00:00What do you think of Joe Mazzula now that we've seen him for three years?
00:03Because the first year, I felt like there was a lot of times
00:06where we'd be screaming about timeouts.
00:08We'd be screaming about certain fourth quarter lineup combinations
00:11that he would use.
00:13Last year, talking about, I guess, two years ago,
00:15really wasn't much of it.
00:16Like, they kind of cruised.
00:17They were great.
00:18They only lost one game in each round of the postseason or would sweep.
00:23Then now you have this year where there's a bunch of injuries,
00:26but I feel like some of the questions kind of crept up again with him
00:29How do you sort of view the three years and where we're headed with Mazzula?
00:33I think that Joe's a very good young coach.
00:35I think he studies the game.
00:37He works hard.
00:40The players like him and respect him.
00:43That's a good combination.
00:44Obviously, you're going to be liked and respected.
00:47I think both of those are in play.
00:49I also think that as a young coach, you've got to keep getting better.
00:53I think back to even when we started.
00:55I was 34 as my first head coaching job.
00:58And then 10 years later, how much more I knew, you know,
01:01just from studying the game, talking to coaches.
01:04And Brad's built in right there to be his mentor.
01:08And I think back to Eric Spolstra.
01:10When he first started at Miami, he looked like he should be a lifeguard on South Beach.
01:16We were working together at the time, and I remember being super critical as Spolstra.
01:20Now, right, he's arguably the best coach in the league.
01:22And Pat Riley coached him up.
01:24I'm sure he did.
01:24I'm sure Pat Riley coached him up, and I'm sure Brad will keep coaching Joe up.
01:28And I think he's made huge improvements.
01:30And you can't just throw a good coach out the window because of a couple situations in the playoffs.
01:36You've got to stick with him, especially at a young age.
01:39And I always say, well, who are you going to get?
01:41Who's going to come in here and is Jason Tatum going to like and play for?
01:45And that's so important.
01:46And Joe has that part, I think, already solved.
01:49And he's got most of the basketball stuff solved.
01:52All the threes, I think you've got to pare it back.
01:55Well, so this is what I was going to ask.
01:56So play style-wise, he has things to learn and things he has to improve as a head coach.
02:01It might go above the head coach.
02:02I understand that might be more of an organizational philosophy.
02:06It might go all the way to Brad Stevens where they're launching these threes.
02:09But what can Joe do to scale that back?
02:12How do they scale it back?
02:13Because I agree with you.
02:14I think they need to.
02:15Yeah, I think you just have to have a balance.
