Joe Mazzulla, fascinating, not yet anointed. Look under the hood. What formed a guy, tempered him, damaged and resurrected him.
Formative years. Mazzulla used his time on the bench wisely.
Joe Mazzulla helped get WVU into the Final Four by proposing a 1-3-1 defense to coach Bob Huggins. Always had coaching pedigree pic.twitter.com/cbkxjuH5RJ
— Anthony Puccio (@APOOCH) June 18, 2024
Mazzulla took hard coaching. He embraced criticism.
Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla on Jerry West:
— WVU Men's Basketball (@WVUhoops) June 13, 2024
"He had a tough way of showing that he loved you, but he was super, super competitive and he really, really cared about you."pic.twitter.com/lN70nE4aip
Joe Mazzulla doesn't like the high school self. He sees him as short-tempered and reacting before thinking. He called that "Growing Pains."
Philosophy. Prepare for copycats. "He incessantly emphasized pace, space, ball movement, and taking the right shot offensively, regardless of what happened in a given game. Defensively, he got the most out of Boston's absurd personnel by removing the inexplicable lapses that cost the Celtics in past seasons."
“The healthiest relationship to have with success is to understand that you can still get better, and so I think that’s the space that we have to live in.”
Porzingis said, "“As coach said yesterday in the first meeting, we have to live that lifestyle. We have to live that life day-to-day. We have to put in the work, and then, in the end, if we put in the work, we will achieve the results. But it has to be like a daily focus. Not always keeping only that big goal in our minds. We’re keeping that in mind.”
Coaching clinics. "If you're late for class, then you're going to be late to a rotation." LQO - learning, questioning, ownership.
Where am I?
Where do I want to get to
How will I get there?
What will get in the way?
Video. Above all the brain is the organ that predicts and craves predictability. Our brain constantly predicts which allows unpredictability to disrupt us.
It’s interesting to hear Joe Mazzulla promote chaos and unpredictability in training!
— Transforming Basketball (@transformbball) June 20, 2024
”The game is so unpredictable and a lot of times in the coaching world, you practice predictability and comfort, our (Celtics) guys have done a great job buying into the opposite.” pic.twitter.com/6jbJGLloW2
Joe Mazzulla sought out advice from @KevinGarnett5KG and @paulpierce34 early in his head coaching career.
— All the Smoke Productions (@allthesmokeprod) June 19, 2024
He took their advice and has stayed true to himself ever since. pic.twitter.com/wHhfRJq09V
“Praise and criticism are both just as dangerous, if you don’t handle them well. Winning is just as dangerous as losing if you don’t handle it well. Our guys handled winning the right way. Whether we won or lost, we just moved onto the next game,” Joe Mazzulla
— The Winning Difference (@thewinningdiff1) June 18, 2024
Humility wins. pic.twitter.com/9i5kYVOQSa
The great author Maya Angelou says, "when someone shows you who they are, believe them."
Quotes. Get caught saying the truth.Derrick White names his favorite Joe Mazzulla quote:
— Noa Dalzell 🏀 (@NoaDalzellNBA) June 13, 2024
“When he won coach of the month, I said ‘hey, congratulations.’ And he just looked at me and said ‘nobody cares.’” pic.twitter.com/Y8qfdrsFAj
Lagniappe. The things that win are still the things that win.
This certainly couldn’t age poorly, right?
"Unless they change the light bulbs in the arena, they won't be any brighter than they were last series."
— br_betting (@br_betting) June 5, 2024
Celtics are -225 to win the Finals...
This definitely won't age poorly, right? 😅 pic.twitter.com/zWvhRopnSs