Stotts Steps Down

MartyConlonOnTheRun · Post #81 » by **MartyConlonOnTheRun** » Thu Oct 19, 2023 2:51 pm

drew881 wrote:
MartyConlonOnTheRun wrote:I guess a good poll would be if you could restart the hiring process knowing you had Dame, do you go Storrs or AG?

I was ok with AG since it was to keep Giannis happy. But if we were brining on Dame, give me Stotts and let the winning take care of itself.

Or if this morning we saw, AG steps down, Stotts head coach. Would we be more optimistic?

Between his track record and relationship with Dame....probably.

Turk Nowitzki · Post #82 » by **Turk Nowitzki** » Thu Oct 19, 2023 2:51 pm

MartyConlonOnTheRun wrote:If it is as simple as "I like to run a different offense than AG and feel we would contradict each other while telling players what to do" They need to put him in front of a mic and thank him for his time making it was very clear it was mutual. Otherwise, it just seems like they are deeper issues and not 100% professional.

I mean that's something Stotts/Griffin should've had completely hashed out before he took the assistant job.

RogerMurdock · Post #83 » by **RogerMurdock** » Thu Oct 19, 2023 2:51 pm

Terry Stotts after waking up for practice this morning:

MartyConlonOnTheRun · Post #84 » by **MartyConlonOnTheRun** » Thu Oct 19, 2023 2:53 pm

Turk Nowitzki wrote:
MartyConlonOnTheRun wrote:If it is as simple as "I like to run a different offense than AG and feel we would contradict each other while telling players what to do" They need to put him in front of a mic and thank him for his time making it was very clear it was mutual. Otherwise, it just seems like they are deeper issues and not 100% professional.

I mean that's something Stotts/Griffin should've had completely hashed out before he took the assistant job.

Yeah, I agree. I'm on "this is all bad news" bandwagon. We have 2 top 15 players, so I'm not down on the season but I think it fair to freak out a little.

We just gave keys to a Ferrari to a 16 year old and he just disabled the GPS. It goings to a wild ride.

emunney · Post #85 » by **emunney** » Thu Oct 19, 2023 2:54 pm

Feel pretty strongly that we shouldn't be jumping to any conclusions w/r/t what this means *about* any Bucks or Stotts. Not saying that speculation isn't fair game, just, like, I suggest not digging in.

It's unequivocally bad news, regardless. Hard to say to what degree.

randy84 · Post #86 » by **randy84** » Thu Oct 19, 2023 2:55 pm

I always wondered if Stotts was forced upon AG by the front office knowing that they wanted a veteran head coach.

JayMKE · Post #87 » by **JayMKE** » Thu Oct 19, 2023 2:55 pm

If true I'd say this puts Griffin on the hot seat, your lead assistant and one of the most tenured coaches in the league quits a week before the season over "differences" is a MAJOR red flag as a first time head coach. The Bucks are here to win a championship not hand out coaching opportunities for guys to learn on the job or flex their ego, there's a bit of a Jason Kidd ex-player coach vibe I'm starting to get.

crkone · Post #88 » by **crkone** » Thu Oct 19, 2023 2:57 pm

JayMKE wrote:If true I'd say this puts Griffin on the hot seat, your lead assistant and one of the most tenured coaches in the league quits a week before the season over "differences" is a MAJOR red flag as a first time head coach. The Bucks are here to win a championship not hand out coaching opportunities for guys to learn on the job or flex their ego, there's a bit of a Jason Kidd ex-player coach vibe I'm starting to get.

To be fair Griffin has been an assistant for 15 years. He's well tenured.

RubberSoul · Post #89 » by **RubberSoul** » Thu Oct 19, 2023 2:58 pm

drew881 wrote:
MartyConlonOnTheRun wrote:I guess a good poll would be if you could restart the hiring process knowing you had Dame, do you go Storrs or AG?

I was ok with AG since it was to keep Giannis happy. But if we were brining on Dame, give me Stotts and let the winning take care of itself.

Or if this morning we saw, AG steps down, Stotts head coach. Would we be more optimistic?

I’d prefer that option 100%.

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Ron Swanson · Post #90 » by **Ron Swanson** » Thu Oct 19, 2023 2:58 pm

Hell of a way for Griffin to put even more pressure on himself heading into the season if the friction stuff turns out to be true. Team was already championship or bust, but if they don't win it this season then I'd argue that he might/should be a one-and-done coach. You have a two, maybe three year window with this core (Dame/Giannis/Khris/Brook) and you can't waste any of it with a coach who's in over his head.

dbrodz7 · Post #91 » by **dbrodz7** » Thu Oct 19, 2023 2:59 pm

I agree that this is bad news, but I think we all need to relax and let some facts come out. In my opinion Edens and Horst deserve the benefit of the doubt that they didn't just go through a massive hiring process to hire Griffin and he's some clueless jagoff that just forced Stotts out.

ABucksFan · Post #92 » by **ABucksFan** » Thu Oct 19, 2023 2:59 pm

No beat writers were on this, no leaks, straight from WOJ. Interesting.

Garbs_7 · Post #93 » by **Garbs_7** » Thu Oct 19, 2023 3:00 pm

Becky Hammon's WNBA coaching season just finished....

Turk Nowitzki · Post #94 » by **Turk Nowitzki** » Thu Oct 19, 2023 3:01 pm

randy84 wrote:I always wondered if Stotts was forced upon AG by the front office knowing that they wanted a veteran head coach.

We may never know but it certainly could explain a lot if this were the case.

Rstuedes24 · Post #95 » by **Rstuedes24** » Thu Oct 19, 2023 3:02 pm

Losing Stotts is huge, we went from being a defensive juggernaut to more of an offensive one and lost our offensive mastermind.

Good luck getting another lead assistant that’s gonna work out with AG if Stotts couldn’t, apparently it’ll have to be someone with less coaching experience than him

Post #96 » by **Prez** » Thu Oct 19, 2023 3:02 pm

What the ****? Alright lol.

VooDoo7 · Post #97 » by **VooDoo7** » Thu Oct 19, 2023 3:04 pm

Why are people assuming Griffin is the bad guy here?

Rstuedes24 · Post #98 » by **Rstuedes24** » Thu Oct 19, 2023 3:05 pm

Also great that the seasons less than 2 weeks out, guys were learning Stotts system and now will have to likely switch a lot of stuff up

Profound23 · Post #99 » by **Profound23** » Thu Oct 19, 2023 3:05 pm

Is coach Bud available?

We just hired Stotts to recruit Dame, now that we have Dame Stotts is not needed.

buckboy · Post #100 » by **buckboy** » Thu Oct 19, 2023 3:05 pm

I miss Bud.

Mostly kidding I guess