John-Blair Bickerstaff: Currently The 6th Longest Tenured Head Coach

[Dr No]

So you’re not Horny4Bickerstaff ?

Bicker-stiff?

 

[Kepler]

 

[Jscc]

I knew that one big set of adjustments was going to throw JBB off. Orlando seem to break down our offense and knew exactly how to disrupt it now. Im not sure I have faith that JBB can make any adjustments to the offense. I'm sure there will be defensive adjustments but we know it takes JBB a long time to balance what he wants on the defensive end with the offensive lineups needed.

I have zero faith too. It's only when someone gets hot that there's a visible difference and that has nothing to do with JBB's coaching. Like the above posted record, the Cavs have scored less than 100 points in the majority of their post-season games under JBB. There doesn't seem to be a plan except for: "[insert DG, Mitchell, or LeVert] go make something happen about 50 times per game".

I recall earlier in the season during the Cavs winning streak that JBB said he's just now accepting the three-point revolution in the NBA. This is 2024. That's an unacceptable approach to the game for a head coach. The revolution happened roughly ten years ago. I can only imagine the rest of his beliefs about offense.

 

[guitarguy]

I remember thinking last night...you know, JB sucks, but one thing he does fairly well is we tend to play pretty well coming out of the half. 1 minute into the 2nd half, I realized I'm a moron for ever thinking that. They looked worse in the 3rd quarter than the whole first half somehow.

Total garbage.

 

[shoes22]

It's really embarrassing that people were saying JBB had "outcoached" Mosely in this series before last night.

The Cavs won the first two games because their initial defensive game plan worked going against a young inexperienced team, and that was it. JBB didn't have to make any adjustments, his "coaching" was on autopilot. They don't win those games without exceptional individual effort from Jarrett Allen on both ends and if Donovan Mitchell hadn't regained some of his explosiveness back. And even still, there were cracks in both games...particularly the 4th quarter of Game 2 when Orlando went on a run by blitzing us way more.

Then in Game 3, the Magic made a bunch of further adjustments and they all worked. They started Wendell Carter instead of Isaac, and Isaac came off the bench. That fixed their rebounding deficiency and their interior defense, and that allowed them to switch everything else.

The Magic finally put their best perimeter defender in Jalen Suggs on Donovan Mitchell, and made it a priority to double Mitchell instead of Garland. That also worked spectacularly for them.

The Cavs offensive strategy is just hand the ball to Donovan/Darius/Caris and have them try to create something from nothing. No sets or plays are ever run.

The Cavs defensive strategy revolved around hoping that the Magic would continue to shoot terribly on open threes like they had in the first two games. Being at home, those threes finally started falling last night, and you saw the result.

What impressive coaching does JBB do? What schematic adjustments does he make? Because last year in the Knicks series, he certainly didn't make any. It was the same gameplan Games 3-5, and the same result every single game.

If the Cavs do win this series, it will solely be because the Magic shoot poorly from 3 again, and more of the Cavs 3pt looks go in. That's it. I don't expect him to make any adjustments, and I don't expect him to outcoach anybody.

 

[ryanf]

It's really embarrassing that people were saying JBB had "outcoached" Mosely in this series before last night.

The Cavs won the first two games because their initial defensive game plan worked going against a young inexperienced team, and that was it. JBB didn't have to make any adjustments, his "coaching" was on autopilot. They don't win those games without exceptional individual effort from Jarrett Allen on both ends and if Donovan Mitchell hadn't regained some of his explosiveness back. And even still, there were cracks in both games...particularly the 4th quarter of Game 2 when Orlando went on a run by blitzing us way more.

Then in Game 3, the Magic made a bunch of further adjustments and they all worked. They started Wendell Carter instead of Isaac, and Isaac came off the bench. That fixed their rebounding deficiency and their interior defense, and that allowed them to switch everything else.

The Magic finally put their best perimeter defender in Jalen Suggs on Donovan Mitchell, and made it a priority to double Mitchell instead of Garland. That also worked spectacularly for them.

The Cavs offensive strategy is just hand the ball to Donovan/Darius/Caris and have them try to create something from nothing. No sets or plays are ever run.

The Cavs defensive strategy revolved around hoping that the Magic would continue to shoot terribly on open threes like they had in the first two games. Being at home, those threes finally started falling last night, and you saw the result.

What impressive coaching does JBB do? What schematic adjustments does he make? Because last year in the Knicks series, he certainly didn't make any. It was the same gameplan Games 3-5, and the same result every single game.

If the Cavs do win this series, it will solely be because the Magic shoot poorly from 3 again, and more of the Cavs 3pt looks go in. That's it. I don't expect him to make any adjustments, and I don't expect him to outcoach anybody.

Cavs get out of the first round by sheer law of averages. Magic will shoot like they always do and cavs have the best player in the match up. Good enough to win a series, not enough to progress further. There is not coaching advantage to speak of.

 

[Green Lantern]

It's really embarrassing that people were saying JBB had "outcoached" Mosely in this series before last night.

The Cavs won the first two games because their initial defensive game plan worked going against a young inexperienced team, and that was it. JBB didn't have to make any adjustments, his "coaching" was on autopilot. They don't win those games without exceptional individual effort from Jarrett Allen on both ends and if Donovan Mitchell hadn't regained some of his explosiveness back. And even still, there were cracks in both games...particularly the 4th quarter of Game 2 when Orlando went on a run by blitzing us way more.

Then in Game 3, the Magic made a bunch of further adjustments and they all worked. They started Wendell Carter instead of Isaac, and Isaac came off the bench. That fixed their rebounding deficiency and their interior defense, and that allowed them to switch everything else.

The Magic finally put their best perimeter defender in Jalen Suggs on Donovan Mitchell, and made it a priority to double Mitchell instead of Garland. That also worked spectacularly for them.

The Cavs offensive strategy is just hand the ball to Donovan/Darius/Caris and have them try to create something from nothing. No sets or plays are ever run.

The Cavs defensive strategy revolved around hoping that the Magic would continue to shoot terribly on open threes like they had in the first two games. Being at home, those threes finally started falling last night, and you saw the result.

What impressive coaching does JBB do? What schematic adjustments does he make? Because last year in the Knicks series, he certainly didn't make any. It was the same gameplan Games 3-5, and the same result every single game.

If the Cavs do win this series, it will solely be because the Magic shoot poorly from 3 again, and more of the Cavs 3pt looks go in. That's it. I don't expect him to make any adjustments, and I don't expect him to outcoach anybody.

Interesting..I missed the game but hearing about , the Cavs did not adjust to what Orland did..if they were doubling Mitchell and getting the ball out of his hand, that means someone is open all the time and that requires ball movement, picks iso's ..working the ball inside ,NOT THROWING UP 3 point shots all the time. I have seen him makes adjustments before but it's obvious he doesn't do it enough.
In game two he showed zone for may be 2 series and while it worked he never went back to it.
They also do not have drawn plays for full court presses and they seem clueless on what to do.