To me, whether it's the offense, the defense, the players aren't doing what the coach says, etc. it all rest on Doc's shoulders.
He is the "Head Coach".
He is responsible for the performance of every person in the Celtic entourage.
He is responsible for Thibodeau's perforamnce if defense is the problem.
He is resonsible for changing the offesne if that's the problem.
He is responsible "to make the players listen to him if they are not" And yes, he could yank there minutes if they aren't. I'm pretty confident that Jackson and Popovich's players pretty much listen to them.
And I know that other teams are also struggling on the road in these playoffs but both Atlanta and Cleveland are teams we should be handily beating. Detroit...I'd expect a seven game war...
He is resonsible for everything.
"He who wears the crown wears the weight". That's the nature of the territory and that applies to Doc foremost and also to the KG, Pierce and Ray.
As Wheedli said and with which I agree...It is Doc's responsibility to put the players in the position to attack the rim, you can't just say it and then keep running an offesne that settles on Jump shots.
he shouldn't "try" to get KG in Better positions "at times" in game five. He should have gotten KG in better position after two plays in game four or any other game for that matter in which Kg was struggling getting great position 2 times ina row dwon the court.
He should have called a twenty ans said "I've watched KG struggle to get good position on the block two straight trips just now because of Cleveland's adjustment on defense. Next trip down the court we're gonna bring him up top run him through a pierce screen then a posey screen and then he's gonna swing across the lane through a screen by Perk...or whatever it is you do you know? You get the guy open.
I keep going back to this but it's a great illustration of the point alot of us are making:
In game four, you do not put your worst perimeter defender in Ray Allen on the hottest guy in the arena in Joe Johnson. you just flat out simply do not do that. It doens't matter that other guys might have missed assignments. Having Posey on JJ, Posey might have pushed through the screen or rolled around it. If you have kobe or bowen or a Posey/pierce, you use him. The fact that other missed assignments perhpas is irrelevant because your coach laready had not put you in the best position to win. It starts at the top.
Doc has to be the ultimate leader, the Patton, the one with the answers when they are needed. That's why he gets the paycheck he does and clifford Ray gets the one he gets.
and to me it doesn't matter if he had 8 all pros. he is still responsible to maximize their ability and push them beyond what they think they are capable of.