Milwaukee Bucks have fired HC Adrian Griffin, sides working on a deal to make Glenn “Doc” Rivers their next Head Coach.

[Volt]

These guys gotta be joking

The biggest problem with firing coaches in this league really is figuring out who got next.
Going for Doc fukking Rivers for a playoff run in 2024 is straight up FO malpractice

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

It's actually crazy when you think of it. Doc rivers if he gets hired will have coached in 24 straight years

I think those 2 years when they cleared out both Blake and CP3 he had the Clippers being competitive despite having a lack of top end talent and/or decimated with injuries raised his stock.

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

If winning a close game vs. the Pistons is a fireable offense then why is Mazzulla still around

@UpAndComing @GOAT @SchoolboyC @Raquinotj

 

[Don De Dieu]

A quick two cents from a fan who was on the side of giving Griff a full season and who has watched damn near every game:

If you actually watch us game in and out (especially the last dozen games), it's broken and there's a level of fukkery that hasn't been seen here in a while. You're not gonna see that just from looking at the standings. It seemed in December we turned a corner, but it's just not there at present. The body language is poor and schematically, any adjustments aren't working and/or are non-existent. The playcalling has been suspect and called out multiple times by the players. Yes, the roster construction isn't ideal defensively and the timing of the trade wasn't great, but still, we shouldn't be seeing this level of play.

Foolishness with Stotts aside, I will say (and have said previously) that Griff badly needed a true lead assistant. That was bad on management to not replace Stotts and come in with rotating assistants or whatever the fukk they were doing.

In the end, we have a very tight window to win with this core (the future has been mortgaged for it) and we can't fukk around. Right or wrong and definitely with Giannis's approval, they decided to rip the bandage off. I don't think Doc is the solution, but there really isn't an agenda beyond winning with the core we have.

 

[SchoolboyC]

Doc has had an inordinate amount of tough breaks as a coach.

Chris Paul flopping for a call and turning it over against OKC and costing them the series in 2014.

Josh Smith and Corey Brewer shooting out of their minds in the 4th quarter of game six in 2015 with Harden on the bench.

The 3-1 lead in The Bubble against Denver.

Ben Simmons quitting against the Hawks.

Embiid NEVER coming through against Boston.

You can say Doc is the constant but I feel some of that is out of his control.

Doc is like 17-35 in series clinching games or something similar to that, his teams are known for struggling to seal the deal

Blew a 3-1 lead to Detroit in Orlando. Had Atlanta & Cleveland force G7s in 08. Blew a 3-2 to Orlando in 09 with G7 on their home floor. Blew a 3-2 lead to the Lakers in 2010. Blew a 3-2 lead to Miami in 2012. Blew a 3-1 lead to Houston in 2015. Lost G7 at home to Utah in 2017. Blew a 3-1 lead to Denver in 2020. Lost G7 at home to Atlanta in 2021. Blew a 3-2 lead to Boston last season

At a certain point it’s not just a coincidence or bad luck

 

[MikelArteta]

nah fukk that, respectfully. i'll stay consistent on two things being true

1) griffin was 100% right to not cede ground and protect his position as the head coach of his team. too many black coaches play nice and get undercut by replacements that they enabled by being passive.

2) griffin was terrible on both ends of the court and the bucks record is not indicative of his success, but the talent of that roster. they've had two horrible coaches back to back in bud and griffin. they should've never hired a rookie coach for a team with championship aspirations and clear course correction in mind.

exactly stotts was way out of line

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

By the way.... Doc Rivers on the way....

@GOAT @SchoolboyC @Raquinotj @GOAT

 

[FAH1223]

I know the coli doesn’t watch basketball like that but nikka pointing at 30-13 like they was balling fr sound crazy.They been coasting off straight talent . It’s been basically let Dame shoot from 40 or pray Giannis can hit stick 3 nikkas on his way to getting a lay-up.

The damn Pistons made them look easy as hell to defend

Why ain’t Dame crying for Vanterpool?

He probably don't got faith in him to be the HC...

Vanterpool might replace Wes Unseld Jr.... lowkey

nah fukk that, respectfully. i'll stay consistent on two things being true

1) griffin was 100% right to not cede ground and protect his position as the head coach of his team. too many black coaches play nice and get undercut by replacements that they enabled by being passive.

2) griffin was terrible on both ends of the court and the bucks record is not indicative of his success, but the talent of that roster. they've had two horrible coaches back to back in bud and griffin. they should've never hired a rookie coach for a team with championship aspirations and clear course correction in mind.

I respect that.

It's just tough for black coaches... they almost never get hired ready to coach contenders

 

[<<TheStandard>>]

Doc is like 17-35 in series clinching games or something similar to that, his teams are known for struggling to seal the deal

Blew a 3-1 lead to Detroit in Orlando. Had Atlanta & Cleveland force G7s in 08. Blew a 3-2 to Orlando in 09 with G7 on their home floor. Blew a 3-2 lead to the Lakers in 2010. Blew a 3-2 lead to Miami in 2012. Blew a 3-1 lead to Houston in 2015. Lost G7 at home to Utah in 2017. Blew a 3-1 lead to Denver in 2020. Lost G7 at home to Atlanta in 2021. Blew a 3-2 lead to Boston last season

At a certain point it’s not just a coincidence or bad luck

How many of those was his team favored to win before the series?

Only Clippers against the Rockets, Clippers against the Nuggets and 76ers against the Hawks stands out. The rest of those series, they were supposed to lose and overacheived. In the case of Clippers vs Rockets, 76ers vs Hawks and 76ers vs Celtics last year, you could argue his stars didn't show up when it mattered.

 

[bright black]

wasnt the bucks defense trash when they won the title?

 

[Dorian Breh]

Please hire Glenn

 

[Family Lives Matter]

How fukking dumb can you be.
There goes the bucks title chances

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

Doc has had an inordinate amount of tough breaks as a coach.

Chris Paul flopping for a call and turning it over against OKC and costing them the series in 2014.

Josh Smith and Corey Brewer shooting out of their minds in the 4th quarter of game six in 2015 with Harden on the bench.

The 3-1 lead in The Bubble against Denver.

Ben Simmons quitting against the Hawks.

Embiid NEVER coming through against Boston.

You can say Doc is the constant but I feel some of that is out of his control.

The Basketball Gods love phuckery like the rest of us.

 

[RubioTheCruel]

In the end, we have a very tight window to win with this core (the future has been mortgaged for it) and we can't fukk around. Right or wrong and definitely with Giannis's approval, they decided to rip the bandage off. I don't think Doc is the solution, but there really isn't an agenda beyond winning with the core we have.

That's basically it - Dame's 33, how many good years you think he's got left in the tank? This wasn't a learn on the job scenario here. Should've never hired him, makes total sense to pull the plug when you realize it ain't gonna work with him.

 

[AceDeuceTrey]

To complete the fukkery cycle, they should just rehire Bud