Washburn: Coaching Staff Felt Helpless to Solve Locker Room Issues

ddb · Post #121 » by **ddb** » Mon May 13, 2019 3:05 pm

CeltsfanSinceBirth wrote:Might sound crazy, but I'd hire Rod Strickland as an assistant. Godfathers don't mess around and will tell you straight up when you're f***** up.

What is he up to these days?

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ddb · Post #122 » by **ddb** » Mon May 13, 2019 3:06 pm

amory87 wrote:Should try for KG or Pierce as the new assistant.

Those guys have better gigs already. They aren't entering the coaching ranks

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The_Ghost_of_JB · Post #123 » by **The_Ghost_of_JB** » Mon May 13, 2019 3:24 pm

Does anyone truly believe getting a certain assistant coach is going to control Irving? Dude is a head case and hasn't been happy anywhere he has played.

Edug27 · Post #124 » by **Edug27** » Mon May 13, 2019 3:26 pm

The_Ghost_of_JB wrote:Does anyone truly believe getting a certain assistant coach is going to control Irving? Dude is a head case and hasn't been happy anywhere he has played.

No. It's more about teammates and team success. He needs vets around him, and he's an awful loser.

CeltsfanSinceBirth · Post #125 » by **CeltsfanSinceBirth** » Mon May 13, 2019 3:47 pm

ddb wrote:
CeltsfanSinceBirth wrote:Might sound crazy, but I'd hire Rod Strickland as an assistant. Godfathers don't mess around and will tell you straight up when you're f***** up.
What is he up to these days?

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He's working for the G-League right now, heading their professional development program. He's basically going to be one of the guys that chooses which elite prospects can skip college and can earn $125K/year in the G-League.

ddb · Post #126 » by **ddb** » Mon May 13, 2019 3:52 pm

CeltsfanSinceBirth wrote:
ddb wrote:
CeltsfanSinceBirth wrote:Might sound crazy, but I'd hire Rod Strickland as an assistant. Godfathers don't mess around and will tell you straight up when you're f***** up.
What is he up to these days?

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He's working for the G-League right now, heading their professional development program. He's basically going to be one of the guys that chooses which elite prospects can skip college and can earn $125K/year in the G-League.

I believe he spent time as an assistant coach with USF hoops at some point as well.

SIGN HIM UP. Assistant Coach.

amory87 · Post #127 » by **amory87** » Mon May 13, 2019 3:59 pm

ddb wrote:
amory87 wrote:Should try for KG or Pierce as the new assistant.
Those guys have better gigs already. They aren't entering the coaching ranks

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no doubt, but can't underestimate their love for the celtics organization. pierce always said he wants a role with the team once he retires

assistant coach is probably way too much of a time commitment for either of them. maybe something in more of a 'consulting' capacity.

Dannyboy36 · Post #128 » by **Dannyboy36** » Mon May 13, 2019 4:09 pm

The_Ghost_of_JB wrote:Does anyone truly believe getting a certain assistant coach is going to control Irving? Dude is a head case and hasn't been happy anywhere he has played.

We all get caught up with stuff. It’s emotional. This year has sucked so bad. But are we really thinking of assistant coaches because the HEAD coach can’t be man enough? If he really needs that he belongs back in college.

ThirtyFour · Post #129 » by **ThirtyFour** » Mon May 13, 2019 4:25 pm

The_Ghost_of_JB wrote:Does anyone truly believe getting a certain assistant coach is going to control Irving? Dude is a head case and hasn't been happy anywhere he has played.

There’s only one coach that can control Kyrie and he’s playing in LA.

The_Ghost_of_JB · Post #130 » by **The_Ghost_of_JB** » Mon May 13, 2019 5:13 pm

ThirtyFour wrote:
The_Ghost_of_JB wrote:Does anyone truly believe getting a certain assistant coach is going to control Irving? Dude is a head case and hasn't been happy anywhere he has played.

There’s only one coach that can control Kyrie and he’s playing in LA.

Irving still couldn't get away from him fast enough at the time.

CelticsFTW · Post #131 » by **CelticsFTW** » Mon May 13, 2019 5:43 pm

Man, I would love to see KG or Pierce as an assistant.

Roddy · Post #132 » by **Roddy** » Mon May 13, 2019 6:18 pm

CelticsFTW wrote:Man, I would love to see KG or Pierce as an assistant.

Not sure about Pierce.

But KG would be mad with this team...

Post #133 » by **Froob** » Mon May 13, 2019 6:36 pm

jmr07019 wrote:Stevens has always struck me as an emotionally intelligent guy. I don't know why he and Kyrie did not get along. They worked fine together last year. Maybe it was starting Hayward. Maybe it was a bunch of little things. Maybe LeBron not respecting his coach in Cleveland rubbed off on Kyrie.

Do we need to chose between Kyrie and Brad? I kind of feel like we do. You need the best player to respect the coach. If the best player doesn't respect the coach the rest of the roster won't either. I think Brad would be alright if we had one of Davis / Durant here with Irving. Hopefully Brad could get either Durant / Davis to buy in. If we resign Irving and don't get another star I think Irving will continue to tune out Brad and we will have the media **** show after every loss next year as well.

Rumored that the deep playoff run without Kyrie bruised his ego.

truth18 · Post #134 » by **truth18** » Mon May 13, 2019 6:38 pm

Roddy wrote:
CelticsFTW wrote:Man, I would love to see KG or Pierce as an assistant.

Not sure about Pierce.

But KG would be mad with this team...

Neither are going to come here in those roles. People should get that notion out of their heads honestly.

Disinformation · Post #135 » by **Disinformation** » Mon May 13, 2019 7:17 pm

Froob wrote:
jmr07019 wrote:Stevens has always struck me as an emotionally intelligent guy. I don't know why he and Kyrie did not get along. They worked fine together last year. Maybe it was starting Hayward. Maybe it was a bunch of little things. Maybe LeBron not respecting his coach in Cleveland rubbed off on Kyrie.

Do we need to chose between Kyrie and Brad? I kind of feel like we do. You need the best player to respect the coach. If the best player doesn't respect the coach the rest of the roster won't either. I think Brad would be alright if we had one of Davis / Durant here with Irving. Hopefully Brad could get either Durant / Davis to buy in. If we resign Irving and don't get another star I think Irving will continue to tune out Brad and we will have the media **** show after every loss next year as well.

Rumored that the deep playoff run without Kyrie bruised his ego.

Yet another rumor suggesting Kyrie is not mentally tough. Are there any rumors or actual events that counter that argument? I suppose you could argue hitting that shot against GS a few years ago was mentally tough. But I'm coming up short trying to think of any others.

MyInsatiableOne · Post #136 » by **MyInsatiableOne** » Mon May 13, 2019 7:42 pm

I'm paraphrasing here, but "Stevens didn't pay attention to Jaylen's and Jayson's feelings?" and "they need a coach who can be a "big brother" to the players?" What the **** is this, kindergarten? I understand some of these guys are 22 and some of them are older (and every age in between), but come on...these are grown ass men getting paid millions of dollars to play a game. Be a professional and figure it out FFS! I'm not saying Brad is blameless in this, he's not and he rightfully accepted responsibility for what happened. But the players bear a lot of the blame for this season...more than Brad does, IMO.

Stupidity like this is why the NBA is so much harder to watch and be a fan of than it was even 10 years ago let alone when I was a kid in the 80s and 90s. You don't see this kind of millennial garbage in the NFL or MLB or NHL, even from the young superstars, but that's because the players don't run those leagues the way they do in the NBA. It's truly a case of the inmates running the asylum and it's tiresome.

/rant over

Post #137 » by **K For Three** » Mon May 13, 2019 8:12 pm

Brad Stevens is a hostess cupcake.

SichtingLives · Post #138 » by **SichtingLives** » Mon May 13, 2019 9:01 pm

If that ain't the name of the 2018-19 Boston Celtics I'll be damned. In hindsight, this organization has so much to learn from their mistakes with this build, not that it will ever happen again in a billion years. Letting two different cores smash together like that, tisk tisk. They really should've been paying again to this unprecedented build rather than looking right past it. But enjoy the song, its a lot more fun than this team was.

Watch on YouTube

Post #139 » by **djFan71** » Mon May 13, 2019 10:58 pm

Kyrie For Three wrote:Brad Stevens is a hostess cupcake.

So, you're saying we get KD???????

celtics543 · Post #140 » by **celtics543** » Tue May 14, 2019 10:58 am

If it's a choice between the coach who helped an undertalented squad overachieve for four years or the "superstar" player who came back and led the team to a lesser round than they went to the year before without him then I'm taking the coach. What exactly has Kyrie done that makes everyone here so desperate to keep him? In his career he's hit one clutch shot and now all of a sudden he carries himself like he's some type of crunch time assassin. He disappeared in this entire playoff run when he talked up how he was a different animal in the playoffs all year.

I'll take the young guys who played with so much heart last year plus another lottery pick for next year. Even if you bring in AD I don't see this team competing for a title. You have two guys who have no heart, who when the chips are down will fold in a second and try to complain their way to a new team and a cushier situation. AD isn't KG and Kyrie certainly isn't Pierce.