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

[BiGZD]

I've been consuming all the Coach K stuff I can the last few months. Books, interviews, etc. This is a bad habit of mine. I don't appreciate a guy until the very end of his career and then I circle back and try to catch up.

Anyway, in the second half of Coach K's career he had no schematic dogma. He had certain values he expected his players to adhere to. But every off-season, he would look at the roster, the film on incoming players, watch all the film of team and individual workouts, and meet with his assistants and devise the schemes for the anticipated roster. Holding JBB (or any coach) to the expectation of an all-time coach isn't fair really. but he isn't even trying to do this sort of thing. On defense it's schematic rigidity + effort. on offense, it's "Get Garland the Ball and GTFO of the way."

Coach K also talked about screaming at players. How it works in college because 1. they're not paid and HC is god and 2. by the time they want to tune you out, they're out of the program already. He also talked about how he changed his approach a lot when he went to work with Team USA (pros) and how each player required a different type of motivation. Barking platitudes about effort and rah rah stuff eventually falls on deaf ears. that's what I took away from it.

Coach JBB seems like a cool dude and the players seem to like and respect his get down. but he's clearly the "the guy before the guy." I don't see the traits. or even glimmers of traits seen in great coaches.

1000% agree with you. His our Mark Jackson.

 

[chuck0609]

They will never win a title, or maybe a playoff series with this guy.

 

[Cassity14]

I thought the Cavs came into this game with a great plan.

Young went superhuman and Garland had his worst game in months.

I don’t put tonight’s loss on Bickerstaff.

 

[kookoo]

Get the absolute fuck out of my team.

 

[Cassity14]

They will never win a title, or maybe a playoff series with this guy.

Quite the low bar there.

I’d take the bet on a playoff series though. If you (or anyone) wants to propose one, I’m all ears.

 

[NtG]

I've been someone all season who has thrown JBB a bone. Tonight was rough. A lot of shit that just didn't make any sense.

 

[Mowie666]

Something went very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very wrong with the Trae Young defense in the 2nd half.

 

[Kizzle]

Make a real run at it next year. Get vets, cut dead weight like Okoro and stay healthy. This team was better than that game

 

[J_J]

It was good to switch everything at first but Atlanta adjusted right away and getting Allen and spreading their guys. We didn’t adjust till late and then started trapping when it was too late. Then we went back to switching again.

Then we have Rondo and Okoro on the floor together. And at one point Allen was there. Thats 3 players who can’t shoot consistently from outside. You can’t win with that logic.

There was great ball movement in the first quarter. After that hardly nothing. Didn’t get Mobley involved. When we did, we always scored. All we did was pick and rolls and people standing. After timeouts, we are probably the worst efficient team. Why are we praying for a 30 ft desperate shot after a timeout. That’s been the biggest scratcher throughout he season.

I honestly do not understand what he is thinking.

 

[Dr. Claw]

I really wish they hadn't extended him so soon.
Now my best hope is that they add a boss offensive minded assistant coach. Because this is going nowhere. Totally dependent on the talent of the team -- Mike Brown, Luke Walton tier.

Part of the rotational woes is the fact that the Cavs LACK two way players, and especially on the wings. If Cedi could defend at all and were more consistent with his offense, he'd be that guy. Lauri is only that guy in certain line ups, otherwise he is where Kevin Love should be in the rotation.

This team was basically raised by Rubio's presence + the Allen/Mobley effect on defense/easy offense.
Rotationally, in the current state of the Cavs, there are no easy answers.

 

[chuck0609]

He lost this game in stretches. The first was in the second quarter when he has Mobley and Garland out and the Hawks went on a little run. He waited a minute and a half to long.
The second half defense? WTF. Get the ball out of Young’s hands. Do it. Why only one minute of Love too? You needed offense, why not the vet?
Just a head scratcher at times.

 

[Sir'Dom Pointer]

Cavs should have won this one. This coach continues to actively hurt his team. It's sad to see.

Honestly, I wanted the Cavs to win this one and they should have. The insane crowd and the players deserved it. But this coach man... what the fuck. Get a fucking good coach and watch this team explode.

 

[buzzdog]

Cavs should have won this one. This coach continues to actively hurt his team. It's sad to see.

Honestly, I wanted the Cavs to win this one and they should have. The insane crowd and the players deserved it. But this coach man... what the fuck. Get a fucking good coach and watch this team explode.

It's bordering on insanity that you can place the entire blame for that loss at the feet of the head coach.

 

[Sir'Dom Pointer]

It's bordering on insanity that you can place the entire blame for that loss at the feet of the head coach.

You are bordering on insanity for not realizing it. This coach is inept. Wouldn't let him coach in the Adriatic league.

 

[buzzdog]

You are bordering on insanity for not realizing it. This coach is inept. Wouldn't let him coach in the Adriatic league.

I've never said JBB wouldn't ever get replaced or that he doesn't have flaws. But your comments seem to place 100% of the blame on him and that's ridiculous.