One-on-one with Marcus Smart, who defends Mazzulla: “We still believe in our coach. We believe in Joe to the fullest. We haven’t lost faith in him and we won’t. He has a game plan; it’s on us to go out and execute it. We’re the ones out there playing…”
One-on-one with Marcus Smart, who defends Mazzulla: "We still believe in our coach. We believe in Joe to the fullest. We haven’t lost faith in him and we won’t. He has a game plan; it’s on us to go out and execute it. We’re the ones out there playing…"https://t.co/7lVvC1iWGo
— Steve Bulpett (@SteveBHoop) May 10, 2023
by horseshoeoverlook
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Mazzulla lets the players run the team, right down to letting Marcus decide when he plays or sits. Of course he will defend Mazzulla.
Things like this are stupid because no player in their right mind is going to go out and throw their coach under the bus
I’m not saying anything about the sincerity of Marcus’ statement in particular just that like…..what else is he going to say at this point.
There’s a lot of games I have an opinion on Joe’s coaching, but yesterday wasn’t one of them. Did some of y’all watch the same game as me? We had a ton of open 3’s and open looks in general that we just bricked, good defense at times ruined by poor defensive rebounding, and we struggled at the free throw line. Those 3 areas have nothing to do with coaching.
Sorry Marcus but your completely wrong. I’ve seen the reddit posts and comments suggesting joe don’t know ball. It’s simply on the coach to tell the players to not only play better but also to remind them to execute as well.
We had a great thing with Brad, Marcus. The executions were great despite the youth. Now we’ve juggled through 2 coaches, you guys are still problematic as vets.
Fire that motherfucker.
Imagine saying the complete opposite of this as a player – “we don’t believe in our coach anymore. Our belief in Joe is non-existent. We have lost faith in him and it’s gone forever.”
Like wtf do you expect him to say here? In the middle of a playoff run no less?
This pandering bullshit excuse for journalism is exactly why outlets like ESPN are slowly dying and deservedly so.
That’s the problem Marcus, his game plan fucking sucks.