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<blockquote data-quote="GaTech4ever" data-source="post: 915994" data-attributes="member: 660"><p>This whole situation is very similar to the 2020-2021 Atlanta Hawks. That season, the Hawks were supposed to take a step forward under 3rd year head coach Lloyd Pierce but were terrible through the first half of the season.</p><p></p><p>The Hawks fired Pierce mid-season, and promoted Nate McMillan to interim head coach. McMillan led the Hawks to the best record in the NBA over the last half of the regular season, including the most 4th quarter comebacks. Then he took them to Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals. </p><p></p><p>The next season (last year), the Hawks hired McMillan full-time but looked like a shell of the team from the latter half of the previous season. And they got blown out in the opening round of the playoffs.</p><p></p><p>Now, hiring McMillan full-time was a no brainer because of his previous head coaching experience and his legitimate playoff success with the Hawks. But, it’s clear that the Hawks run was due to the firing of Pierce than any McMillan magic. When the head coach is the cancer, getting rid of it mid-season is such a benefit to the team culture and an inherent “fresh start” that I worry it’s not a true barometer of future team success.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GaTech4ever, post: 915994, member: 660"] This whole situation is very similar to the 2020-2021 Atlanta Hawks. That season, the Hawks were supposed to take a step forward under 3rd year head coach Lloyd Pierce but were terrible through the first half of the season. The Hawks fired Pierce mid-season, and promoted Nate McMillan to interim head coach. McMillan led the Hawks to the best record in the NBA over the last half of the regular season, including the most 4th quarter comebacks. Then he took them to Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals. The next season (last year), the Hawks hired McMillan full-time but looked like a shell of the team from the latter half of the previous season. And they got blown out in the opening round of the playoffs. Now, hiring McMillan full-time was a no brainer because of his previous head coaching experience and his legitimate playoff success with the Hawks. But, it’s clear that the Hawks run was due to the firing of Pierce than any McMillan magic. When the head coach is the cancer, getting rid of it mid-season is such a benefit to the team culture and an inherent “fresh start” that I worry it’s not a true barometer of future team success. [/QUOTE]
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