Hal14 wrote:Green89 wrote:Hal14 wrote:A different hire like who? Who did you expect to get, on such short notice, the day before training camp started? Brad did the best he could, given the sh*tty situation that Ime put us in. He hired a coach who had been with the organization the longest, who had HC experience and was a finalist for the Jazz HC job that summer.
Also, why does it bother you so much what I think?
I don't think a different HC would have prevented Gabe Vincent from tripping Tatum, causing him to sprain his ankle on the first play of game 7. We had better shot quality than Miami did that series - and we had better shooters than them in the reg season - we just got unlucky that they had a bunch of guys who shot the ball better than they ever did in their entire life, while we had some really good shooters who shot much worse than their ability level.
We got really far. We came really close - but when you get that far in the playoffs, there's not much separating each team - all it takes is a shot here or there, an injury here or a bounce there - such a small difference between winning or losing a series, especially one that goes 7 games - luck ends up playing into it..
No, coaching matters. Miami would have been swept without Spo. We should have easily beat Miami with a better coach. We wouldn't have been in game 7 if we had someone other than Joe.
Sure, coaching matters. I never said otherwise.
Also, the 2 statements you made in bold are highly debatable. You didn't provide anything of substance to back up those viewpoints, so I'm not really buying it.
You also didn't answer my question when I asked what other coach could we have hired a day before training camp started who would have done a better job than Mazzulla..
Any coach who could make a timeout signal with both hands.