Brad Stevens appreciation thread

[RockinRyA]

Glad to see something like this after reading that "Embarrassment" thread. TP.

Would rather nobody coaching the Celts but Brad (and Pop  )

Some people are just plain haters. Has been a hater from the get go and is now just jumping at every chance to bash Stevens, taking everything out of context.

Nothing you can do if you are facing a team with 3 all-stars and the best player in the league operating at an enormous budget. But people ignore that and just shift blame all around.

They can't appreciate things and just look for things to blame. Disgusted.

[celtics2030]

Glad to see something like this after reading that "Embarrassment" thread. TP.

Would rather nobody coaching the Celts but Brad (and Pop  )

Some people are just plain haters. Has been a hater from the get go and is now just jumping at every chance to bash Stevens, taking everything out of context.

Nothing you can do if you are facing a team with 3 all-stars and the best player in the league operating at an enormous budget. But people ignore that and just shift blame all around.

They can't appreciate things and just look for things to blame. Disgusted.

Your brain is taking everything out of context. You just cannot handle your emotions to stay on topic. You take it personal when its not even you im talking about.

People in here seem to really take things personal and then get lost and go on a tirade of there own.

All I said was he coached a lousy ECF, he made no adjustements on defense. HE was terrible in this series.

The team was a clown show, got destroyed at home somehow every game and had no chance.

I have never seen a team in a ECF get dominated like this at home ever in my life.

[ThaPreacher]

Great job overall with this team and organization! Give credit where credit is due!
Each series, each game, each practice is more experience! Coaches can't shoot the ball!

[hwangjini_1]

CBS is quite a coach and I am glad the Celtics have him.

Now we can all wait for koz to joinin the admiration. 

[Big333223]

Another season where most of the team improved yet again. That's good coaching.

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

One of the brightest young minds in the game.  Took a team with a 5'9" star and a bunch of role players to the eastern conference finals.

But I guess fans around here would rather have Tyron Lue or mike brown coaching this team.  Smh.

There's a reasonable position between touting Stevens as a genius and wanting Lue or Brown as the coach. There are plenty of things to like about Stevens, but there are legitimate criticisms too, such as his neverending experiments with rotations and his refusal to put Smart (instead of Bradley) on Irving.

[More Banners]

I completely admire and respect someone who can be competitive and passionate as hell, yet keep cool with though the ups and downs. Totally impressed. Class act, and great X's and O's. True pro.

[libermaniac]

I know it didn't work out, but the ATO play call I was most impressed with was the inbounds to KO with 3.8 seconds to go in game 6 vs. Washington (where KO was fouled by Oubre and they inexplicably ran too much time off the clock).  Had that worked, it would've been brilliant!

[jpotter33]

One of the brightest young minds in the game.  Took a team with a 5'9" star and a bunch of role players to the eastern conference finals.

But I guess fans around here would rather have Tyron Lue or mike brown coaching this team.  Smh.

There's a reasonable position between touting Stevens as a genius and wanting Lue or Brown as the coach. There are plenty of things to like about Stevens, but there are legitimate criticisms too, such as his neverending experiments with rotations and his refusal to put Smart (instead of Bradley) on Irving.

TP. The tendency on this blog to dichotomize our players, coaches, etc. into groups of "they're great and near perfect" or "they're terrible and need to go" is overwhelming at times. I've never understood why you can't legitimately criticize Brad without some apologists jumping down your throat. He's a great coach and I wouldn't trade him for pretty much any other coach, but he still has significant flaws and much to work on - in-game adjustments (both offensively and defensively), the art of the timeout to stop runs, getting more consistent effort and intensity every night out of his guys, etc.

[A Future of Stevens]

One of the brightest young minds in the game.  Took a team with a 5'9" star and a bunch of role players to the eastern conference finals.

But I guess fans around here would rather have Tyron Lue or mike brown coaching this team.  Smh.

There's a reasonable position between touting Stevens as a genius and wanting Lue or Brown as the coach. There are plenty of things to like about Stevens, but there are legitimate criticisms too, such as his neverending experiments with rotations and his refusal to put Smart (instead of Bradley) on Irving.

TP. The tendency on this blog to dichotomize our players, coaches, etc. into groups of "they're great and near perfect" or "they're terrible and need to go" is overwhelming at times. I've never understood why you can't legitimately criticize Brad without some apologists jumping down your throat. He's a great coach and I wouldn't trade him for pretty much any other coach, but he still has significant flaws and much to work on - in-game adjustments (both offensively and defensively), the art of the timeout to stop runs, getting more consistent effort and intensity every night out of his guys, etc.

This. Stevens has about as much "potential" as any other current coach (arguably more,) yet that is still potential. This innately implies that he has a lot to learn going forward. Which is true. Brad is amazing at the X's and O's of basketball, but he still needs to work on everything Potter mentioned. It doesn't have to be black and white. He is both very good, and has a lot to learn.

[droopdog7]

One of the brightest young minds in the game.  Took a team with a 5'9" star and a bunch of role players to the eastern conference finals.

But I guess fans around here would rather have Tyron Lue or mike brown coaching this team.  Smh.

There's a reasonable position between touting Stevens as a genius and wanting Lue or Brown as the coach. There are plenty of things to like about Stevens, but there are legitimate criticisms too, such as his neverending experiments with rotations and his refusal to put Smart (instead of Bradley) on Irving.

The point is, Lue and Brown look "great" because they have a great team.  The point is there is only so much you can do as a coach.  Are people crediting the great coaching jobs of Brown and Lue?  No, not that I have seen.  So then how come we want to kill brad.  The point is, this is and always has been a players league.  Coaches absolutely help but the large sample size (i.e., the entire season) is much more informative than a five game stretch.

[droopdog7]

One of the brightest young minds in the game.  Took a team with a 5'9" star and a bunch of role players to the eastern conference finals.

But I guess fans around here would rather have Tyron Lue or mike brown coaching this team.  Smh.

There's a reasonable position between touting Stevens as a genius and wanting Lue or Brown as the coach. There are plenty of things to like about Stevens, but there are legitimate criticisms too, such as his neverending experiments with rotations and his refusal to put Smart (instead of Bradley) on Irving.

TP. The tendency on this blog to dichotomize our players, coaches, etc. into groups of "they're great and near perfect" or "they're terrible and need to go" is overwhelming at times. I've never understood why you can't legitimately criticize Brad without some apologists jumping down your throat. He's a great coach and I wouldn't trade him for pretty much any other coach, but he still has significant flaws and much to work on - in-game adjustments (both offensively and defensively), the art of the timeout to stop runs, getting more consistent effort and intensity every night out of his guys, etc.

This. Stevens has about as much "potential" as any other current coach (arguably more,) yet that is still potential. This innately implies that he has a lot to learn going forward. Which is true. Brad is amazing at the X's and O's of basketball, but he still needs to work on everything Potter mentioned. It doesn't have to be black and white. He is both very good, and has a lot to learn.

If was coaching the Warriors or Cavs, he would have done just as well as their current coaches.  Would he still have things to work on?  More or less than he has now? 

No coach is perfect.  But their role is limited, and every single one of them makes mistakes.  Not as many as people want to blame them for but sure, things could always be done better (or at least differently).  But I'm not judging a coach against perfection, or in a small sample size.  I'm judging him on the big picture against this peers.  By that, BS is pretty dang good.  So I'm not going to moan and whine about everything that does not go well.

[Chris22]

I love the boy genius.
He took the Bad News Bears to the ECF.

[saltlover]

The Celtics had six players on their roster age 26 or under play at least 1000 minutes this season.  The Cavs, Spurs, and Warriors had seven combined.

Brad did a great job, and the future is very bright, in no small part because he is the coach.

[86MaxwellSmart]

I love the boy genius.
He took the Bad News Bears to the ECF.

Spot on...Other than the #1 pick next month, Brad is our biggest asset.