“He cussed us out… the thing I like about Finch is, personally for myself, he can coach me hard. I might not like it in the moment, but I love that he can challenge me like that.” - Julius Randle on Chris Finch
just like Ant said in 2022, “Finch don’t sugarcoat nothin”. That kind of honesty clearly earns respect from guys who want to win.
Finch gets the best out of Ant, and vice versa.
To be a fly on the wall hearing Chris Finch yelling curse words is something I need
Just imagining him going “YOU MOTHERFUCKERS YOU FUCKING BUMS-not you Naz you were great 😊- YOU LAZY FUCKING RICH ASSHOLES”
YOU BOZOS
I like to imagine he actually said bozos to get kicked out of that game because you didn’t need a lip reader to tell what 75% of the words that came after that were
DO YOU WANT TO WORK AT PIZZA RANCH?
#SWEAR TO GOD JR 4 POINTS, YOU AINT NO CAVILER, GIMME UR RING!
good work tonight kyrie, 38 points? You can keep that ring
Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, points to Naz you’re cool, fuck you, I’m out!
after last game even Naz wasnt safe
Like Paul Cryst swearing in the Orange Bowl.
It feels like Finch really toes the line of “players coach” vs not - clearly the guys are comfortable, but he gets on them and will bench anybody including Julius after he did t hustle back on one play.
Kind of like Thibs actually.
Is he? I always thought he was pretty firmly on the “not players coach” side of things
He is known for the hard practices and being hardheaded but in general his players seem to like him.
Seems from the outside like he gives players a lot of freedom offensively which I think earns some goodwill and he has his players backs to the officials and in the media consistently.
Players wired to win like him similar to what it sounds like with Finch - see any Noah/Gibson/Butler/Rose interview.
Good to hear - running guys into the ground always seemed like more of an old school Parcells-y thing.
FWIW “players coach” wasn’t intended to be a compliment - those guys don’t typically become great successes either.
Lmao like Doc
You think he’s an Xs and Os coach?
I thought he was a hard ass but glad to hear otherwise
for defensive schemes? yeah
Thibs never benched Randle for a lack of effort.
It is really rare that he benches Edwards. He can brick 3 after 3, possession after possession, and keep him out there.
One reason I will always support Chris Finch is that he has had the respect of every single player he’s coached on the wolves. This isn’t the first time players have spoken about him ripping into the players but there has yet to be a player complain about him or even subtly imply they have a problem with him. To have a coach who can tell it how it is and still have the respect of the players is huge.
Yeah, they all seem to come out of those really harsh coaching sessions agreeing that he was right and have even more respect for him.
He noted it after the laker series. Start of year guys were fighting for starting spots now every guy on the wolves has fully accepted their roles, bench, starter, doesn’t matter. Takes serious leadership to get that out of players.
Yup, this is huge — tbh I can’t even recall a player saying “We weren’t prepared for X” or anything related to gameplanning after a loss. Way more you’ll hear “Coach(es) told us what to expect, we knew how to beat it, but we failed to execute.” (And if you watch how pained Finch get on the sideline during our worst games you know that must be the case too lol.)
I’ll be a Finchy apologist to the end idc. If Chris Finch has no fans I’m no longer alive
Meanwhile that clown Mazzulla is telling Tatum he loves him during timeouts
“Get up”
seems like mazzula is trying to lose the locker-room lol
Mazzulla halftimes are just a curated selection of kobe clips
Joe Maz makes his own music videos out of clips from The Town
“Take another 3, it’ll go in this time”
Literally was about to post the same thing! Clueless Joe doesn’t even know X’s and O’s, he just knows how to clap on the sidelines. Can’t even call timeouts because he has no plays or sets to run, just “shoot more threes”
The return of Third Row Joe?
I bet finch calls them all bozos then leaves the room.
That’s a tech
He probably told them all “You’re a bunch of Bozos getting dubbed over!”
Really happy that Randle is thriving on the TWolves!
Ant has said this a bunch of times as well. Finch is fucking horrific with timeouts and ATO plays but he absolutely has the respect of the players even when he’s coming down on them
The latter ultimately matters more. I’m generally lower than Finch on most but his players always want to fight for him. It’s probably the single most important thing to have as a coach.
coaches are hard man, winning is hard, Lebron leaving Miami was a hard mistake
Randle is not an easy dude to coach. It’s been a really good fit for him this year
Does Thibs not do this?
Thibs gives more of a “physical punishment” coaching vibe
And the punishment is more minutes on the court until they figure it out
Some say DRose is still running to this day
Evan Fournier wishes that were true.
“STOP SUCKING, GO OUT THERE AND NOT SUCK!”
Admittedly I wanted to tell the team that Game 1.
His hands are too shaky
A real Gene Cousineau
I love Julius Randle, have loved him since he was on the Lakers -> Pels, and I’m tired of being ashamed of it.
Thibs is soft?
This hoodie is INSANE for his skin color, makes him look like he’s a turtle out there with an immense neck, cannot unsee.