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

[WorldFreeB]

When you watch Miami play you realize how a good offense is supposed to be run.
Our offense is waiting for the first option to come off a pick and if that player isn't available
for a pass its just a complete mess at that point. One on one or a quick pick and a hoisted shot...
Our offense is so deliberate and predictable there isn't any flow to it.
Miami's offense never stops, guys are constantly moving and coming off screens for opens shots.

 

[J_J]

I hope we can get Atkinson as coach. I know we are not that great but am tired of people standing around every time. Absolutely no creativity on offense. Not even a back door cut.

 

[Dr. Claw]

Doing well, if you need the team to "tank".
The offense is far too stationary on most nights. And when the Cavs win, the opposite happens. One would think there's a pattern. Personnel is a problem (only 2 players are remotely reliable on offense) but it shouldn't be this bad.

 

[CavsFanJapan]

Doing well, if you need the team to "tank".
The offense is far too stationary on most nights. And when the Cavs win, the opposite happens. One would think there's a pattern. Personnel is a problem (only 2 players are remotely reliable on offense) but it shouldn't be this bad.

Another problem I have noticed which should’ve been addressed by now is watching two players moving to the same spot or moving into a position that brings their defender into the play. Some of this is Garland and Sexton dribbling too much but I see it off the ball as well.

 

[Ohioplayer00]

I hope we can get Atkinson as coach. I know we are not that great but am tired of people standing around every time. Absolutely no creativity on offense. Not even a back door cut.

These are things we have complained about for years! These problems are just not tied to JBB. I again believe the problem falls at the feet of the scouting department and the GM. That’s where a competent scouting team is capable of finding intelligent players who can “buy into” an offensive scheme and not easily fall back into their schoolyard pick up game mode. Yes we need a good competent head coach but even Brad Stevens couldn’t get these guys to move bodies and the ball on a consistent basis!

 

[Benway]

but even Brad Stevens couldn’t get these guys to move bodies and the ball on a consistent basis!

I dunno. I'm starting to think that the coaching staff could be getting more out of this semi-talented group.

 

[natedagg]

114-75?!? That's a *massacre*! What are we doing out there? You can't lose by that much unless your players quit during the game. That's just unacceptable. That falls on the players too, but also on the coach.

 

[Cavatt]

114-75?!? That's a *massacre*! What are we doing out there? You can't lose by that much unless your players quit during the game. That's just unacceptable. That falls on the players too, but also on the coach.

Utah is really good and Cavs lead the league in paint scoring. The best paint protector in the league destroyed them and didnt have to worry about his matchup

 

[Futuredome]

So if Allen and Nance had played making the score 102-85, would you have felt better??? It is the time of the tank now. Guys are going to miss time.

 

[natedagg]

So if Allen and Nance had played making the score 102-85, would you have felt better??? It is the time of the tank now. Guys are going to miss time.

My main man Hartenstein with 7 assists. Dude must have been dealing out there. Okoro - absent, along with a bunch of other players. We need some tall athleticism.

 

[foucault87]

Is he the worst coach in the league right now? Our offense looks like something from 1993. Sure, we've been missing players all year and the lineup has been in a lot of chaos, but I have to think we could get something more with a coherent offense.

And its not like that scrambling defense from the first few weeks was sustainable, so we were sunk on that end too.

I know he is our 4th coach in 3 years and has 4 more years on his deal but I think the FO should look to replace him this offseason. Get a rising star like Vanterpool or a somewhat proven young guy like Atkinson. Please don't hire another big name who hasn't done anything in years or one of the other coaches who got fired from 3 other teams. Although given how this always ends up, I'm gonna have to get hype for Vinny del Negro

 

[Benway]

he is our 4th coach in 3 years and has 4 more years on his deal

So what will our next coach sign for? 7 years? How soon before any prospective Cavaliers coach starts asking for Lindor money?

 

["MVP"]

So what will our next coach sign for? 7 years? How soon before any prospective Cavaliers coach starts asking for Lindor money?

Don't understand this point. Cavs aren't the most desirable job in the league by any stretch, but at the end of the day... (a) only 30 head coaching jobs exist, (b) we do have some young talent, especially if we can land a top-4 pick, and (c) the fear of getting canned after two years exists with any position and getting paid millions to do nothing for a couple of years isn't the end of the world.

I'm a huge proponent of organizational stability, but the coaching hires by our FO have been just awful and the biggest negative from Koby's tenure IMO. If JBB was mediocre, I'd advocate for stability. We're not winning anything of significance any time soon anyway. But he's so much worse than that. Personally, I wouldn't mind taking a swing on Vanterpool.

 

[Benway]

Don't understand this point. Cavs aren't the most desirable job in the league by any stretch, but at the end of the day... (a) only 30 head coaching jobs exist, (b) we do have some young talent, especially if we can land a top-4 pick, and (c) the fear of getting canned after two years exists with any position and getting paid millions to do nothing for a couple of years isn't the end of the world.

I'm a huge proponent of organizational stability, but the coaching hires by our FO have been just awful and the biggest negative from Koby's tenure IMO. If JBB was mediocre, I'd advocate for stability. We're not winning anything of significance any time soon anyway. But he's so much worse than that. Personally, I wouldn't mind taking a swing on Vanterpool.

The point is simply "Holy shit, I forgot we had to give this guy a 5 year deal to sign with us! He had no track record to speak of and he's terrible!"

It seems that every coach we hire is an out-of-the-box gamble that inevitably fails, leading us to an embarrassing overcommitment with his understudy.
Perhaps I'm exaggerating, but I don't suppose that this trend will be reversing any time soon.

It takes time to find your Stefanski or Francona, maybe more time than some of us have left.

 

["MVP"]

The point is simply "Holy shit, I forgot we had to give this guy a 5 year deal to sign with us! He had no track record to speak of and he's terrible!"

It seems that every coach we hire is an out-of-the-box gamble that inevitably fails, leading us to an embarrassing overcommitment with his understudy.
Perhaps I'm exaggerating, but I don't suppose that this trend will be reversing any time soon.

It takes time to find your Stefanski or Francona, maybe more time than some of us have left.

Got it. Yea, definitely agree on that. I thought you were implying having a quick trigger to fire coaches will make it tougher for Cavs to find a decent replacement without significantly overpaying.

The coaching blunders by Koby & co. to me could be the nail in his coffin. I think he's done mostly well at asset accumulation, talent evaluation, and making opportunistic trades, but four coaches in three years doesn't exactly inspire confidence in any type of plan.