Milwaukee Bucks should not set fire to Mike Budenholzer

The hashtags “FireBud” have started to take over social media, especially Twitter, as Milwaukee Bucks fans change their avatars and Twitter names to their displeasure with Bucks head coach Mike Budenholzer , expressed.

That feeling of unhappiness began after Milwaukee’s disappointing departure from the 2019 playoffs in which they lost four straight games to the Toronto Raptors after leading the series 2-0. Budenholzer showed an unattractive trait that challenged him going back to his days as head coach of the Atlanta Hawks: the inability to make successful changes. It was clear he was so high as Nick Nurse was always one step ahead and coached circles around the biggest stage the Bucks had been in for nearly two decades.

The disadvantage accumulated during the 2019 season and into the 2019-20 season. However, a second straight-season regular $$ helped to dispel some of those sentiments as they were at a distance for a 70-share win until early March.

At least we thought those feelings were diminishing; they do not appear to have been overtaken.

When the NBA season was suspended in March of 2020 due to COVID-19 and later returning to a bubble in Orlando, the Bucks were never able to catch the mojo they were playing. success in front of fans. They slept walking through all eight bubble games before beating Orlando Magic in the first round of the playoffs. That’s when all hell broke loose.

Milwaukee moved out to the Miami Heat, the worst opponent they could have from a tactical and matchup standpoint, in just five games in the second round. And for the second straight year, the Bucks season ended too soon and too soon.

This result led many fans up in arms about the appearance of Budenholzer’s second direct mail (at least with the Bucks) and cited many of his flaws as reasons he should have been fire in due course. At the top of that list is what many see as an inability to change. After taking control of the regular season for two straight years, Milwaukee appeared on both ends of the court in the playoffs and never found the answers to counting tactical moves. their opponent.

Fast forward this season and the calls for Budenholzer’s work have gotten louder and more obnoxious than ever. The Bucks just grabbed a five-game losing streak in which they lost to the Phoenix Suns and Utah Jazz on the road (both understandable), and then to the Oklahoma City Thunder and games back at home. against those pesky raptors. The last three ruined everyone’s feathers the most and was the final straw for many fans.

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Covid-19 has the touchdowns throughout this season, making it one of the toughest in NBA history. For a start, there was a shortened training camp that prevented Budenholzer from implementing wholesale changes for his team. With very little practice time, he was unable to help his boys adapt to the myriad of defensive contracts he has been putting in place so far this season. And certainly since heck hasn’t had time to make those changes through non-existent seasonal routines.

Take the past month as an example. The Bucks had just folded a backup by defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder. The tournament marked their 14th game in the past 24 days and Milwaukee had their last two days off in a row from a return game on January 25th and 26th. The next time that happens is February 26th and 27th; a whole month later. The Bucks will not use Saturday to allow players to put their bodies back, as they have games to come Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday. When this piece is said and done, they will have played 17 unusual games in a 30 day race.

With no practice time to implement new schemes and strategies, the Bucks had to do so in live games with the whole world watching. There have been times of UGLY where the lack of knowledge and communication is evident and has led to a major breach of defense. But that’s the life of this season, because games are the only time for testing.

Speaking of experimentation, fans clam for Budenholzer to try this season; like Nurse in years past. And now that it is, and it is not working, fans want to hold that against Budenholzer as well. However, the sheer nature of testing means that there is a reasonable chance and that is what we are seeing at this stage.

The point of these tests is not that the Bucks should win games in January and February; otherwise. The hope and goal is to get the kinks out now and really hit the highs in April, May and June when the games are most important.

Before the start of the season, everyone agreed that the Bucks ’regular season would not significantly affect the team’s chances of winning a tournament once the playoffs began. In fact, we’ve seen this story for two straight years and Milwaukee’s run through their rivals from October to April didn’t bring them to competition. However, now that they are struggling in the regular season these games are suddenly counting. Basically, Budenholzer was ruined if he did and would be ruined if he did not.

Shooting Budenholzer and encouraging one of his supporters, perhaps Darvin Ham, would not improve the Bucks ’chances of winning the NBA finals this season. Any changes and modifications made by a new head coach to the Bucks scheme would have to be made in a test-on-fire setting during the live matches. And that’s exactly what Budenholzer has been up to all season! To make a fire Budenholzer would be a waste of a year of prime minister Giannis Antetokounmpo, which is the last thing the Bucks should want to do.

To cover it, I’m not saying the Bucks shouldn’t have fired last season and I’m not saying they shouldn’t fire after this season if Milwaukee fall short of their ultimate goal again. I’m just raising my flag that shooting a head coach in the middle would be a disastrous decision seo frantic, sprint of season and still have reasonable hopes of winning competition. And that’s why we’re all here, aren’t we?