blkexec wrote:

Philc1 wrote:Only way Thibs gets fired now is if Celtics sweep us and even that probably won’t be enough.

He has too many ties within this organization to get fired. But getting out of the 1st round is another feather on Thibs hat. Leon will ride this ship until the wheels fall off.

Thibs and JB are cornerstone pieces.

The imaginary moving goal posts Knick fans judge coaches on are just that.

Thibs is still checking all the boxes. We likely lose to the Celtics. They are the champs, they are 61 win team and picked to win the east. It will NOT STOP the unrelenting "But Thibs should have done..." posts and "we cant win with this..." and "maybe you are OK with the second round but I want more..."

blkexec wrote:

Philc1 wrote:Only way Thibs gets fired now is if Celtics sweep us and even that probably won’t be enough.

He has too many ties within this organization to get fired. But getting out of the 1st round is another feather on Thibs hat. Leon will ride this ship until the wheels fall off.

Thibs and JB are cornerstone pieces.

Agree, last night basically guaranteed 0% chance he gets fired

I might add on paper we should be better. The game is not played on paper.

Thru the game last night we had leads, we had easy buckets, we looked damn good. Then Detroit comes on and it sucks. Happened about every game. Same script. But its not them, its Us or Thibs? Their young guys start making good defensive stops and if the Snipers are on target they are dynamic. Schroeder? A very good back up. Better then Cam Payne? Appears more consistent. Played the obnoxious antagonist role very well also. Not as good as Payne.

Knicks in 6. Brunson was incredible. Enjoy it.

A different coach might do worse than what Thibs did. If you can't imagine this, perhaps its just an emotional reaction to a close series and easy to paint.

SergioNYK wrote:I think Thibs was OK this series. Not great but not awful either as some make it out to be. Sometimes we forget the other team and HC wants to win too. There is a reason why our offense looked like **** at times and it was mostly due to the Pistons defense and physicality and our inexperience as a team in this situation. But we scored when we needed and we won the series. It's never going to look perfect.

I did like how Thibs allowed Payne to play the majority of the fourth in game one. I liked how he adjusted the gameplan and got KAT the ball in game two and three. I loved how focused we came out last night to start the game and how poised we were when we lost the lead twice including down 7 with 2 minutes left. We also finally won the third quarter. And I know it's a heavy Iso offense and I don't like it at times either but we have the best scoring PG in the league so it will be a big part of our offense and it should be. And when we needed that big bucket, we DID have a play called. Bridges faked a screen which confused Thompson and that's why Brunson was able to crack his ankles and create space for the game winning 3!

Thibs was TERRIBLE against Detroit, in particular offensively. Great breakdown on how bad he was.
We were a superior team and that series could have easily went to Detroit.

CanItGetAnyWorse wrote:

SergioNYK wrote:I think Thibs was OK this series. Not great but not awful either as some make it out to be. Sometimes we forget the other team and HC wants to win too. There is a reason why our offense looked like **** at times and it was mostly due to the Pistons defense and physicality and our inexperience as a team in this situation. But we scored when we needed and we won the series. It's never going to look perfect.

I did like how Thibs allowed Payne to play the majority of the fourth in game one. I liked how he adjusted the gameplan and got KAT the ball in game two and three. I loved how focused we came out last night to start the game and how poised we were when we lost the lead twice including down 7 with 2 minutes left. We also finally won the third quarter. And I know it's a heavy Iso offense and I don't like it at times either but we have the best scoring PG in the league so it will be a big part of our offense and it should be. And when we needed that big bucket, we DID have a play called. Bridges faked a screen which confused Thompson and that's why Brunson was able to crack his ankles and create space for the game winning 3!

Thibs was TERRIBLE against Detroit, in particular offensively. Great breakdown on how bad he was.
We were a superior team and that series could have easily went to Detroit.

I could have "easily" had that 3 some with Jessica Alba but I chose the safe route

On a good note, JB as a playmaker has stepped up.

Mikal's confidence and play on both ends has been up.

OG has been playing his best basketball of his career.

JB is the clutch player of the year.

Thibs not afraid to sit you, if you not hitting (Sham / Payne / Deuce)

Mitch is healthy

Towns has something to prove, and will come out aggressive game 1.

Knicks win game 1 by 4

ccch wrote:He must make defensive adjustments for the 3's...if they continue to shoot wide open 3's, I think coaching should be accountable. If they're going to beat us let them do it another way.

That and if our offense continues to be stuck in the mud he's in trouble. Leon gave him a force of an offensive unit and they have looked lost for a long time now, getting by on pure talent alone but rarely performing as more than a sum of their parents and often performing as much less than that.

DLeethal wrote:I think Thibs is in trouble barring a MAJOR showing against Boston. If Knicks get taken care of like most expect I don't think the DET series is going to help him keep his job. Clock is ticking for Leon, Dolan said on Roomates podcast there are no more major moves to be made. So that tells you his mindset. Doubt Leon would allow another year to go by if he's iffy on Thibs getting us to the next level, nor should he with this team smack in their latter primes.

I read Dolans statement as he doesn’t get involved with roster type stuff and thats why he wouldn't he speculate on further trades, thus concluding on no more major trades to be made.

I wouldn’t put too much meaning in any of that, or at least I didn’t.