Griffin fired!- Doc Hired - Joerger likely on his way

ILC · Post #1101 » by **ILC** » Wed Jan 24, 2024 4:29 pm

MrHoneycutt · Post #1102 » by **MrHoneycutt** » Wed Jan 24, 2024 4:30 pm

Poor Joe Prunty. Always a bridesmaid, never a bride.

I am no Doc apologist, but I still can't help but be overjoyed that Griffin is gone.

Let's go win another championship.

WeekapaugGroove · Post #1103 » by **WeekapaugGroove** » Wed Jan 24, 2024 4:30 pm

giannis and 1 wrote:
WeekapaugGroove wrote:Hold up, some of you really believe that a hall of fame super star shouldn't have any imput on who coaches his team? That's crazy in any era but especially in today's age of player power. Giannis is far more important than any coach.

We don't know if this was it but if Giannis simply didn't like Nurses personality that's a valid reason not to hire him. **** doesn't work if your best player thinks his coach is a ****.

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That’s a **** reason to not hire someone. What is it about his personality that he doesn’t like? That he’s not buddy buddy with all the players? What a joke. Giannis is an idiot for this.

We could have had one of the best coaches in the league and instead he went to an immediate rival in our conference. We ended up with a terrible coach just because Giannis wanted him, he did a terrible job and got fired halfway through the season. Now we have another mediocre coach (yes he’s better than Griffin, but it would be almost impossible not to be) who is basically a worse version of Bud with his unwillingness to make adjustments in the playoffs. And hilariously, he’s the guy the Sixers fired in favour of Nurse.

Giannis’ opinion on coaching options should be taken much less into account from now on.

Have you ever worked for someone you don't like? Sucks and rarely leads to top performance.

Again we don't even know if it was a personality thing I'm just saying if it was that's a completely valid reason not to hire Nurse. It's also completely reasonable that Giannis by virtue of being the best god damn player in franchise history would get input.

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glenn · Post #1104 » by **glenn** » Wed Jan 24, 2024 4:30 pm

Funny how Woj/Shams/Haynes all post the news at the exact same moment. I have zero doubt they knew last night but couldn’t confirm until whoever feeds them regularly gave them the ok. The NBA breaking news business feels slimy.

theFireBlanket · Post #1105 » by **theFireBlanket** » Wed Jan 24, 2024 4:30 pm

Yi was a prophet.

Shaffty · Post #1106 » by **Shaffty** » Wed Jan 24, 2024 4:31 pm

PintSizedBox10 wrote:Not a soul on this board wanted Doc to be the guy after Bud. The cope is strong right now

sadly we dont have a time machine

MVP2110 · Post #1107 » by **MVP2110** » Wed Jan 24, 2024 4:32 pm

If you asked me in the summer if I'd have wanted Doc Rivers my answer would have been hell no. I think he's clearly a worse coach compared to Bud. That said, I think Doc is roughly a league average coach. He's competent which is a big step up from Griffin.This Bucks roster might be able to win with a competent, generic, league average Head Coach.

crowhead76 · Post #1108 » by **crowhead76** » Wed Jan 24, 2024 4:32 pm

Now go get Dave Joerger

tydett · Post #1109 » by **tydett** » Wed Jan 24, 2024 4:32 pm

PintSizedBox10 wrote:Not a soul on this board wanted Doc to be the guy after Bud. The cope is strong right now

Doc is not following Bud. He's coming after a nakedly incompetent hire into a less-than-ideal situation. The timing of this meant that finding the ideal candidate was unlikely. If Doc flops, he'll be gone this offseason too in search of a real coach.

giannis and 1 · Post #1110 » by **giannis and 1** » Wed Jan 24, 2024 4:33 pm

WeekapaugGroove wrote:
giannis and 1 wrote:
WeekapaugGroove wrote:Hold up, some of you really believe that a hall of fame super star shouldn't have any imput on who coaches his team? That's crazy in any era but especially in today's age of player power. Giannis is far more important than any coach.

We don't know if this was it but if Giannis simply didn't like Nurses personality that's a valid reason not to hire him. **** doesn't work if your best player thinks his coach is a ****.

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That’s a **** reason to not hire someone. What is it about his personality that he doesn’t like? That he’s not buddy buddy with all the players? What a joke. Giannis is an idiot for this.

We could have had one of the best coaches in the league and instead he went to an immediate rival in our conference. We ended up with a terrible coach just because Giannis wanted him, he did a terrible job and got fired halfway through the season. Now we have another mediocre coach (yes he’s better than Griffin, but it would be almost impossible not to be) who is basically a worse version of Bud with his unwillingness to make adjustments in the playoffs. And hilariously, he’s the guy the Sixers fired in favour of Nurse.

Giannis’ opinion on coaching options should be taken much less into account from now on.
Have you ever worked for someone you don't like? Sucks and rarely leads to top performance.

Again we don't even know if it was a personality thing I'm just saying if it was that's a completely valid reason not to hire Nurse. It's also completely reasonable that Giannis by virtue of being the best god damn player in franchise history would get input.

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What has Nurse done that’s so bad that Giannis doesn’t like? There doesn’t seem to be anything about him that makes him dislikable that other coaches don’t have. Like does he whine too much against the refs or something ??? Of course Giannis should have some input on coaching hires. But it shouldn’t be ‘Giannis says no Nurse means no Nurse’.

DutchManDanFan · Post #1111 » by **DutchManDanFan** » Wed Jan 24, 2024 4:33 pm

PintSizedBox10 wrote:Not a soul on this board wanted Doc to be the guy after Bud. The cope is strong right now

Well, Doc is not the guy after Bud...

Ryan5UW · Post #1112 » by **Ryan5UW** » Wed Jan 24, 2024 4:34 pm

tydett wrote:
PintSizedBox10 wrote:Not a soul on this board wanted Doc to be the guy after Bud. The cope is strong right now

Doc is not following Bud. He's coming after a nakedly incompetent hire into a less-than-ideal situation. The timing of this meant that finding the ideal candidate was unlikely. If Doc flops, he'll be gone this offseason too in search of a real coach.

Careful... that's a little too much logic for some on this board

Beorn · Post #1113 » by **Beorn** » Wed Jan 24, 2024 4:34 pm

MissKhriddleton · Post #1114 » by **MissKhriddleton** » Wed Jan 24, 2024 4:35 pm

ILC wrote:

Read on Twitter

Bringing on your current coach’s replacement as a “consultant” two months before firing him is some slimey, Pat Riley ****. Good job Horst.

PintSizedBox10 · Post #1115 » by **PintSizedBox10** » Wed Jan 24, 2024 4:36 pm

tydett wrote:
PintSizedBox10 wrote:Not a soul on this board wanted Doc to be the guy after Bud. The cope is strong right now

Doc is not following Bud. He's coming after a nakedly incompetent hire into a less-than-ideal situation. The timing of this meant that finding the ideal candidate was unlikely. If Doc flops, he'll be gone this offseason too in search of a real coach.

That's kind of the point.

thomchatt3rton · Post #1116 » by **thomchatt3rton** » Wed Jan 24, 2024 4:36 pm

I get firing a coach midseason and finishing with an interim.

I do not get how bringing in a whole new coach midseason can work.

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jimmybones · Post #1117 » by **jimmybones** » Wed Jan 24, 2024 4:37 pm

Bottom line for me is that I like our chances to contend for a championship today much more than l did 48 hours ago.

Hiring Griffin was a massive mistake and it took balls to recognize that and attempt to reconcile it.

VooDoo7 · Post #1118 » by **VooDoo7** » Wed Jan 24, 2024 4:37 pm

Is JayMKE/Doc the new VooDoo/Kidd?

MissKhriddleton · Post #1119 » by **MissKhriddleton** » Wed Jan 24, 2024 4:37 pm

List of available coaches who’ve won the finals:

Bud
Doc

JayMKE · Post #1120 » by **JayMKE** » Wed Jan 24, 2024 4:38 pm

Turk Nowitzki wrote:
buckboy wrote:JayMKE with 51 posts itt. Legend.

Truly unprecedented stuff. I tip my cap to that level of commitment

51 posts is like nothing