05-05-2023, 06:00 AM
(This post was last modified: 05-05-2023, 08:53 AM by HoosierDaddyKid.)
(05-05-2023, 12:46 AM)Mavs2021 Wrote: I'm honestly shocked at this development. Guy lost his brother during the series and they fire him for lack of performance? Holyshit. It´s not like he won the NBA title with them. If you thought the death effected his performance, send him home to grieve and let an assistant coach.
He got fired because he never made adjustments to control Jimmy Butler who averaged 48 ppg in the series. He never tried using Giannis or Crowder on him (Crowder played 3 mins the whole series) never trapped him to get the ball out his hands, never called timeouts to stop runs, and never put a big under-the-rim to stop the lob to Butler that sent the game to OT. I get it. His firing was insensitive because he lost his brother, but it was justified because expectations were high and they finished with the best record. Nothing less than a Finals appearance was unacceptable.