Doc Is Coach Of The Month
Press Release from the C's:
BOSTON – Boston Celtics Head Coach Glenn "Doc" Rivers was named Coach of the Month for the month of November. Rivers is the first Celtic coach to be named Coach of the Month since Chris Ford was named Coach of the Month for the month of April, 1992 when the Celtics went 9-1.
Rivers guided the Celtics to a 13-2 month. The 13 wins tied the team for the most wins in franchise history during the month of November with the 1985-86 Celtics who were 13-1. The Celtics also started out 8-0 at home in the TD Banknorth Garden which is the best start at home since the 1985-86 Celtics who started 9-0. The Celtics allowed a league-low 88.6 points per game during November and also led the league in points per game differential averaging 13.7 points more per game than their opponents, the only team in the NBA to average 10 or more points per game than their opponent. The margin of victory for the Celtics was even larger at home as the team averaged 21.6 more points than their opponents at the TD Banknorth Garden. The Celtics also posted the best field goal percentage defense in the NBA holding opponents to 41.0 percent from the floor. The Celtics posted the second best field goal percentage offense in the NBA, shooting 48.3 percent.
This is the first time in Rivers’ career that he has been named the NBA’s Coach of the Month. He joins Ford, Jimmy Rodgers and K.C. Jones as the only Celtics coaches to win the award since its inception in the 1982-83 season.
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Way to go, Doc. He took his pounding too and its nice to see some props go his way. I still think he should have had to deliver just this before he got the extra year but maybe the ownership that pulled this rabbit out of hat knew what it was doing here too.
Doc must be the 2nd happiest person in the NBA after Pierce w. KG and RA and looking down the bench at James Posey insead of G.Green, Eddie House instead of Telfair/West, and Tom Thibodeau.
I would rather him get this award in May and June when he actually has to do something Rather than ride the GPA early season train. When the Playoff season starts thats when Doc’S real coaching ability will show….. I hope we get the “Good” Doc and not the “Evil” Doc…. LOL
by Irish17 on Dec 3, 2007 7:18 PM EST reply actions
Anyone coaching this team can get Coach of the Month
by Frontierboy on Dec 3, 2007 8:04 PM EST reply actions
Great for Doc and Great for the Celtic family. I am sure he will get more. betwqeen now and June.Keep it up Doc.
by Freeease1 on Dec 3, 2007 8:22 PM EST reply actions
So far, Garnett, Allen and Thibodeau have been enough to compensate for Doc’s shortcomings. Hopefully that will continue into the playoffs.
So far, getting rid of half a team with an average age of 21 is enough to to stop the sabotage on Doc actually trying to run a team (as opposed to force-feeding minutes to assorted chumps and tanking games).
Ahh. 6 to 5 right now is the count fro positive comments vs. negative or neutral comments above. Amazing. All I can say is that last year’s team performed worse than I thought it would and this year’s team has exceeded expectations. I was not a hater, but I thought he should have been fired last year. At 14-2 with a newly formed team is as impressive as it gets. Kudos to Doc and shame on those who refuse to give credit to a guy who works hard, seems like a very decent man and may in fact know more about basketball and his players than any of you.
I knew the haters would still find a way to take gratuitous shots. Come on, we could go round and round all day on this one, Jordan, Shaq and Kobe should have been Coach of the Year, Phil should not get credit for the 9 championships, Duncan, Parker and Ginobli should get all of Popovich’s accolades, and round and round we go. Coaches get too much credit when teams win and too much blame when they lose. Everyone knows it is a players league, when you don’t have enough talent you can’t win, when you have elite talent you can. Everyone but the haters that is. In their twisted universe, only Doc gets blamed for losing with inferior talent, but does not get the credit when winning with superior talent.
Congratulations to Doc! Very happy for him, especially with his personal hardships this month. Now get the minutes down!
by orrzor on Dec 3, 2007 10:24 PM EST reply actions
Nicely said, Neurotic Guy. If people are paying attention, they’ll see that Doc has done a good job.
He’s used the bench very wisely, timing substitutions well and finding bench combinations that consistently outplay the other team’s. His offensive schemes are well-designed for the players he has, and people are understanding it—including a lot of new guys and a rookie.
That doesn’t happen just because KG is here. In other words, throw me in with the positive comments.


































