A Doc Rivers Coached Team is in the NBA Finals

kooldude · Post #21 » by **kooldude** » Sat May 31, 2008 4:23 am

Batronuj wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

I agree, and neither does Kobe, a year ago today he was asking to be traded.

Even his own teammates got over it and liked him alot now and you still got to hate on him.

Post #22 » by **UGA Hayes** » Sat May 31, 2008 4:29 am

Doc has actually done a pretty damn good job since game 5 of the cleveland series. He was so much better than Flip Saunders in this series its not even funny.

ToffKobe · Post #23 » by **ToffKobe** » Sat May 31, 2008 6:40 am

Batronuj wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

I agree, and neither does Kobe, a year ago today he was asking to be traded.

Yeah but management listened and now Kobe and the Lakers have a shot at winning it all, so kudos to him. :clap:

JHTruth · Post #24 » by **JHTruth** » Sat May 31, 2008 7:53 am

Doc isn't THAT bad. Tom Thibodeau has REALLY upgraded the tactics however. Guy is top shelf all the way..

JellosJigglin · Post #25 » by **JellosJigglin** » Sat May 31, 2008 8:24 am

a Doc Rivers team is NOT in the finals. I repeat, a Doc Rivers team is NOT in the Finals. This is a Thibadeau coached team, through and through. Rivers is merely a stand-in. He's there to call timeouts, as a formality, and nothing else.

CPBalla2003 n da 863 · Post #26 » by **CPBalla2003 n da 863** » Sat May 31, 2008 8:27 am

Yea, i Give Doc some credit, he did a good job, i think he got better as the playoffs got further into it. when he coached Orlando, all he had was Tmac, thats it. but, i think he can win a ring this year, their team is better defensively than the Lakers.... i actually like Doc in Orlando, but he had to deal with a gimp in G. Hill and Tmac carryin a bunch of scrubs...

BigHands · Post #27 » by **BigHands** » Sat May 31, 2008 2:55 pm

JellosJigglin wrote:a Doc Rivers team is NOT in the finals. I repeat, a Doc Rivers team is NOT in the Finals. This is a Thibadeau coached team, through and through. Rivers is merely a stand-in. He's there to call timeouts, as a formality, and nothing else.

Much truth to this.

But Doc does have to be given credit for setting ego aside. And he did preach defense back when Celtic players had no idea what it was.

He is also a straight shooter that has his players respect. Doc's reputation with players was as much a factor as Ray Allen in getting KG to come to Boston.

He also gets much credit IMO for straightening out Pierce's ego in the early days. Just before Doc arrived both PP and Walker were runaway egos because Jim O'Brien had turned the offense over to them while he focused on defense.

Both had turned into conscious-less gunners oblivious to the concept of working for good shot.

Doc and PP took a while getting that worked out.

His game flow management has improved and he has used Posey very well this year.

But he still tends to start the 4th quarter with some absurd lineups and when it comes to X's and O's Doc is snoozing in the back of teacher Jackson's classroom.

~ TeRRoR SquaD ~ · Post #28 » by **~ TeRRoR SquaD ~** » Sat May 31, 2008 3:31 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk_7Uwbm ... re=related

Post #29 » by **Flash3** » Sat May 31, 2008 3:52 pm

YiYaoYue wrote:A talented inexperienced young team with an experienced coach (lakers) vs a talented experienced veteran team with an inexperienced coach (Boston). Few exceptions to that obviously, but i think that sums it up.

The Lakers just got through the vaunted/tough western conference. If they weren't experienced before the start of the playoffs, they definitely are now.

This inexperience crap (for this example) is silly.

TheSheriff · Post #30 » by **TheSheriff** » Sat May 31, 2008 4:23 pm

magicfan4life05 wrote:A Tom Thibodeau Coached Team is in the NBA Finals

Fixed the title of the thread.

magicfan4life05 · Post #31 » by **magicfan4life05** » Sat May 31, 2008 4:41 pm

TheSheriff wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Fixed the title of the thread.

Hmm

If that's the case, then how come in this thread, when asked if the real 'head coach' leaves, will their D stay the same? Most people said yes

http://realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=788955

I'd imagine if the real 'head coach' of a team leaves, their defense would fall off just a little, dont you think?

Can I get some clarification from other Celtics fans, who is the real head coach?

Gant · Post #32 » by **Gant** » Sat May 31, 2008 5:29 pm

Doc's the coach. He's done a great job. He did a particularly fine job of coaching the team on that West Coast trip (which was a sweep) capped off by a comfortable win against the Lakers with Rajon Rondo out.

sirgant1 · Post #33 » by **sirgant1** » Sat May 31, 2008 5:37 pm

NetsForce wrote:Doc Rivers is still a horrible coach...

It should be noted however that if you look at the Celtics sidelines Brian Scalabrine seems to do a better job coaching than Doc Rivers...

Now that's a dumb comment if I've ever seen one. Scalabrine does what most scrubs do who get splinters in their arse, become cheerleaders, get in guys ears during timeouts, and act silly on the bench.

How much are they paying this guy? They should get some kind of use for him.

Doc has done a great job, congrats to him.

Hey, who is this other "Gant" posting above mine. Great minds and last names must think alike. Are we related?

Post #34 » by **NO-KG-AI** » Sat May 31, 2008 5:45 pm

It was either Doc Rivers or Flip Saunders.

Gant · Post #35 » by **Gant** » Sat May 31, 2008 5:46 pm

I think we're actually the same person with severe disassociative disorder and different RealGM accounts for each of our separate personalities.

Post #36 » by **Flash3** » Sat May 31, 2008 7:16 pm

If and when the game comes down to the little things, he's going to be at a serious disadvantage, a la Avery Johnson in 2006 when he went against Pat Riley.

XxIronChainzxX · Post #37 » by **XxIronChainzxX** » Sat May 31, 2008 9:13 pm

I think that what sums up Doc, is when Pierce talked about watching two odd hours of Mohamed Ali tapes before games, courtesy of Rivers. I can only say that I stopped there, wonder: "Wouldn't the ECF be an ideal moment to, I dunno, watch basketball game tape instead of boxing?"

Then I recalled it was about Rivers as a coach, and it made sense.

TheSheriff · Post #38 » by **TheSheriff** » Sat May 31, 2008 10:44 pm

magicfan4life05 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Hmm

If that's the case, then how come in this thread, when asked if the real 'head coach' leaves, will their D stay the same? Most people said yes

http://realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=788955

I'd imagine if the real 'head coach' of a team leaves, their defense would fall off just a little, dont you think?

Can I get some clarification from other Celtics fans, who is the real head coach?

I never said Tom is the "real 'head coach.'" I simply think it shouldn't be a shock that Tom Thibodeau is on this coaching staff and it is in the Finals. He doesn't run the offense. He isn't solely responsible for managing the egos of three hall of famers (which is something Doc has done a good job at). He runs the defense, which was a historically good defense.

ToffKobe · Post #39 » by **ToffKobe** » Sat May 31, 2008 10:45 pm

~ TeRRoR SquaD ~ wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk_7UwbmyOk&feature=related

Umm a little random!?

ToffKobe · Post #40 » by **ToffKobe** » Sat May 31, 2008 10:45 pm

XxIronChainzxX wrote:I think that what sums up Doc, is when Pierce talked about watching two odd hours of Mohamed Ali tapes before games, courtesy of Rivers. I can only say that I stopped there, wonder: "Wouldn't the ECF be an ideal moment to, I dunno, watch basketball game tape instead of boxing?"

Then I recalled it was about Rivers as a coach, and it made sense.

LOL yeah I was watching that thinking the same thing.

A Doc Rivers Coached Team is in the NBA Finals

well did you?