ya'll get too caught up in regular season stats
brooklyn tanked to play you guys and were seen as a possible challenge to miami (again, because of regular season success) u were not better than them lol
they underestimated you guys early in the series and then blew you out in game 6 and for 3 quarters of game 7. you'll came to play and showed heart. that's that
and you guys were not better than the wizards lol
not sure what you were thinking with that one
wizards would smoke the raptors in a series even today
again, not saying casey is perfect. but u guys were bottom dwellers before he arrived and he has improved your win total every year and helped make you guys a regular and respected playoff team
its not his fault lowry plays like a chicken with his head cut off in the playoffs
demar's been a playoff choker too, but hes beginning to finally find himself this year
raptors have only lost to better teams
We had homecourt and were up 3-2 vs Nets,reason we lost the series was Casey never adjusting to ISO Joe...We were better than the Wiz in 14-15 dominated them in the regular season,again had home court and were the unanimous fabvorite to win the series before it happened.
Its not his fault Lowry and DeRozan struggle,but his game plan IS the reason the team struggles.This team is a 2 headed monster based on them being dominant in 1 on 1 matchups,thats not a winning formula in the playoffs when you dont have a legit 3rd option.
His inability to see Carroll and JV struggling in the 1st round and game 1 will continue to kill them in this series IE hes terrible at matching up.hes also terrible at putting together a pro active game plan IE forcing the other coach to matchup to you...In fact he just doesnt do it,he plays catch up the entire game.
Youre correct Pop wouldnt get us to beat LeBron but i guarantee JV and Carroll would not be playing and we wouldnt be relying on heavy ISO ball from our guards and we'd have a fundamental game plan based on swinging the ball and moving off the ball to create open looks which we dont get from Casey...
You may wonder well why doesnt Casey implement these things into the offense when its stagnant ? Because he doesnt hold players accountable who dont perform...He actually has stated post game numerous times that he'll live and die with DeRozan taking contested shots cuz thats "who we are"
Does that sound like a coach destined for success at this level.
Since 13-14
Casey playoff record 17-21