Bucks blowout vs depleted Wolves proves Doc Rivers has to go
The Milwaukee Bucks have a lot of problems as evidenced by their thrashing by a Minnesota Timberwolves team without Anthony Edwards and Rudy Gobert on Tuesday night, but the biggest and easiest to solve is finding a new head coach. Doc Rivers seemed to lose the team entirely on Tuesday and has no answer to the non-Giannis Antetokounmpo minutes, citing dead legs and a tough travel schedule as reasons for the loss.
Ti Windisch and Rohan Katti walk through just how bad things have gotten for the Bucks, their answer for who should be coach if/when Rivers is fired, wonder why there isn’t more buzz about him being on the hot seat, and then discuss how sad it is for Giannis to get boo’d and for fans to earnestly believe the Bucks should trade him because they’re so far from contention.
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I was hoping for some wins this week so we could have a positive pod. But vibes are beyond negative as they should be
We saw it when he coached the Clippers, god knows we saw it when he coached the Sixers, the national media, half of which are former players he's friendly with, will never, ever, ever admit that Rivers is an absolute joke of a coach. Who cares. That's not the problem. The actual problem is that the joke of a franchise that the Bucks have become won't admit it either, despite the fact that not only are they beyond terrible, he's clearly lost the locker room, including his 'big fan' Giannis who I think is pretty blatantly planning his exit at this point. But there you go, the writing's been on the wall for a couple of years now, despite all of us who've been complaining about hiring Rivers since day one being labelled 'haters' again and again even when it was obvious that over a season since he got hired the team still had no identity, no plan on either side of the ball, no discipline, and no particular desire to even play hard.
lets go caleb wilson 🎉
AJ Green plays way too many minutes. Bucks need a wing badly! Doc has to go, but he won't because Giannis needs him there for a reason not to sign an extension this summer.
the last time the Bucks got booed at home Griffin was fired 2 weeks later
Instead of the Bucks doing something logical like firing Doc Rivers out of a cannon. They will likely do something reckless and trade for Anthony Davis.
I don’t think it’s all on doc yes he not making changes but what he’s supposed to do? This is the way Gianni’s wants to play, he drives or kicks it back out for threes. Problem is can you really say we are a 3 point team? The real question is Giannis knows if he leaves and his new team starts falling behind the same way and they can’t make 3s to bail him out then can he live with the reality that oh maybe it was me. You really think a new coach will change any of this? We went through 3 coaches since the chip? It’s the way we play that needs a change.
I think it was very sad for this franchise if Giannis is traded before doc is fired, jon horst is fired and the roster is overhauled. I think in some level bucks fans forget when the bucks made it past the first round in 15+ years during the early Giannis era. It took 50 years for this franchise to get a chip. The nets have 4 first round picks and are ass. I just think bucks fans have to take in consideration Fiserv Forum, the deer district the rise of Milwaukee economy due to the Giannis effect is not guranteed to come back to wisnconsin for another 50 years. I would try to keep Giannis and convince him that the franchise is committed to creating the best roster around. Idk if i trust Jon horst in the draft but maybe the offseason can provide better trades. My fear is Giannis is losing it with the Doc effect and may pull the trigger.
Tanking for draft picks at this point…
Yeah I find it weird that the media is not talking about doc getting fired like at all. In fact Locked on Bucks FINALLY hinted at it but did not fully say "fire doc". That is clearly what needs to happen at this point. Even if we are tanking for draft picks might as well hire a different coach and get that process started early. If they even intend on firing doc.