The problem I have with the David Blatt Firing

[Victim of Racism]

AGAIN, Even Jewish Heat Columnist Ethan Skolnick on his radio show, said it was ridiculous how Jews and Israelis specifically are caping for Blatt, and how his firing was necessary, and how just because Ethans Jewish, all the people of Jewish heritage get mad at him for not defending Blatt more. He even said LeBron wasn't responsible for Blatts firing. Ethans a REAL one.

Didn't know this. Good lookin' out.

 

[Victim of Racism]

Because they felt he couldn't put them over the top to win it all....it's pretty much putting the onus back on Lebron and the rest of the team...saying this is the guy ya'll wanted, this is the guy who has been drawing up/ calling plays, this is the guy ya'll are going to respond to..here you go...no more excuses...

Not really. The organization is showing their consistency with the short leash they have on Lue by not giving him a new contract and instead just letting him finish out his assistant coach contract with a head coach title. He has until the end of next season to show them something or he will not be getting an extension. That's only a season and a half and a petty 1 million dollars. That organization isn't playing games (pun intended).

 

[tremonthustler1]

This is a great point because none of the coaches yapping have hired him yet. Mike Woodson and Monty Williams got jobs immediately and Blatt, who supposedly was the reason the most talented team in the league came out of a weak and injured East, is still out of work.

Nobody adds new guys to existing staffs mid season

 

[Victim of Racism]

the realest post about lebron/blatt fiasco

Yup.

 

[Mr_X]

This is a great point because none of the coaches yapping have hired him yet. Mike Woodson and Monty Williams got jobs immediately and Blatt, who supposedly was the reason the most talented team in the league came out of a weak and injured East, is still out of work.

And where is the coaching mastermind Mark Jackson? Oh yeah, in front of a mic instead of coaching.

 

[Shadow King]

It is the same because the Cavs are a stacked roster. Jackson isn't given the credit he deserves for how well he developed them. He made them elite. Kerr did not. Kerr inherited and elite team that didn't have to play anyone in the playoffs. Klay couldn't even play defense before Jackson. Jackson got them to beat stacked teams in their own buildings (the Miami Heat's big 3) by developing their backcourt into the Splash Brothers and improving their defense tremendously. The league sent the refs to help the Clipps beat the Warriors because of Sterling's prejudice. The Warriors were coming, with or without Kerr.

I don't know about everyone else but I don't consider that era an elite era for them...47 and 51 wins and the 2nd round being your deepest run (in the first year) isn't elite. They were a talented team on the cusp. If that's the case teams like the Pistons and Bucks, they've got talent and are 2 of the Warriors 4 losses. Has Van Gundy made them elite at this point?

Also Jackson was at least fired after completing his full second season. Blatt was literally halfway through a season as the runaway favorite in his conference. Furthermore Steph and Klay bought into Jackson's philosophies which led to being good while LeBron hasn't and the Cavs are winning off sheer talent not execution. I don't think Mark Jackson deserved to be fired either but these situations are pretty different.

 

[Victim of Racism]

This shyt had nothing to do with race. Anyone who saw the Warriors play back then would know Jackson didn't know what he was doing. No he wasn't a "great coach" dude was clueless. And religion has no place in the Locker room or in the work setting so that was another violation by Jackson. People are desperately trying to make this all about race when one coach (Blatt) was simply much better than the other (Jackson).

If that were true, Blatt wouldn't have called time outs he didn't have and in a playoff game, wouldn't have needed Lue to draw up the plays, wouldn't have need Lebron to call the plays, wouldn't have gotten literally pushed around and told what to do by Lebron etc, all of which is on video tape for the world to see.

 

[Victim of Racism]

Blatt was a better coach than Mark Jackson...yea...ok

So at that post.

 

[LuckyLibra619]

If that were true, Blatt wouldn't have called time outs he didn't have and in a playoff game, wouldn't have needed Lue to draw up the plays, wouldn't have need Lebron to call the plays, wouldn't have gotten literally pushed around and told what to do by Lebron etc, all of which is on video tape for the world to see.

LeBron James undermining Blatt every chance he could get doesn't mean that Blatt wasn't a good coach.

 

[Victim of Racism]

Yet Lue is the cure all? And LeBron didn't feel any less convinced now than he did last year about Blatt yet he chose now to pull the plug. I don't think when Cleveland fails to win it'll be specifically because they fired Blatt. Blatt's just a symptom of what happens when you bend over for someone who doesn't have all the answers and doesn't get paid to give those answers

If Lue is supposed to be the cure all, why didn't his contract change like Kerr's did? Why does Lue have such a short leash (a season and a half and a petty 1 million dollars)? Now, Lj is the one who "pulled the plug"? Now, Lj all of a sudden, no longer wanted Blatt gone the moment he got there and every day after that? Now, all of a sudden, the organization didn't keep Blatt much longer than Lj wanted to play for him?

 

[Victim of Racism]

Blatt was hired as a green rebuilding organization coach before Lebron was signed. Bron changed the entire structure of the organization into a win now team. Blatt isn't built for that.

Not in the slightest.

 

[Victim of Racism]

I'm not saying he didn't deserve that pass. But last year was a buffer. After "The Letter", and the Homecoming event he held for the kids, and Cleveland going 6games against an all-time great team in The Finals, he got a pass. Going into that Finals series no one thought Cleveland would win, and the pressure wasn't on LBJ to win wasn't anywhere near Miami levels in which they expected Miami to win every year, no excuses. Going into The Finals vs GS, who last year thought Cleveland had to win it? Who proclaimed win-or-bust? Everyone including LBJ knew GS was the better/healthier team. The way things are going now, this year might be a return back to the Miami levels of pressure. The media's even getting chippy with him again, and David Blatt's become the media darling that everyone feels sorry for. Last year LBJ was commended and given props for following his heart by going back to Cleveland and for basically curving Riley. I bet you those are probably the same folks who are now like "LBJ needs a Riley to hold him accountable for playing lazy", "He has too much power". Fact of the matter is, last year he only had Heat fans really hating him, while everyone kinda encamped themselves around him. This year, he has all of Israel hating him, while the organization is feeling the pressure from GS.

He only has pressure because Blatt was replaced by an Afrikan. If it weren't for that, articles would just defend Lj for not winning by saying Love hasn't played well and Kyrie and Love didn't have much postseason experience.

 

[Victim of Racism]

Warriors went from a 2nd round and 1st round exit to the choking clippers with Jackson to immediately ringing in Kerr's 1st season, breaking Jackson's regular season record in the process but keep on caping for trash coaches.

You not having a rebuttal for the points I made, only confirms those points. Keep caping for coaches who called time outs he didn't have and in a playoff game, needed Lue to draw up the plays, needed Lebron to call the plays, got literally pushed around and told what to do by Lebron etc, all of which is on video tape for the world to see. Kerr inherited a roster that a "trash coach" greatly improved and they didn't have to play anyone in the playoffs under Kerr. Klay couldn't even play defense before their "trash coach". That same "trash coach" got them to beat stacked teams in their own buildings (the Miami Heat's big 3) by developing their backcourt into the Splash Brothers and improving their defense tremendously. The league sent the refs to help the Clipps beat the Warriors because of Sterling's prejudice. The Warriors were coming, with or without Kerr.

 

[Mr_X]

The league sent the refs to help the Clipps beat the Warriors because of Sterling's prejudice.

That's what you want to believe because it fits your narrative. You have 0 proof of that.

The fact is, Warriors went from a 1st round exit to the clippers under Jackson to a ring under Kerr. That's it and that's all.

 

[Victim of Racism]

Only people who don't watch Warriors games say things like this. Mark Jackson had absolutely no strategy nor game-plan. Kerr is light years ahead of Mark Jackson as a head coach.

I've been watching them for at least 4 years. You not having a rebuttal for the points I made, only confirms them. Mr. Light Years inherited a roster that a man with "no strategy nor game-plan" greatly improved and they didn't have to play anyone in the playoffs under Mr. Light Years. Klay couldn't even play defense before the man with "no strategy nor game-plan" came on board. That same man with "no strategy nor game-plan" got them to beat stacked teams in their own buildings (the Miami Heat's big 3) by developing their backcourt into the Splash Brothers and improving their defense tremendously. The league sent the refs to help the Clipps beat the man with "no strategy nor game-plan" because of Sterling's prejudice. The Warriors were coming, with or without Mr. Light Years.