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

[PIP]

I watch this team every single game and they give amazing effort and bust their ass for the most part…. They’re in essentially every game they play…

That right there is harder than the X’s & O’s part…. Getting your team (especially young players) to buy into what you’re doing to play hard for 48 minutes….

Yeah I can see where JBB has some poor in game adjustments, his out of timeout plays are average at best — but to be able to bend the ears of all these guys, at their age, is remarkable— even getting K-Love to buy into his role this year, getting Rubio to play at the level he was playing at— having Rondo wanting to come over….These are 10+ year vets…

Is he the coach to win a title ? Maybe not ? Who knows…. But appreciate what you have cause we just had Beilein fucking everything up and Larry Drew’s worthless ass…

 

[letgocavs]

Coach of the year?

 

[shoes22]

People need to give JBB more credit. Doesn’t matter who’s out, he’s getting them in a position to win.

 

[All4One1ForAll]

Super impressive defensive game plan on Giannis.

 

[Lee]

People need to give JBB more credit. Doesn’t matter who’s out, he’s getting them in a position to win.

For a guy who everyone says cant make in game adjustments, JBB seems to have this team winning allot of 3rd quarters

 

[buzzdog]

The good thing is, even though he makes some adjustments in the form of minor tweaks here and there, his main "adjustment" is usually to just get the players to reinforce and double down on the same basic principles they always strive for, and execute them better, with more force and energy. That's a solid way to manage things in almost every field.

 

[adam81king]

Coach of the year?

I genuinely don't think anyone else could make even a decent case.

 

[Lee]

I genuinely don't think anyone else could make even a decent case.

Jenkins from Memphis, Monty Williams, Billy Donovan.

Right now JBB has the 2nd best odds behind Monty to win it.

 

[Cavatt]

For a guy who everyone says cant make in game adjustments, JBB seems to have this team winning allot of 3rd quarters

Not only but also, he is gettin guys with very little NBA experience to execute those adjustments on a quality level.

I think it is his offensive adjustments that look like he is floundering sometimes. Even then he is missing important offensive pieces right now

 

[adam81king]

Jenkins from Memphis, Monty Williams, Billy Donovan.

Right now JBB has the 2nd best odds behind Monty to win it.

Monty won last year. I don't think coaches win those 2yrs in a row. I did forget about Jenkins, though.

 

[BimboColesHair]

Monty won last year. I don't think coaches win those 2yrs in a row. I did forget about Jenkins, though.

Thibs won last year.

 

[MirORich]

Posted this in a different thread but it is more appropriate here. please read the whole thing without making assumptions. And please know that I have made about 10 posts today saying/agreeing that tonight was poorly coached with some poor decisions. As happens in the NBA a lot
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Just a small sampling and sure, there is context for each and every situation, but overall it takes a while for a coach and roster combination(unless a super team in their prime is involved), especially a young one to break through. Sure you have the Kerr example with GS, but that roster had already gone through two years of tough playoff series losses and Curry was entering his healthy prime in 2014)

Quinn Snyder:
First two seasons: missed playoffs
Last 5 seasons, only two series wins(both first round) total

Eric Spoelstra:
First two seasons in the playoffs: lost in the first round both times

Pop:
First playoff series(won opening round, lost in semifinals, did have Duncan and Robinson)

Brad Stevens: First playoff season, swept in the first round. Second playoff season, lost in the first round

Mike Budenholzer: First playoff appearance, lost in first round

Mike Malone: first five years as a coach, 4 losing records and zero playoff appearance. 1st playoff appearance, won first round, lost second round.

Doc Rivers: it don't look good until he got a super team.

Should some or all of them been booted to "find their Kerr"? And no, I am not saying I believe JBB will end up as good as any or all of them. I have no idea. I know those coaches has led their reams in the overall right direction and were given multiple seasons and multiple playoffs to LEARN what they were and what they weren't.

 

[bleedwineandgold03]

Posted this in a different thread but it is more appropriate here. please read the whole thing without making assumptions. And please know that I have made about 10 posts today saying/agreeing that tonight was poorly coached with some poor decisions. As happens in the NBA a lot
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Just a small sampling and sure, there is context for each and every situation, but overall it takes a while for a coach and roster combination(unless a super team in their prime is involved), especially a young one to break through. Sure you have the Kerr example with GS, but that roster had already gone through two years of tough playoff series losses and Curry was entering his healthy prime in 2014)

Quinn Snyder:
First two seasons: missed playoffs
Last 5 seasons, only two series wins(both first round) total

Eric Spoelstra:
First two seasons in the playoffs: lost in the first round both times

Pop:
First playoff series(won opening round, lost in semifinals, did have Duncan and Robinson)

Brad Stevens: First playoff season, swept in the first round. Second playoff season, lost in the first round

Mike Budenholzer: First playoff appearance, lost in first round

Mike Malone: first five years as a coach, 4 losing records and zero playoff appearance. 1st playoff appearance, won first round, lost second round.

Doc Rivers: it don't look good until he got a super team.

Should some or all of them been booted to "find their Kerr"? And no, I am not saying I believe JBB will end up as good as any or all of them. I have no idea. I know those coaches has led their reams in the overall right direction and were given multiple seasons and multiple playoffs to LEARN what they were and what they weren't.

Great post buddy!!!

 

[nolookpass]

Question for those who understand NBA coaching.

As we all know lol, head coaches often get criticized and blamed for losses like the one against the Pistons today and decisions they make throughout the games. I've certainly been critical of JBB, Mike Brown etc. in the past, and even Pop was famously criticized for keeping Duncan on the bench against the Heat in the final seconds of Game 6 of the 2013 NBA Finals when Bosh grabbed an offensive rebound and kicked it out to Ray Allen for the game tying 3 (although I totally understand Pop wanting a switchable lineup).

But how much of the blame should solely go to the head coach? Sure, he may have a final say on when to call the timeout, substitution patterns, defensive/offensive schemes, but what about assistant coaches? How much say do they have in these decisions, and wouldn't they be able to voice their opinions?

So going back to the Cavs. Yes, on the surface, it looks like JBB might've underperformed in the 4th quarter of the Pistons game or even the Pelicans game. But he's not the only person on the coaching staff. The Cavs assistant coaches have plenty of coaching experience. Couldn't one of them have suggested to take Rondo out, for example?

Just trying to better understand how much of the blame, when the coaching staff seemingly poops their pants, should go to the head coach as opposed to the entire coaching staff, whether the head coach is just the easy target or it's justified to mostly blame him.

 

[buzzdog]

JBB came under fire for his lineup towards the end of the game and I agree that he had a group out there that provided zero spacing other than Garland. All the Pistons had to do was get inside DG's shirt everywhere on the court which they did with success.

I can only assume JBB was trying to put the best defensive group on the floor but that clearly didn't work, even when we got a stop we couldn't get a bucket on the other end.

I think a basic problem with our roster is that with Sexton, Rubio, and Markk all out it leaves us only with Garland, Love, Cedi, and Windler as credible outside shooters. Out of that group only Garland is remotely consistent. Love is next but he has cold outside shooting games, same with Cedi. Windler is only a shooter in theory who never comes through.

Last night Love, Cedi and Windler were complete non-factors from outside the arc. Love and Cedi generated some offense around the paint which didn't help with the main problem. Love got some buckets from midrange which also didn't help spacing much.

So when it came down to crunch time JBB had nobody besides Garland available, on the whole roster, who he thought could knock down anything from beyond the arc to space the floor and make them pay for packing the paint.

JBB decided to try to win with defense instead, which IMO was a mistake. He MUST keep at least one if not two credible shooters on the floor because the Pistons showed that Garland can be stopped if they focus everything on clamping down on him.

I think Cedi actually did a decent job of defending Cunningham, and he provided some offense slashing to the bucket. He threw up some airballs from outside but JBB can't completely give up on the guy, we all know he can still knock down shots from outside even when he's had a bad shooting night. Same for Love, JBB needs to have him on the floor when the opponent is packing the paint.

We need at least one if not 2 more solid outside shooters if we're going to make any noise in the playoffs.

ETA: I forgot about Wade. Was he even out there towards the end or was it Rondo? Either way, Wade needs to be on the floor to provide some spacing as well. One or 2 of Love/Wade/Cedi, no matter what else is happening, to provide at least one more shooter. then they need to actually get the ball to them in position to knock down a shot when the defense collapses on the paint and puts the clamps of Garland. And they need to move, cut, screen instead of standing around.