00:00Hey, so, Joe, I'll be honest.
00:02I mean, when you first took over as the Celtics head coach,
00:04like, I really didn't care for the way that you kind of handled yourself.
00:07I mean, when you're talking to the media,
00:09you need to realize that that's kind of like the medium
00:11between the team and the fans.
00:14So when you're kind of being, like, short with the media
00:15and you're kind of giving them an attitude,
00:17it makes you a real unlikable guy.
00:19But what I did want to say is what drives me the craziest
00:22is at the end of the game, at the end of quarters,
00:25there'll be 20 seconds left or 23 seconds left,
00:27and Tatum just gets the ball and pounds it into the ground,
00:30gets a crappy quality shot off, and it never goes in
00:34and it's just a waste of possession.
00:35Like, why is there no creativity?
00:36Why isn't there anything, like, better drawn up?
00:40Whew, question two.
00:42You asked for this, Joe.
00:43This is what you wanted.
00:45I think it's great.
00:47First, Chris, I apologize for being a product of my environment.
00:50I mean, you know, we're all from New England.
00:52You know, we all grew up being short and being relatively...
00:57Yeah, being relatively a-holes, and, you know,
00:59so I got to step away from my environment,
01:02but I think you make a good point.
01:04You know, I think my relationship with the media
01:05has grown over the years,
01:08and I think you're right in your phrase of, like,
01:10it's a conduit between where I am and where you guys are.
01:13But as a fan, I think it's important to know, like,
01:16when I'm up there, and I obviously have kind of learned
01:19on how to approach it differently,
01:21but at the end of the day, when I'm answering a question,
01:25I may not be looking to answer it from a fan's perspective.
01:27I may be talking to our team or our opponent,
01:29or I may be deflecting,
01:30or I may be trying to throw an opponent off.
01:33And so the audience of the answer to the question
01:36is going to change, but I agree with you.
01:38You know, I think it's gotten a little bit better.
01:40I'll continue to work on it.
01:41I'll continue to work on it.
