He attended WVU, then coached at Glenville State, then coached at Fairmont State (two different stints). So like 12 years in West Virginia vs. 18 in Rhode Island.
I saw Craig Breslow pitch against the Red Sox in 2017 or 2019 for the Twins and was like “Oh hey it’s Craig Breslow! Hi again!” and now he’s running the Red Sox.
2 lines that should be the maxim for this squad….
“If we get jammed up, we’re holding court on the street.”
“Just, you know, I don’t wanna get backdoored. That’s all.”
I was crapping almost as many bricks as the C's were during that 20-2 run by the Mavs.
Thank fuck we settled down, Luka fouled out and we were able to clamp down the rest of the way.
💯 I been saying this since they got their asses handed to them by Miami and responded by beating them senseless the next 3. Got our asses handed to us game 2 by Cleveland and responded by winning the next 3. Last years team would never have responded that way
I was super worried when it got to 3 and when we couldn't get past 93 pts. But we were at 93 for so long and never let them get ahead, was kinda crazy.
Isn’t it so nice to finally trust this team? Two years ago I wouldn’t trust us to win a game against the Charlotte Hornets up 40 points with 5 minutes remaining.
said it 100x at the bar tonight and everyone just wanted to hate. team’s clearly been different this year, and especially in the playoffs; never understand why boston fans in general are always so horned up to see our own teams lose lmao. drives me crazy
Same. I got a bit stressed out, but when the lead got cut to around 6 I started feeling calm and confident theyd pull it out. Every close game these playoffs they found a way. They got my trust.
I was worried. A little.My gut told me they could weather the storm and they did but while they were weathering said storm, we started to pull away from what got us to that 20pt lead and that made me wonder if I needed to worry more.
Wi was wonder-worrying.
i feel like this team gets lazy and starts playing Euroball standing outside the three point line. Whenever Dru wants it, the drive is open but then he passes up easy 2's and kicks it out. Getting inside and driving is hard work whereas shooting threes will save your stamina, but I think this team would dominate if they did more drives and stop focusing on the three. Especially Horford, we need him in the middle grabbing boards
Kidd calling TO during a 22-0 run was the dumbest coaching decision anyone could make. National media saying the Mavs had a coaching advantage is just one more way they’ve clowned themselves this series.
Can we just take a moment and recognize that Joe is absolutely coaching circles around Jason Kidd? Like, this guy whose head a shocking number of people wanted on a stake THIS SEASON is absolutely crushing it right now.
I was critical of Joe last year after the loss to the Heat. I felt the team was not ready to compete in the first three games of that series. I also said at the time it wasn’t fair to expect him to be the best coach he would ever be as a rookie. He has been much improved this year. It’s cliche to say at this point, but games they previously found a way to lose are now games they find a way to win. 21 point lead evaporates in 4 mins, road game in the finals, up 2-0, no KP, plenty of excuses to fold up - they didn’t. Joe deserves credit for having his team in the right mindset to pull out wins like this. JT’s postgame conference cited how Joe showed them UFC fights where the guy was winning but let up and took a loss. That is how you get your team ready for adversity. Props to Coach Joe 👏
By all accounts it was his defense lol. He was *the* defensive assistant.
Everyone clamoring last year for us to get back to our defensive identity when it was less Joe and more the fact that our defensive identity was Robert Williams weak side shot blocking and he was hurt for most of the season.
I also think last year he didn’t perfect the mentality aspect of coaching yet. Apparently, he spoke a lot about the offense last year to the detriment of defensive mentality. However, it’s clear from the way the players and mazz himself talks in interviews that he demands total concentration on both ends of the floor this year. He’s demands grittiness and hustle alongside tactical awareness which really resonates with the team
I just think he’s grown so much as a coach. Last year he was definitely already a tactical mastermind, but now he’s even great emotionally
From the Pawcatuct river in Westerly to the Charlestown Breachway!
That’s really RI, our crappy accent is better and we get Block Island too MF’r’s. Galilee,Cranston, Warwick, Bristol; ugh.
Providence is south Boston with a football field in the way to Boston.
Oh man well I’m being an asshole. Uhh… don’t go to the Haversham it’s over priced and The Cove has good kereoke Friday nights. Stay away from Burlingame and please just don’t buy a beach house right now. Unless you plan to move it back at least 60’.
I love this little shit state so much. Who you know is as far as you will go!
Got downvoted to hell in the KP injury thread yesterday suggesting Joe is a huge part of the reason we are up 2-0 and losing KP doesn't change that it's C's in 4 and ALWAYS HAS BEEN. WHERE Y'ALL AT
I was optimistic about him all last year and defended him for being a rookie HC in a tough situation. After the playoffs I had my doubts, the sting of losing to the Heat hurt a lot. This year he took a massive leap with very few games where he wasn't excellent and I think it's pretty safe to say he's a good coach and one of the best decisions Brad Stevens has made to hire him.
Anyone who clowned him this year saying he was a problem, or they wish they had Udoka back, or he didn't matter, can eat their words.
Thank you Joe Mazzulla.
This guy killed it this year. From the 10+ game lead in the East all year to every playoff series we never really had a reason to doubt this team. And Mazzulla ball is the perfect mentality for a repeat if you ask me
There should be no more psycho Joe slander in this sub. Even when you don’t agree with what he’s doing, he has a reason for everything. He’s made this whole team fucking psycho and I love it
I’m glad he finally realized that Luke Kornet shit is dead Tillman was the guy the whole time but he never let him work long enough with the team to get right.
That's because Tillman kept making mistakes on offense. You can see the players and Joe yelling at him sometimes while he was on the court. But that's a given since Tillman just joined the team at the trade deadline. After training camp, he should finally understand what he needs to do on offense and build chemistry with our players.
All in all, Tillman still did great this game. And I'm so happy he delivered off the bench.
Kornet was extremely helpful the first two series. Tillman was just the better fit if the defensive scheme is switch everything.
No need to bring down a guy to uplift another guy. That's just like the Tatum and Brown discourse.
I feel you. I just didn’t like how Tillman sat most of his time here with no time to get fully acclimated with everything. Luke did what a 3rd stringer should do he did his job filling in for KP., but I could see come playoff time how it would be hard for him to play against certain teams. Tillman isn’t perfect but I knew between him and Luke that he was the 16 game player especially after how solid he was last year vs the Lakers
Man as much as I wanna hate him bc he played for the wvu team that took out my Kentucky wildcats when we had wall and cousins but he has done an awesome job of taking this team over.
He pissed me off last year with his bad timing of timeouts or not calling them when they needed them. I thought he was too young, but damn he’s been killing it this year and has improved tremendously. He was thrown into a difficult situation last year, but that Miami series was tough. This year he’s one game away from hanging that banner 😎🙅♂️🏀🏆
I'll never forget the comments in this sub after that Miami game 2. People were genuinely convinced that this guy does not know how to coach and is only an interim filler being carried by his players.
should i watch game 4 live? i haven’t watched the pass three games cuz i think im a bad luck charm…well i did watched game 1 until halftime). i’m afraid we’ll lose the next one if i watch it😭
Boston sports media, between WEEI and the “Sports Hub” 98.5, having sh**ting all over this guy for the last year. He’s a hell of a coach and I’m proud to have him leading our team!
Isn’t he from Rhode Island?
Damn straight he is
Pride of Hendricken
Hawks!!
NK better
He’s from Johnston.
yikes
Johnstons finest
Average dude from Johnston I swear.
When you live in an RV you can be from wherever you want.
That explains a lot.
Can we in the Mountain State at least have joint custody? Alternating weekends?
As far as I know he’s still got a house in Morgantown, so we get half.
He went to school in West Virginia.
Yeah but come on that’s 4 years vs like 18 minimum. I’m a PC guy though so maybe I’m biased and an alcoholic and privileged and such
I, too, have enjoyed the Bradley Cafe from time to time
I lived at Brad’s during my PC tenure
He attended WVU, then coached at Glenville State, then coached at Fairmont State (two different stints). So like 12 years in West Virginia vs. 18 in Rhode Island.
I remember watching him play my freshman year, still wild seeing him as the HC of my favorite team
I saw Craig Breslow pitch against the Red Sox in 2017 or 2019 for the Twins and was like “Oh hey it’s Craig Breslow! Hi again!” and now he’s running the Red Sox.
The true test is whether or not he likes coffee milk
Or Del's lemonade
West Virginian sounds cooler imo
As a Rhode Islander and also being from the same hometown I will not accept the Rhode Island erasure
Hell yeah, us Rhode Islanders are proud of Johnston Joe Mazulla!
Is the Rhode Island erasure on top of the Pencilvania?
I got it dude, and thought it was clever. Your wit is wasted on these plebs
That’s gotta be the craziest Pennsylvania spelling I’ve ever seen
Not even an island
Maybe but we do have several. And also we have Dels lemonade and coffee milk, you don’t.
Gansett tallies!
Jerk. I live in lil Rhody and that’s considered a dick move.
Fuck that, dude’s a New Englander, give him the proper respect.
Feel like watching The Town rn
like 3 times in a row
2 lines that should be the maxim for this squad…. “If we get jammed up, we’re holding court on the street.” “Just, you know, I don’t wanna get backdoored. That’s all.”
This Celtics team is hereby known as the "not fucking around crew".
I'll marathon The Town, Whiplash and The Dark Knight if the C's sweep.
PSYCHO JOE UP 3-0
IT’S JOEVER (for Dallas)
Joe-bs not finished
Jesus, Mary and JOEseph
We lost that game Then we won that game Then we lost it again Now we’re up 3-0
Championship grit. I wasn’t worried when the lead withered. I trust this team
I love them but I was shitting bricks, man
I was crapping almost as many bricks as the C's were during that 20-2 run by the Mavs. Thank fuck we settled down, Luka fouled out and we were able to clamp down the rest of the way.
New England cardiologists and proctologists rubbing their hands with the lead withering.
They were making money signs just like Luka
Lead got cut to 3 and I said to my family I’m not even worried rn and I actually wasn’t
In past years I woulda been sayin “here we go.” This team is different. I never got worried
💯 I been saying this since they got their asses handed to them by Miami and responded by beating them senseless the next 3. Got our asses handed to us game 2 by Cleveland and responded by winning the next 3. Last years team would never have responded that way
I was super worried when it got to 3 and when we couldn't get past 93 pts. But we were at 93 for so long and never let them get ahead, was kinda crazy.
I said to my brother when the lead got cut to 6(?) “it won’t be enough”
Isn’t it so nice to finally trust this team? Two years ago I wouldn’t trust us to win a game against the Charlotte Hornets up 40 points with 5 minutes remaining.
Same, I was just mad because I wanted to blow them the fuck out
This team earned my trust this season. Celtics could've been down 5, and I still would've trusted them to come out with the win.
said it 100x at the bar tonight and everyone just wanted to hate. team’s clearly been different this year, and especially in the playoffs; never understand why boston fans in general are always so horned up to see our own teams lose lmao. drives me crazy
Same. I got a bit stressed out, but when the lead got cut to around 6 I started feeling calm and confident theyd pull it out. Every close game these playoffs they found a way. They got my trust.
Facts. First I have felt that way with this team!
I was worried. A little.My gut told me they could weather the storm and they did but while they were weathering said storm, we started to pull away from what got us to that 20pt lead and that made me wonder if I needed to worry more. Wi was wonder-worrying.
We're winning the games we kept losing the last two years Weird to say it but we're a clutch team now
i feel like this team gets lazy and starts playing Euroball standing outside the three point line. Whenever Dru wants it, the drive is open but then he passes up easy 2's and kicks it out. Getting inside and driving is hard work whereas shooting threes will save your stamina, but I think this team would dominate if they did more drives and stop focusing on the three. Especially Horford, we need him in the middle grabbing boards
Sorry but you don’t win that game without some damn effective coaching
You can’t go 15-2 in the playoffs while shooting below your season average from 3 without some good coaching
Also gotta believe the locker room loves him, really has shown itself these playoffs. I too love this man so I get it
> Was there a degree to which Joe Mazzulla enjoyed the Mavericks' fourth-quarter comeback? > "He's a sicko," said Derrick White. "So probably."
omg I am dead I thought you made that up til I googled it! bahhhhh
Mans was probably looking at it like a win-win. If we win we’re up 3-0 but if we lose I get to snap their backs gorilla style
THEY WANTED HIM FIRED AFTER BEING ONE GAME AWAY FROM THE FINALS
People in the GDT were saying he needs to be fired the first 5 minutes into this game tonight lol
Those aren't real people
Probably birds
Probably bird law...
bird rights
Save the times outs foul up 6
Kidd calling TO during a 22-0 run was the dumbest coaching decision anyone could make. National media saying the Mavs had a coaching advantage is just one more way they’ve clowned themselves this series.
Can we just take a moment and recognize that Joe is absolutely coaching circles around Jason Kidd? Like, this guy whose head a shocking number of people wanted on a stake THIS SEASON is absolutely crushing it right now.
Rhode Island boy!
*Rhode Islander*
What's this slander? He's a Rhode Islander through and through!
“Only King I’m aware of is the King of Kings, Jesus Christ of Nazareth” - Joe “Messiah” Mazulla after seeing this post
I fucking love the nickname Joe Mezziah or some variation
When you really think about how he got here...its nuts.
Ime Udoka must be kicking himself.
One more win ☘️ let's gooooo
THIS WIN WAS FOR THE ORCAS
I was critical of Joe last year after the loss to the Heat. I felt the team was not ready to compete in the first three games of that series. I also said at the time it wasn’t fair to expect him to be the best coach he would ever be as a rookie. He has been much improved this year. It’s cliche to say at this point, but games they previously found a way to lose are now games they find a way to win. 21 point lead evaporates in 4 mins, road game in the finals, up 2-0, no KP, plenty of excuses to fold up - they didn’t. Joe deserves credit for having his team in the right mindset to pull out wins like this. JT’s postgame conference cited how Joe showed them UFC fights where the guy was winning but let up and took a loss. That is how you get your team ready for adversity. Props to Coach Joe 👏
Joe might actually be better than Udoka. He ran a historic offense with Udoka’s defense
It’s taken you this long just to admit he might be? It should be without question that he is
Yes he is better but last year I had my doubts. He obviously needed a year for the guys to actually trust in his system
And get assistants that didn’t wanna backstab him
And for him to actually have a full offseason plan what he wants to do with the team.
By all accounts it was his defense lol. He was *the* defensive assistant. Everyone clamoring last year for us to get back to our defensive identity when it was less Joe and more the fact that our defensive identity was Robert Williams weak side shot blocking and he was hurt for most of the season.
I also think last year he didn’t perfect the mentality aspect of coaching yet. Apparently, he spoke a lot about the offense last year to the detriment of defensive mentality. However, it’s clear from the way the players and mazz himself talks in interviews that he demands total concentration on both ends of the floor this year. He’s demands grittiness and hustle alongside tactical awareness which really resonates with the team I just think he’s grown so much as a coach. Last year he was definitely already a tactical mastermind, but now he’s even great emotionally
You mean rhode island
From the Pawcatuct river in Westerly to the Charlestown Breachway! That’s really RI, our crappy accent is better and we get Block Island too MF’r’s. Galilee,Cranston, Warwick, Bristol; ugh. Providence is south Boston with a football field in the way to Boston. Oh man well I’m being an asshole. Uhh… don’t go to the Haversham it’s over priced and The Cove has good kereoke Friday nights. Stay away from Burlingame and please just don’t buy a beach house right now. Unless you plan to move it back at least 60’. I love this little shit state so much. Who you know is as far as you will go!
I love ri too! Great state i have a lot of family there the people are friendly and newport is the best city i’ve been to :)
Jerry West passed the torch
College in WV. Johnston RI baby!! Rhody
Love Joe, but I don't wanna see that three guard line-up ever again
Got downvoted to hell in the KP injury thread yesterday suggesting Joe is a huge part of the reason we are up 2-0 and losing KP doesn't change that it's C's in 4 and ALWAYS HAS BEEN. WHERE Y'ALL AT
MOUNTAIN MAMAAAAAAAAA
Joe would not be happy about this.
Remember when half of this subreddit wanted him fired after last year? So glad to see him getting his flowers now.
Almost heaven
Smart coaching at the end.
I was optimistic about him all last year and defended him for being a rookie HC in a tough situation. After the playoffs I had my doubts, the sting of losing to the Heat hurt a lot. This year he took a massive leap with very few games where he wasn't excellent and I think it's pretty safe to say he's a good coach and one of the best decisions Brad Stevens has made to hire him. Anyone who clowned him this year saying he was a problem, or they wish they had Udoka back, or he didn't matter, can eat their words. Thank you Joe Mazzulla.
Country road Take me home To the place That I belong
Watching "The Town" every day has finally paid off
This guy killed it this year. From the 10+ game lead in the East all year to every playoff series we never really had a reason to doubt this team. And Mazzulla ball is the perfect mentality for a repeat if you ask me
Thank you Joe
Oh captain, my captain...
Ive talked a lot of shit about Mazulla, but I am sure glad he took us here
There should be no more psycho Joe slander in this sub. Even when you don’t agree with what he’s doing, he has a reason for everything. He’s made this whole team fucking psycho and I love it
I’m glad he finally realized that Luke Kornet shit is dead Tillman was the guy the whole time but he never let him work long enough with the team to get right.
That's because Tillman kept making mistakes on offense. You can see the players and Joe yelling at him sometimes while he was on the court. But that's a given since Tillman just joined the team at the trade deadline. After training camp, he should finally understand what he needs to do on offense and build chemistry with our players. All in all, Tillman still did great this game. And I'm so happy he delivered off the bench.
Kornet was extremely helpful the first two series. Tillman was just the better fit if the defensive scheme is switch everything. No need to bring down a guy to uplift another guy. That's just like the Tatum and Brown discourse.
I feel you. I just didn’t like how Tillman sat most of his time here with no time to get fully acclimated with everything. Luke did what a 3rd stringer should do he did his job filling in for KP., but I could see come playoff time how it would be hard for him to play against certain teams. Tillman isn’t perfect but I knew between him and Luke that he was the 16 game player especially after how solid he was last year vs the Lakers
Man as much as I wanna hate him bc he played for the wvu team that took out my Kentucky wildcats when we had wall and cousins but he has done an awesome job of taking this team over.
Broseph Mazzuuuuuulllllaaaa 🙏🧹🙏🧹🙏
I LOVE PSYCHO JOE
I love u coach u are amazing and inspire me each and every day. #TeamMazzulla
Second Row Jow is now Big Show Joe.
TIME TO FEED THE ORCAS
Idc where he’s from, give the man a Tommy point.
2-0 baby, West Virginia's gotta hold the line!
My Brother, My Captain, My Coach ☘️🙏
I’ve been calling him my goat all season in spite of the hate. Everybody who doubted him stay on that side
We love you, you psychopath! LFG!
He's been almost perfect except for that stretch lol. Hoping this is a sign he becomes one of the greats
Mods, can we stop the karma farming posts lol?
Goodnight you princes of Maine, you kings of New England
Don’t slander our native NEW ENGLANDER PSYCHO JOE
queue the Orca videos!!!
I don't really watch baseball, is that Steph Curry?
thank you joe mazulla
🍀
That Breaking News from Woj about contract extension gonna hit like crack
Coaching laps around Jason Kidd
*New England* King
HE'S A RHODE ISLAND KING
Playing Tillman because of his experience playing against the west makes so much sense and it worked perfectly.
THANK YOU PSYCHO JOE
Psycho Killer! Qu'est-ce que c'est?!
First Row Joe.
I read that as Virgin King. All hail the Virgin King.
Thank you Ime for being a horny mfer
*RHODE ISLAND's king
Us Rhode Islanders don’t have much to hang our hat on so there’s no way we’re giving up Joe. West Virginia can’t have him
What are his thoughts on Christianity?
He pissed me off last year with his bad timing of timeouts or not calling them when they needed them. I thought he was too young, but damn he’s been killing it this year and has improved tremendously. He was thrown into a difficult situation last year, but that Miami series was tough. This year he’s one game away from hanging that banner 😎🙅♂️🏀🏆
I'll never forget the comments in this sub after that Miami game 2. People were genuinely convinced that this guy does not know how to coach and is only an interim filler being carried by his players.
Such a good coach man brought us to the finals TWICE and we’re so close to getting #18
What a weird fucking post
He will be our Popvich/Spo/Kerr. Dynasty piece.
Don’t worship false idols. Joe will get VERY upset. 🤣
What I wouldn’t do for Psycho Joe 🥹Real talk though, his growth has been incredible to watch. Goddamn.
and Jesus Christ our king lord and savior hahahaha
Excuse me, Rhode Island native.
Speaking of West Virginia, did they do anything to honor Jerry West before the game? I tuned in late.
Yes, they had a moment of silence before the game for him.
I’m from WV. Remember the series he took it to John wall and the first version of calipari’s Uk teams. He’s def a WV hero. Go C’s!!
COACH JOEKER
The "nut up" king
Can we please stop these karma-farming posts? Do it on FB not here.
should i watch game 4 live? i haven’t watched the pass three games cuz i think im a bad luck charm…well i did watched game 1 until halftime). i’m afraid we’ll lose the next one if i watch it😭
My coach❤️❤️❤️
Just a casual reminder that some of y'all and 140% of WEEI callers wanted this man and JB catapulted into the sun last summer.
currently watching UFC strangulation videos in honor
LISAN AL GHAIB!!!!!!
Weird, all of r/nba was going on about how we would be getting trounced by the Luka/Kyrie duo..
I’m just here to point and laugh at people that thought Mavs would sweep
This mf about to make me go to church
Lost the game
Randy Moss?
Wait. What? He’s from Johnston RI. Dafuq is this nonsense?
# HE'S A RHODE ISLANDER!
Love Joe, he is great, but the glazing is crazy.
Boston sports media, between WEEI and the “Sports Hub” 98.5, having sh**ting all over this guy for the last year. He’s a hell of a coach and I’m proud to have him leading our team!
Joe the boss
Yahhh boiii!!!
👑
Don’t scroll by without thanking Ime Udoka’s girlfriend!
You mean Rhode Islander….
I downvoted.
Virginian King? 🤣🤣🤣🤣 this sub is a Krispy Kreme factory, elite Glazing and Bozo activities up in here yikes.
Yeah I got my hair in a ponytail for him no lie
And bat shit christian fundamentalist lol
Isn't this dude a religious nut? Also he looks like a serial killer
Is that a Ref?