[Adam Himmelsbach] Sam Hauser on Joe Mazzulla: “I would just say he’s like got a unique approach to the game. He pulls things from, like, soccer teams, pulls things from killer whales and how they go about finding food and prey, things like that.”
by HailKyrie
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Somebody whip up an aquaman photoshop please
Joe the killer whale whisperer lmao
Psycho Joe won me over.
If we win it all we’re gonna see a hilarious influx of crazy coaching across the league lol.
There’s an excellent The Athletic iirc article about the ins and outs of Joe’s game plans. He does indeed look to Pep’s work for inspo.
Joe not beating the psycho allegations 😭
Psycho Joe
Omg every little nugget we hear about Joe makes him sound even weirder, and I fucking love it lol.
Like, the presser where Jrue was saying “he’s crazy. You’ve met him, he’s insane” will live in my mind forever😂
honestly curious to see what part of killer whales hunting has to do with basketball? the teamwork of them knocking seals off of patches of ice?
At this point the players gotta be genuinely entertained by Joe lol
Joe is being a Psycho again !
Psycho Joe is going into the Boston coach pantheon if he wins a title here in Boston. Just a hilarious personality
Pop used to do similar things with the spurs!
Go for the rudder, boys.
Most coaches bring in past players from championship teams, nah Joe is going to bring in a marine biologist and barista with one arm to give the team a pep up
(It’ll work)
But what about the town?!?!
While he’s performing, all these stories are amazing and I love them. But I’ve been a Boston fan long enough, that the second things go wrong, people will overreact “maybe if he coached basketball instead of looking into whales… Etc etc”
I’m here for it. Go Joe. Go Celtics!
im interested about the killer whale play
I’m confirmed watching Free Willy after we hang Banner 18
I can just see Joe studying beaching tactics from like Planet Earth and applying it to the pick n roll as his entire staff looks on silently bewildered
Luka, YOU are the seal on a drifting ice sheet and the five on the court are the pod of killer whales making waves to knock you off and feast on your blubber.
Joe Mazzula fills the bill bellichick shaped hole in my heart in terms of head coaches who don’t give a fuck and are wacky. Dudes obviously more wacky than bellichick but there’s definitely a vibe both of them bring to pressers.
Thank you Ime for not being able to keep it in your pants
Apex predator mindset. Nice one coach!
Walking embodiment of ball is life
This is the same thing guys like Pop and Phil Jackson used to do. I love it.
Ime apologists in shambles
If a young coach can’t be labeled a genius, at least be labeled insane.
sounds about right
Alright someone needs to bring an inflatable killer whale to the game tomorrow now
Don’t forget about the sandcastles!