Toronto Raptors fire head coach Dwane Casey
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He lost his team at the end, you cant keep a coach whose team doesnt listen to him no matter how good he is or was.
I remember it happening in baseball with Joe Girardi on the Marlins. Not sure about the NBA tho.
Happened once before. The current President of the Raps was then with the team that did it that time as well.
Anyway, yeah, this is probably the right move.
There's a trend here.
Pistons: 12 straight losses to the Cavs in the postseason, Stan Van Gundy fired last week.
Hawks: 12 straight losses to the Cavs in the postseason, Mike Budenholzer fired 3 weeks ago.
Raptors: 11 straight losses to the Cavs in the postseason, Dwayne Casey fired today.
LeBron is a coach killer confirmed.
George Karl doesn't have to stand on that mantle alone anymore of being COTY and fired at the same time.
Pistons: 12 straight losses to the Cavs in the postseason, Stan Van Gundy fired last week.
Hawks: 12 straight losses to the Cavs in the postseason, Mike Budenholzer fired 3 weeks ago.
Raptors: 11 straight losses to the Cavs in the postseason, Dwayne Casey fired today.
LeBron is a coach killer confirmed.
George Karl doesn't have to stand on that mantle alone anymore of being COTY and fired at the same time.
terrible decision.
everyone loses to the cavs in the east, that's not his fault lol. Them missing 3-4 close baskets to win Game 1 isn't his fault, Lebron hitting a buzzer beater (could be but gdi) isn't his fault. Demar & Kyle not being the superstar duo they get hyped up to be, isn't his fault.
everyone loses to the cavs in the east, that's not his fault lol. Them missing 3-4 close baskets to win Game 1 isn't his fault, Lebron hitting a buzzer beater (could be but gdi) isn't his fault. Demar & Kyle not being the superstar duo they get hyped up to be, isn't his fault.
Lmao and wow @ him being the scapegoat. There was 1 game where LeBron had better stats than both DeRozan and Lowry COMBINED.
This is so dumb on their part. I'm betting the Bucks scoop him up real quick. The Raps better split up this Derozan/Lowry tandem in the process while getting rid of Ibaka as well or they're going to be even worse next season.
Pretty much, I'd rather wait till cap space clears and start my rookies next season anyways. Though, Masai might try to get on that treadmill again though.
It's the right move, sadly. The Raptors have consistently been out coached in the playoffs in the past few years. And since they are capped out and committed to their core for the next few years, then this is the only move.
It's similar to Cleveland firing Blatt or Golden State firing Mark Jackson. Jackson and Casey were good at building "winning cultures", but bad at playing the matchup games with shorter rotations in the playoffs.
It's similar to Cleveland firing Blatt or Golden State firing Mark Jackson. Jackson and Casey were good at building "winning cultures", but bad at playing the matchup games with shorter rotations in the playoffs.
I don't blame Casey either. He's just another coach that had a GM put together a team of overachievers that were never going to win anything other than regular season accolades. DeRozan and Lowry as your only star tandem isn't winning you shit in the postseason no matter who the coach is.
Meanwhile, Brad Stevens is doing more with less talent than the Raptors have.
Meanwhile, Brad Stevens is doing more with less talent than the Raptors have.
It had to happen, even if it wasn't his fault that his team rolled over and died. Ownership couldn't sell this guy to the fan base for next season.
No. George Karl got fired after winning COTY
And people defending Casey are fucking morons who obviously don't watch a lick of basketball. He's a good regular season coach but is a terrible strategist/tactician and is a large part of why we were often embarrassed in the playoffs. A large part of that falls on DeMar and Kyle too, but any Toronto fan will tell you Casey is a shit coach.
Right! I'm not a Casey fan but when your best players are those two going against Bron, wtf is a coach supposed to do?
The main problem been that roster. Meanwhile, Victor O got the spirit of Wakanda and took the Cavs to 7. Raps just had a sorry ass team build to win in the regular season but not the playoffs
Yeah I was going to say I wish the Wizards top brass would show this level of conviction and fire all our long tenured people running the team into the ground.
When you come out and say your team didn't play with enough effort after losing a series, you have to know you're getting fired.
Don't you feel what you just said is a contradiction? If Brad Stevens can do that then would that not show you the effect a really good coach can have on the team?
The Celtics definitely have more talent, even hurt.
The Brown/Tatum tandem with this Shaker Heights kid? WTF? The Celtics are fucking blessed with talent from the b ball gods
It's not just LeBron, the Raps looked lost at times vs. the Wizards, and the Pacers/Heats series' from two years ago were bad as well. Can't remember if they played well or not against the Bucks last season. The point is, they can't handle lesser teams easily.