Boston Celtics: 3 defining hallmarks of Ime Udoka’s Cs culture
Ime Udoka’s philosophy: You battle on the court, I’ll battle the refs’ BS
Ime Udoka essentially told* the world that if you want to see whining about foul calls, you’ll need a greyhound to Brooklyn or a flight to LAX to see it. It won’t be in Boston.
*I may have inferred a bit.
Jayson Tatum need not use James Harden or LeBron James to model his foul-drawing tendencies or post-call behaviors after. Jaylen Brown the same.
You have to love this culture-setting tone:
Ime Udoka said the Celtics got a little chippy at practice today and he told them to let him be the one to “bitch at the refs.”
— Jay King (@ByJayKing) October 6, 2021
“We’re not gonna be a team that cries the whole time. That’s definitely not me.”
This is a call for accountability on the players not to take away the viewing experience of the game. It’s off-putting to see someone unhappy with everything called by the refs. It makes you question what you’re seeing.
Simply put, it’s not what many fans want to see to escape from the everyday grind of life. And Udoka’s making sure you don’t when you tune into a Boston Celtics game.
When you don’t get conditioned to blame the ref, you may find yourself blaming your teammates less. Perhaps that makes one look inward. From there, perhaps, organic internal improvement?
What a concept!
Udoka is setting up the Cs for something big here in 2021-22 and beyond. At least that’s how it appears from where we’re standing.
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