Fire Brad Stevens.

[djFan71]

It's so quiet around here? Where are all the foul weather fans when we are winning?

lol you were crying about the negativity yet you ask for it?

anyway, I've still had enough of Brad, still pretty much tired of him but that's just in my nature I guess. I don't like the 'perfect' guys rarely showing emotions. I had the feeling he couldnt put enough fire in the team and I still have that feeling. I do think you need to change leaders every now and then, and I don't think Brad's the perfect leader for a title contender. He's perfect for the overachiever but we're not that team anymore.

The fact we can't have that opinion because it doesn't match your 'optimism' card says a lot btw, since I'm mostly pretty optimistic about things Celtics related.

You can have any opinion you want buddy. My guess was that few would come out and stand by their fire Brad bumper stickers amid a 6 game win streak. But as soon as we lose I'm a cry baby band you are not allowed to have opinions? Okie Dokey.

Your last X posts are not so much expressing an opinion as trying to goad people.

[Ernest]

lol you were crying about the negativity yet you ask for it?

anyway, I've still had enough of Brad, still pretty much tired of him but that's just in my nature I guess. I don't like the 'perfect' guys rarely showing emotions. I had the feeling he couldnt put enough fire in the team and I still have that feeling. I do think you need to change leaders every now and then, and I don't think Brad's the perfect leader for a title contender. He's perfect for the overachiever but we're not that team anymore.

The fact we can't have that opinion because it doesn't match your 'optimism' card says a lot btw, since I'm mostly pretty optimistic about things Celtics related.

You can have any opinion you want buddy. My guess was that few would come out and stand by their fire Brad bumper stickers amid a 6 game win streak. But as soon as we lose I'm a cry baby band you are not allowed to have opinions? Okie Dokey.

Your last X posts are not so much expressing an opinion as trying to goad people.

Ok. Point taken. I would like to sincerely apologize to anyone I may have goaded. To anyone out there that feels goaded by my comments I am truly sorry.

[djFan71]

You can have any opinion you want buddy. My guess was that few would come out and stand by their fire Brad bumper stickers amid a 6 game win streak. But as soon as we lose I'm a cry baby band you are not allowed to have opinions? Okie Dokey.

Your last X posts are not so much expressing an opinion as trying to goad people.

Ok. Point taken. I would like to sincerely apologize to anyone I may have goaded. To anyone out there that feels goaded by my comments I am truly sorry.

It's good of you to forgo goading going forward.

[playa-hater]

It's so quiet around here? Where are all the foul weather fans when we are winning?

lol you were crying about the negativity yet you ask for it?

anyway, I've still had enough of Brad, still pretty much tired of him but that's just in my nature I guess. I don't like the 'perfect' guys rarely showing emotions. I had the feeling he couldnt put enough fire in the team and I still have that feeling. I do think you need to change leaders every now and then, and I don't think Brad's the perfect leader for a title contender. He's perfect for the overachiever but we're not that team anymore.

The fact we can't have that opinion because it doesn't match your 'optimism' card says a lot btw, since I'm mostly pretty optimistic about things Celtics related.

I definitely have my reasons and I could go into details and why I agree but your summary it was the perfect short version for me.

[Ernest]

Your last X posts are not so much expressing an opinion as trying to goad people.

Ok. Point taken. I would like to sincerely apologize to anyone I may have goaded. To anyone out there that feels goaded by my comments I am truly sorry.

It's good of you to forgo goading going forward.

Ok enough goofing around, lets get this thread back on topic: How bad we all want a man to lose his employment in these troubling times.

[hickfromfrenchlick]

Ok. Point taken. I would like to sincerely apologize to anyone I may have goaded. To anyone out there that feels goaded by my comments I am truly sorry.

It's good of you to forgo goading going forward.

Ok enough goofing around, lets get this thread back on topic: How bad we all want a man to lose his employment in these troubling times.

I don't want Brad fired but, if he were, he'd be unemployed for all of about 30 minutes.

[cloverleaf]

It's good of you to forgo goading going forward.

Ok enough goofing around, lets get this thread back on topic: How bad we all want a man to lose his employment in these troubling times.

I don't want Brad fired but, if he were, he'd be unemployed for all of about 30 minutes.

I think he'd choose his next step carefully--if he didn't already have it lined up.

[moonie_mcgee]

The Fire Brad Stevens talk is just that of course but I'll remain on the fence until we make the NBA Finals. I don't like the fact that his contract is more secure than any player on the team. If that's the same case with elite NBA coaches then I stand corrected although I disagree with the philosophy. I don't like his handling of the locker room and disgruntled former Celtics in Irving, Hayward, Horford and Rozier. How does that bode for a Tatum or a Beal. I don't like seeing the Miami Heat in the NBA Finals over us nor being bridemaids on two other occasions. Is Stevens really the right coach to get us to the NBA Finals. I don't like how the team performed this season. The lack of effort, the selfishness and absence of fundamentals keep rearing their ugly heads. Of course we'll have to see what happens but my take is that Stevens doesn’t have the goods to get us to the NBA Finals and winning it all.

[Fencer reregistered]

The Fire Brad Stevens talk is just that of course but I'll remain on the fence until we make the NBA Finals. I don't like the fact that his contract is more secure than any player on the team. If that's the same case with elite NBA coaches then I stand corrected although I disagree with the philosophy. I don't like his handling of the locker room and disgruntled former Celtics in Irving, Hayward, Horford and Rozier. How does that bode for a Tatum or a Beal. I don't like seeing the Miami Heat in the NBA Finals over us nor being bridemaids on two other occasions. Is Stevens really the right coach to get us to the NBA Finals. I don't like how the team performed this season. The lack of effort, the selfishness and absence of fundamentals keep rearing their ugly heads. Of course we'll have to see what happens but my take is that Stevens doesn’t have the goods to get us to the NBA Finals and winning it all.

The first time Brad's team made the ECF, they didn't have a chance, with their best player unavaiable.

The second time the team choked in Game 7, and especially Q4. Choking happens on Doc Rivers teams (a lot). Choking happens on Pat Riley teams (I forget whether he was the coach for "Tragic Johnson", but he definitely was for John Starks going 2-18 or whatever it was and Ewing also missing his last running hook shot). It happens on Popovich teams. It happens on Phil Jackson teams. And I've never been clear why the pre-Russell Celtics didn't do better in the post season, given the talent of Cousy, Sharman and McCauley.

Last season was ... weird.

[moonie_mcgee]

Bump. Still see Stevens back next season? Odds?

[Bleeding Green]

100 pct back. They literally just gave him a five year extension.

[playa-hater]

Too bad Stevens doesn't have all 17 of his players that he needs to win a game..

anyway..

I really don't care what Stevens did with IT way back when. In 5 decades of watching Celtic BB, Stevens is now responsible for the 2 most disappointing seasons I have ever seen.

And I am not even blaming it all on him. It wasn't. Lot's of blame to go around. but anyone who thinks Stevens will led us to the promised land of #18 is way BEYOND (Insert most negative word of your choice here)

[LarryBirdsFingr]

We all still cool with the sunshine and roses approach of Stevens? Just checking in

[LoquaciousLarry]

This team has overachieved with Brad. Give him at least another year. Let's see what he can do with Tatum and Brown.

[Bleeding Green]

Any coincidence that the three best coaches in the East all have **** teams in a season where you can't practice?

[playa-hater]

This team has overachieved with Brad. Give him at least another year. Let's see what he can do with Tatum and Brown.

It's like 5 years ago, there were people who knew to get out of owning Sears stocks. Then there were people too Nostalgic or foolish to cut their losses for whatever reason using the history of Sears stock as a reason. All the signs were pointing to the obvious. Yet somehow some people still held on.

Cut your losses and move on or suffer much worse, for much longer.

meanwhile I do believe most fans Boston and Non Boston fans can agree that Boston would qualify as one of if not the most disappointing teams this season.

Flip side would be to ask what 2 teams may be the most surprising??

Answer. 2 teams that did actually pull the trigger and make a coaching change.

Atlanta (mid-season) and going on to win something like 18 and 7 since.
NYK - many considered this organization the laughing stock of the NBA for years. No FA signings and even their 2 lottery picks (Obi and K Knox) haven't done anything. But they changed their CULTURE. and Boom.

A new coach is not guaranteed to do much better, but clearly they might. Sticking with the same ole shet is definitely wasting time.

[Bleeding Green]

Wow the teams that made a coaching change are having **** seasons just like the Celtics. lmao the Knicks have two fewer losses than the Celtics.

[Hal14]

Any coincidence that the three best coaches in the East all have **** teams in a season where you can't practice?

You mean Stevens, Spoelstra, Nurse? All 3 teams were very good last year, all 3 underachieved this year.....but prior to this year all 3 coaches were considered 3 of the best coaches in the league....


Meanwhile Doc is a golden boy in Philly, sitting atop the standings, after he got fired last season for underachieving...

[moonie_mcgee]

We all still cool with the sunshine and roses approach of Stevens? Just checking in

Brad Stevens has the best job in world. A 5 year contract, millions of dollars and legions of sycophants to defend him. He's the Alfred E. Newman of the NBA. No worries at all.

[playa-hater]

Wow the teams that made a coaching change are having **** seasons just like the Celtics. lmao the Knicks have two fewer losses than the Celtics.

What a shock, I knew you would respond to this what a joke. The NYK are playing about 20 games better than they were predicted while Boston is probably 20 games below and to you that's the same what a joke ..Thibs May end up getting coach of the year while Brad Stevens should be laughed out of town but yet it's all the same.

Turn in this off now but I will come back on tomorrow to answer all this BS for once and for all. So tired of weak minded excuses over and over and over again.