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Please keep all negativity out of this thread, if you want to have critical discussion use the firing thread.
Babcock's methods may have gotten stale here, but he did a great job setting a foundation, bringing the team back into relevancy and took a lot of the heat off the players by managing the media excellently. It's disappointing how things turned out with him, but that 2016-2017 season was such a fun one and one that I will never forget personally. He's a good man and is still a good coach despite it not working out here.
I see him like Mark Jackson for the Golden State Warriors or Dwane Casey for the Raptors; they were needed at the time, did a great job for the first couple of years and laid a good foundation before things got stale. Hopefully Keefe can be like Kerr or Nurse.
The players must also step up now, at the end of the day they need to execute and they're the ones on the ice, not the coach. No more excuses or free passes for them.
Good luck Mike, wish him the best.
Babcock's methods may have gotten stale here, but he did a great job setting a foundation, bringing the team back into relevancy and took a lot of the heat off the players by managing the media excellently. It's disappointing how things turned out with him, but that 2016-2017 season was such a fun one and one that I will never forget personally. He's a good man and is still a good coach despite it not working out here.
I see him like Mark Jackson for the Golden State Warriors or Dwane Casey for the Raptors; they were needed at the time, did a great job for the first couple of years and laid a good foundation before things got stale. Hopefully Keefe can be like Kerr or Nurse.
The players must also step up now, at the end of the day they need to execute and they're the ones on the ice, not the coach. No more excuses or free passes for them.
Good luck Mike, wish him the best.
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