s habit of letting his team play through a rough patch instead of calling a quick timeout has been looked on favorably by his players. Asked if he thinks that approach a helpful one, star wing Jaylen Brown replied “At times, it’s good.”
“It challenges us not only for the situation at hand, but also challenges us to be better down the line,” he explained, via CLNS Media. “I think we’ve been in the NBA long enough to know how to get to our spots, how to correct some of our mistakes.”
“We’ve got a poised team, so that’s a lot of trust from our head coach that he instills in our players and in us to figure it out. So to be honest, that’s what you want as a player, and you want that relationship with your head coach.”
“That he trusts you out there, that you’ll figure it out — and for the most part, we have this year,” added Brown.
“We’ve just got to keep it up and continue to set our bar at a higher standard.”
ParticleMan wrote:Homerclease wrote:
Can’t hate this enough. This line of thinking will cost this team basketball games. Especially in the post season
He seemed to be saying it was a teaching moment. The team has to learn to right its own ship on the floor, I actually like it, improves the bbiq. I bet Joe will have a tighter leash in the playoffs.
CeltsfanSinceBirth wrote:I know people keep pointing to his age as a detriment, but anyone who grew up playing ball and been coached by several different coaches - I guarantee that it was easier and funner to play for guys closer to your age than it was someone older. They talked like you, they were into the same things as you, and the younger guys were usually more easy-going, but when they dug into you, it felt like your older sibling trying to motivate you instead of a parent giving you ****. I trust Brad’s ability to pick good coaches, and if he felt Mazzulla was a better choice than Stoudamire, then so be it. Brad is a forward thinker, so he’s definitely not going to let a bureaucratic trait like age or experience sway him.
Placing a few bucks on Mazzulla to win coach of the year. He’s got a talented roster, his defense was already in place last year, and the voters love a good narrative, and there is no better story to be told than Joe’s.
CeltsfanSinceBirth wrote:CeltsfanSinceBirth wrote:I know people keep pointing to his age as a detriment, but anyone who grew up playing ball and been coached by several different coaches - I guarantee that it was easier and funner to play for guys closer to your age than it was someone older. They talked like you, they were into the same things as you, and the younger guys were usually more easy-going, but when they dug into you, it felt like your older sibling trying to motivate you instead of a parent giving you ****. I trust Brad’s ability to pick good coaches, and if he felt Mazzulla was a better choice than Stoudamire, then so be it. Brad is a forward thinker, so he’s definitely not going to let a bureaucratic trait like age or experience sway him.
Placing a few bucks on Mazzulla to win coach of the year. He’s got a talented roster, his defense was already in place last year, and the voters love a good narrative, and there is no better story to be told than Joe’s.
This post is aging well, but Will Hardy is messing my wager up. Lol.
Homerclease wrote:ParticleMan wrote:Homerclease wrote:Can’t hate this enough. This line of thinking will cost this team basketball games. Especially in the post season
He seemed to be saying it was a teaching moment. The team has to learn to right its own ship on the floor, I actually like it, improves the bbiq. I bet Joe will have a tighter leash in the playoffs.
I heard this same crap from Brad Stevens. I hated it then and I hate it now. The players are still human beings and that includes both teams. During the Ime era in the second half of the year when we were rolling, if this team got out to a big lead it was good night Irene because Ime had a great feel for when his men would start to let their foot off the gas a bit. They would make a few bone head plays and a team would go a quick 5-0 run and bam. Timeout and light a fire under your guys asses to finish a game properly.
Consequently, you can’t teach guys to effect the mindset of your opponent as well. When a team makes a few shots and a few plays and their confidence level starts to rise, it’s the coaches JOB to know when to stem the tide and cool things down. It’s not teaching your guys perseverance, it’s abandoning them on a desert island. I’m all about righting our own ship, but the coach is the leader of men out here and sometimes that requires stepping in to either cool off the opponent, or to rally the troops. Passive aggressive coaching is a loser mentality that will not work and was my biggest fear promoting a Brad disciple to HC.
Hal14 wrote:Homerclease wrote:ParticleMan wrote:
He seemed to be saying it was a teaching moment. The team has to learn to right its own ship on the floor, I actually like it, improves the bbiq. I bet Joe will have a tighter leash in the playoffs.
I heard this same crap from Brad Stevens. I hated it then and I hate it now. The players are still human beings and that includes both teams. During the Ime era in the second half of the year when we were rolling, if this team got out to a big lead it was good night Irene because Ime had a great feel for when his men would start to let their foot off the gas a bit. They would make a few bone head plays and a team would go a quick 5-0 run and bam. Timeout and light a fire under your guys asses to finish a game properly.
Consequently, you can’t teach guys to effect the mindset of your opponent as well. When a team makes a few shots and a few plays and their confidence level starts to rise, it’s the coaches JOB to know when to stem the tide and cool things down. It’s not teaching your guys perseverance, it’s abandoning them on a desert island. I’m all about righting our own ship, but the coach is the leader of men out here and sometimes that requires stepping in to either cool off the opponent, or to rally the troops. Passive aggressive coaching is a loser mentality that will not work and was my biggest fear promoting a Brad disciple to HC.
So were you asleep last night when the Pelicans made a run to cut our lead to 6, most coaches would have called a timeout but Mazzulla let our guys figure it out on their own, we responded with a 5-0 run to push the lead back to 11, making the Pelicans call a timeout instead and from there we cruised to the win?
Oh and there was this too..
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The guy is off to one of the best starts for a 1st year coach in team history. 9 game win streak, best record in the league, without our all-defense starting center and you're complaining?
Homerclease wrote:Hal14 wrote:Homerclease wrote:I heard this same crap from Brad Stevens. I hated it then and I hate it now. The players are still human beings and that includes both teams. During the Ime era in the second half of the year when we were rolling, if this team got out to a big lead it was good night Irene because Ime had a great feel for when his men would start to let their foot off the gas a bit. They would make a few bone head plays and a team would go a quick 5-0 run and bam. Timeout and light a fire under your guys asses to finish a game properly.
Consequently, you can’t teach guys to effect the mindset of your opponent as well. When a team makes a few shots and a few plays and their confidence level starts to rise, it’s the coaches JOB to know when to stem the tide and cool things down. It’s not teaching your guys perseverance, it’s abandoning them on a desert island. I’m all about righting our own ship, but the coach is the leader of men out here and sometimes that requires stepping in to either cool off the opponent, or to rally the troops. Passive aggressive coaching is a loser mentality that will not work and was my biggest fear promoting a Brad disciple to HC.
So were you asleep last night when the Pelicans made a run to cut our lead to 6, most coaches would have called a timeout but Mazzulla let our guys figure it out on their own, we responded with a 5-0 run to push the lead back to 11, making the Pelicans call a timeout instead and from there we cruised to the win?
Oh and there was this too..
?s=20&t=xUcCI6dDmEJJ7Zx1qMtCSA
The guy is off to one of the best starts for a 1st year coach in team history. 9 game win streak, best record in the league, without our all-defense starting center and you're complaining?
I was awake. Careful now after your tantrum in the trade thread.
Hal14 wrote:Homerclease wrote:Hal14 wrote:So were you asleep last night when the Pelicans made a run to cut our lead to 6, most coaches would have called a timeout but Mazzulla let our guys figure it out on their own, we responded with a 5-0 run to push the lead back to 11, making the Pelicans call a timeout instead and from there we cruised to the win?
Oh and there was this too..
?s=20&t=xUcCI6dDmEJJ7Zx1qMtCSA
The guy is off to one of the best starts for a 1st year coach in team history. 9 game win streak, best record in the league, without our all-defense starting center and you're complaining?
I was awake. Careful now after your tantrum in the trade thread.
You're telling me to be careful? Is that a threat? Let's just keep the discussion to basketball, jeez..
Homerclease wrote:Hal14 wrote:Homerclease wrote:I was awake. Careful now after your tantrum in the trade thread.
You're telling me to be careful? Is that a threat? Let's just keep the discussion to basketball, jeez..
A threat? No, it’s a reminder that you in fact, do the exact same things you cry about in other threads. You of course know this