Cavs made the finals even with injuries, Rocket's didn't. McHale was losing when they let him go.
If you're a Cavs fan, you are cautious about this because we been here before with Lebron.
Blatt Fired!
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If you're a Cavs fan, you are cautious about this because we been here before with Lebron.
I'm a Lebron fan who lives in Ohio and follow the cav's because it's the only game in town. Having said that I have one question to ask since your from the 'Land. Have you watched Blatt in after game interviews and when the game was going to commercial an they were lining up for a huddle? If you have then you understand why this was a long time over due. Blatt was the luckiest mofo since that dude that coached the GSW this year while Kerr was out. He should give up coaching and start playing the powerball full time.
Oh, I am not saying Blatt shouldn't have been fired. I am saying the way all this has gone down is still kind of shocking. It really won't go down like this anywhere else. This is why people clowned Gilbert the first time. Letting Lebron run the show.
Lue about to be Mike Brown part 3(Blatt was 2). It's not that those guys don't know the game. It's just what Lebron does. We'd be on Brown part 4 if it weren't for Riley having Spo's back in Miami.
Man that a perfect but bad example that's the spurs it's what they do.
It's a certain level of bball knowledge to make some of those things work.
Granted that knowledge should be there once you get to college ball...
Oh I agree with you 100%. Only takes a major injury to LeBron (which he's due for) or a Cincinnati Bengal niggerish moment (which they have the players to accomplish this as well) during the playoffs to destroy everything. Just seems too automatic they go back. Something could go horribly wrong. I feel like this maybe the year.
Wait
So we about to have the power to fire cac coaches to hire black coaches?
Where do I sign up
So we about to have the power to fire cac coaches to hire black coaches?
Where do I sign up
As far as a major injury is concerned it's apart of the game. Shit happens. Ask Curry. I just don't see it happening without some help from the opposition because LBJ works too hard to keep his body together. The refs of the NFL and the NBA got one thing in common and one thing not in common. They both cheat and over look infractions for teams who will bring their league the most money during playoffs but the NFL ref's have yet to wright a book about it.
Curry is pro cac
Damn my life as a cavs fan is a joke....
Larry Hughes ass niggas
No, get ready for Lebron's head being put on Iverson so he can step over Lue(while Lue's holding a clipboard) like
" fuck your plays!!!" Can do the same for Kyrie's head.
What has Thibbs won? What dont you get exactly?They hire Tyron Lue over Thibodeau? I don't get it....
One of the best defensive coaches in the league if not the best, Doc Rivers team hasn't been the same defensively since he left. If he had a healthy team in Chicago, who knows what would of happened. His win loss record while in Chicago was 255-139, a winning percentage of 65% with and injury prone D.Rose. I would take him over Ty Lue any day bruh!
You can't make comments about not wanting gay men in the locker room when the man signing your checks is gay himself...made no sense...
I hope LeBron allows Lue to coach, and he sticks to just playing...but that likely won't happen, unfortunately...
I agree on everything you said. He had a fag in charge and fags paying for tickets. After watching last night game I don't think Lue will do anything more than allow the pound and shoot.
But he doesnt know shit about offense and managing minutes... His playoff teams were some of the most offensively inept teams ive ever seen. And he runs his players into the ground.. No coach had as many serious injuries to key players as Thibbs... Theres a reason no one seems to be in a rush to hire the guy again.
Bulls problems under Thibs wasn't offense, their problem under Thibs was D. Rose not being available most of the time he was coaching the team, if he was then you would have valid points but he wasn't and the Bulls still were one of the top teams in the East. As far as him being hired as a coach, that will be just a matter of time. Hell he has probably turned down some of those jobs, I know the Nets wanted him but who wants to coach that mess. I'm not saying Thibs is perfect coach but I know he is better than T. Lue!
I am in stitches on this Mark Jackson statement, but not because it's funny, but because "what did he do???"
Cavs need to get Crowder out of Boston for love and musgov.
Jeff Van Gundy thinks David Blatt is a victim of media 'hit jobs'
The Van Gundy brothers are famous for speaking their mind. Earlier on Saturday, Pistons' coach Stan Van Gundy had strong words for the Cavaliers' front office following the firing of David Blatt. His brother Jeff was part of the broadcast team for the first Cavaliers game since the decision and he focused his attention on how it has been covered by the media.
Those are strong words but that's not all Van Gundy said during the broadcast. He had some thoughts about the Blatt situation itself.
"You're more vulnerable coaching-wise if you win than if you lose," he said early in the broadcast. "It used to be the other way around. Now the pressure has increased so much on those teams that think they have a shot to win it all, that you're very vulnerable."
"When you win, everybody runs to get the credit. But when you struggle, most people run away from blame. So it's easy then, when you run away from blame, to pin it on one person, like a coach. What's that line? I think from JFK. 'Credit has many fathers. Blame is an orphan.'"
Then, after Cavaliers general manager David Griffin gave his version of why he made the decision to fire Blatt, Van Gundy questioned it, especially the part about not consulting with LeBron James.
"To me, it's all semantics. Did any player or any player's representative, with words or with actions, let you know that they would rather play for Ty Lue than David Blatt? And we all know the answer: it's yes. He can't tell the truth, no one wants to hear the truth because sometimes the truth is ugly in how the sausage is made."
Van Gundy is clearly not afraid to say what he really thinks. Whether you agree with him or not, that's refreshing.
The Van Gundy brothers are famous for speaking their mind. Earlier on Saturday, Pistons' coach Stan Van Gundy had strong words for the Cavaliers' front office following the firing of David Blatt. His brother Jeff was part of the broadcast team for the first Cavaliers game since the decision and he focused his attention on how it has been covered by the media.
Those are strong words but that's not all Van Gundy said during the broadcast. He had some thoughts about the Blatt situation itself.
"You're more vulnerable coaching-wise if you win than if you lose," he said early in the broadcast. "It used to be the other way around. Now the pressure has increased so much on those teams that think they have a shot to win it all, that you're very vulnerable."
"When you win, everybody runs to get the credit. But when you struggle, most people run away from blame. So it's easy then, when you run away from blame, to pin it on one person, like a coach. What's that line? I think from JFK. 'Credit has many fathers. Blame is an orphan.'"
Then, after Cavaliers general manager David Griffin gave his version of why he made the decision to fire Blatt, Van Gundy questioned it, especially the part about not consulting with LeBron James.
"To me, it's all semantics. Did any player or any player's representative, with words or with actions, let you know that they would rather play for Ty Lue than David Blatt? And we all know the answer: it's yes. He can't tell the truth, no one wants to hear the truth because sometimes the truth is ugly in how the sausage is made."
Van Gundy is clearly not afraid to say what he really thinks. Whether you agree with him or not, that's refreshing.
Several NBA head coaches sharply criticized David Blatt's firing
As you’d expect, the firing of the head coach of a 30-11 team, one pitched after a 1 1/2 seasons of passive/aggressive antagonism with the ex-coach’s star player, was not met with applause by the NBA’s coaching community.
Just about any coach who was asked on Friday evening or Saturday about the firing of formerCleveland Cavaliers coach David Blatt responded with disdain for the Cavaliers, and shock that a spot atop the Eastern Conference just wasn’t good enough for the second year coach to keep his gig.
Coaches are angry, and on record this weekend.
Stan Van Gundy, as is often the case, led the charge on Saturday:
Gregg Popovich, since 1996 the dean of NBA (and all North American pro sports) coaches, chimed in as well:
“All of us in the business know how it works,” San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich said before Friday’s Spurs victory against the Lakers. “We all feel badly when it happens to a colleague. He (Blatt) is a heck of a coach (but) circumstances often dictate what happens to certain coaches that have nothing to do with their record.”
Los Angeles Lakers coach Byron Scott, whom many around the league feel is the next likely candidate to lose his position, had a similar reaction:
“This is a very, very tough business and sometimes very thankless business as well,” Lakers coach Byron Scott said. “You could be on a team doing extremely well like Cleveland and still you lose your job.
[…]
“When I heard the news (about Blatt), and most of the time (when this happens), you just kind of shake your head and wonder,” Scott said. “I definitely feel bad for him.”
Dallas Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle, not far removed from Coach Pop in terms of job security and the head of the NBA Coaches Association, had perhaps the harshest statement:
"It's a shocker. It's just a real shocker.
"He's done some phenomenal things adjusting to this league. I'm embarrassed for our league that something like this could happen. It's just bizarre. Now is Tyronn Lue going to coach the All-Star Game? It just leaves you with a bit of an empty feeling. Because Blatt's a great guy and he did a great job there.”
Scott Skiles, who has been fired by three different NBA teams, used his typical pith in showing support for Blatt:
Boston coach Brad Stevens, a former college coach that shocked the NBA by accepting a rare six-year contract to coach back in 2013, praised the respected Blatt:
"He’s a really good coach. Obviously, we talked about it when Lionel (Hollins) got fired last week, there’s a lot of really good coaches in this league. It’s probably not the most secure profession to choose. But David Blatt did a heck of a job and he wont a ton of games. He handled himself, I thought, with great grace all the way through. His team got all the way to the Finals, a team that had to change the way they played to get there. I read his statement afterwards. I stole a play from him that we got an open 3 on the other day. I would think he’s not going to be unemployed long. He’s a heck of a coach now."
First year Bulls head coach Fred Hoiberg, who was scheduled to coach against Blatt’s Cavaliers on Saturday night, was just as kind:
“He’s such a good man. Last year at Iowa State, he welcomed me to his training camp," Hoiberg said. "I went there and sat in his office. He talked to me and gave me film on a bunch of stuff. He’s just a really good person and I think a hell of a basketball coach. It’s a tough day. He was great to me when I got into this league.”
You wouldn’t expect anything else from the league’s coaching brethren, and that’s just fine. Even when a coach is repeatedly screwing up and letting his employers down, it’s never fully the coach’s fault that a team did not live up to expectation. There are always other cooks in the stain-strewn kitchen.
Famously, though, you can’t fire the players. Stan Van Gundy (whose brother Jeff is probably preparing a rant for the ages on ABC during Saturday’s Cavs/Bulls game) even tried as much when he released Josh Smith last season, but his Pistons will still be paying for Smith’s contract through 2020.
Most of the league’s coaches will be lucky to have their current jobs by then. Coaches are never fully responsible for failures, but they’ll pay for the letdown with their jobs in ways that players, general managers (who tend to be allowed the privilege to work through a few coaches of their own before receiving the axe), and especially owners never will. Sure, owners will have to literally pay these ex-coaches the remainder of their salary following the elimination, but with most coaches making less than the average NBA player per season that price tag is hardly a millstone. Even for notoriously stingy ownership groups.
What happened to David Blatt certainly wasn’t fair, but the actual parting of the ways wasn’t exactly unfair either. He had not won the respect of his locker room, he either gave up on or was thwarted in his attempts to apply the offense that had done him so many favors earlier in his professional coaching career in Cleveland, and the Cavs were made to look like championship also-rans twice inone week on national television.
Because these are the Cavs, they’ll be on national TV yet again on Saturday for new coach Tyronn Lue’s first game. This isn’t Jeff Van Gundy’s first rodeo, and we cannot wait to hear what he has to say about a coach with a 30-11 record being shown the door.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-b...riticized-david-blatt-s-firing-223909142.html
As you’d expect, the firing of the head coach of a 30-11 team, one pitched after a 1 1/2 seasons of passive/aggressive antagonism with the ex-coach’s star player, was not met with applause by the NBA’s coaching community.
Just about any coach who was asked on Friday evening or Saturday about the firing of formerCleveland Cavaliers coach David Blatt responded with disdain for the Cavaliers, and shock that a spot atop the Eastern Conference just wasn’t good enough for the second year coach to keep his gig.
Coaches are angry, and on record this weekend.
Stan Van Gundy, as is often the case, led the charge on Saturday:
Gregg Popovich, since 1996 the dean of NBA (and all North American pro sports) coaches, chimed in as well:
“All of us in the business know how it works,” San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich said before Friday’s Spurs victory against the Lakers. “We all feel badly when it happens to a colleague. He (Blatt) is a heck of a coach (but) circumstances often dictate what happens to certain coaches that have nothing to do with their record.”
Los Angeles Lakers coach Byron Scott, whom many around the league feel is the next likely candidate to lose his position, had a similar reaction:
“This is a very, very tough business and sometimes very thankless business as well,” Lakers coach Byron Scott said. “You could be on a team doing extremely well like Cleveland and still you lose your job.
[…]
“When I heard the news (about Blatt), and most of the time (when this happens), you just kind of shake your head and wonder,” Scott said. “I definitely feel bad for him.”
Dallas Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle, not far removed from Coach Pop in terms of job security and the head of the NBA Coaches Association, had perhaps the harshest statement:
"It's a shocker. It's just a real shocker.
"He's done some phenomenal things adjusting to this league. I'm embarrassed for our league that something like this could happen. It's just bizarre. Now is Tyronn Lue going to coach the All-Star Game? It just leaves you with a bit of an empty feeling. Because Blatt's a great guy and he did a great job there.”
Scott Skiles, who has been fired by three different NBA teams, used his typical pith in showing support for Blatt:
Boston coach Brad Stevens, a former college coach that shocked the NBA by accepting a rare six-year contract to coach back in 2013, praised the respected Blatt:
"He’s a really good coach. Obviously, we talked about it when Lionel (Hollins) got fired last week, there’s a lot of really good coaches in this league. It’s probably not the most secure profession to choose. But David Blatt did a heck of a job and he wont a ton of games. He handled himself, I thought, with great grace all the way through. His team got all the way to the Finals, a team that had to change the way they played to get there. I read his statement afterwards. I stole a play from him that we got an open 3 on the other day. I would think he’s not going to be unemployed long. He’s a heck of a coach now."
First year Bulls head coach Fred Hoiberg, who was scheduled to coach against Blatt’s Cavaliers on Saturday night, was just as kind:
“He’s such a good man. Last year at Iowa State, he welcomed me to his training camp," Hoiberg said. "I went there and sat in his office. He talked to me and gave me film on a bunch of stuff. He’s just a really good person and I think a hell of a basketball coach. It’s a tough day. He was great to me when I got into this league.”
You wouldn’t expect anything else from the league’s coaching brethren, and that’s just fine. Even when a coach is repeatedly screwing up and letting his employers down, it’s never fully the coach’s fault that a team did not live up to expectation. There are always other cooks in the stain-strewn kitchen.
Famously, though, you can’t fire the players. Stan Van Gundy (whose brother Jeff is probably preparing a rant for the ages on ABC during Saturday’s Cavs/Bulls game) even tried as much when he released Josh Smith last season, but his Pistons will still be paying for Smith’s contract through 2020.
Most of the league’s coaches will be lucky to have their current jobs by then. Coaches are never fully responsible for failures, but they’ll pay for the letdown with their jobs in ways that players, general managers (who tend to be allowed the privilege to work through a few coaches of their own before receiving the axe), and especially owners never will. Sure, owners will have to literally pay these ex-coaches the remainder of their salary following the elimination, but with most coaches making less than the average NBA player per season that price tag is hardly a millstone. Even for notoriously stingy ownership groups.
What happened to David Blatt certainly wasn’t fair, but the actual parting of the ways wasn’t exactly unfair either. He had not won the respect of his locker room, he either gave up on or was thwarted in his attempts to apply the offense that had done him so many favors earlier in his professional coaching career in Cleveland, and the Cavs were made to look like championship also-rans twice inone week on national television.
Because these are the Cavs, they’ll be on national TV yet again on Saturday for new coach Tyronn Lue’s first game. This isn’t Jeff Van Gundy’s first rodeo, and we cannot wait to hear what he has to say about a coach with a 30-11 record being shown the door.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-b...riticized-david-blatt-s-firing-223909142.html
http://www.carlyleobserver.com/east...vid-blatt-as-coach-in-second-season-1.2157204
Blatt's firing stunned Dallas coach Rick Carlisle, president of National Basketball Coaches Association.
"It's just a real shocker," Carlisle said. "I've gotten to know David in the last year and a half since he came over. He's one of the greatest coaches in European history. The ironic thing about all this is that he adjusted and adapted to the NBA game in my opinion, much quicker than any of us ever could have adjusted and adapted to the European game. He did a tremendous job just from a strategic standpoint. If you look at his record, this is bizarre."
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Blatt's firing stunned Dallas coach Rick Carlisle, president of National Basketball Coaches Association.
"It's just a real shocker," Carlisle said. "I've gotten to know David in the last year and a half since he came over. He's one of the greatest coaches in European history. The ironic thing about all this is that he adjusted and adapted to the NBA game in my opinion, much quicker than any of us ever could have adjusted and adapted to the European game. He did a tremendous job just from a strategic standpoint. If you look at his record, this is bizarre."
- See more at: http://www.carlyleobserver.com/east...-second-season-1.2157204#sthash.TSksLlSW.dpuf
http://larrybrownsports.com/basketball/erik-spoelstra-david-blatt-firing-is-very-disturbing/290215
Erik Spoelstra: David Blatt firing is ‘very disturbing’
Erik Spoelstra is the latest NBA coach to sound off about the Cleveland Cavaliers’ decision to fire David Blatt.
Spoelstra, who coached LeBron James on the Miami Heat for four seasons, winning two titles, called the Blatt firing “very disturbing.”
If anyone can relate to Blatt’s situation, it’s Spoelstra. He had two successful seasons as head coach of the Heat before James and Chris Bosh joined the team. After that, the expectations went through the roof, and every time the Heat struggled, people called for Spoelstra’s job. Luckily he had Pat Riley standing behind him and was never fired. He ended up taking Miami to four straight finals.
Blatt took the Cavs to the NBA Finals last season and had the team leading the Eastern Conference again this season. But the Cavs were not happy with what they were seeing and decided to make the change.
Spoelstra’s comments were a much more polite version of what Stan Van Gundy said. The Detroit Pistons head coach called the Cavs front office “crazy” for firing Blatt.
Erik Spoelstra: David Blatt firing is ‘very disturbing’
Erik Spoelstra is the latest NBA coach to sound off about the Cleveland Cavaliers’ decision to fire David Blatt.
Spoelstra, who coached LeBron James on the Miami Heat for four seasons, winning two titles, called the Blatt firing “very disturbing.”
If anyone can relate to Blatt’s situation, it’s Spoelstra. He had two successful seasons as head coach of the Heat before James and Chris Bosh joined the team. After that, the expectations went through the roof, and every time the Heat struggled, people called for Spoelstra’s job. Luckily he had Pat Riley standing behind him and was never fired. He ended up taking Miami to four straight finals.
Blatt took the Cavs to the NBA Finals last season and had the team leading the Eastern Conference again this season. But the Cavs were not happy with what they were seeing and decided to make the change.
Spoelstra’s comments were a much more polite version of what Stan Van Gundy said. The Detroit Pistons head coach called the Cavs front office “crazy” for firing Blatt.
Boston won't do that trade tho. Crowder is the truth
And longevity
and consistency
Lebron is running this Franchise into the ground
And he will leave you niggas
And he will leave you niggas
Terrell Brandon ass niggas
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