This guy doesn’t hold back does he? What I like about Jimmy Butler is that if there’s a problem, he talks about it. Players with inconsistent work ethic? He calls them out. Coach not doing it for the team? Butler is your man.
Some people are not taking Butler’s words too kindly, but he doesn’t regret the words said. Lesson for the kids. Never apologise for speaking the truth.
“Do I regret it? No.” Butler said after Monday’s shootaround. “[I was] a little frustrated after a loss, yeah, but then again, I put a lot of it on myself now because I gotta lead better, can’t allow stuff to happen. Yeah, we lost one I didn’t want to lose at home against Detroit and the way that we lost against New York. You got raw emotion right then and there [after the Knicks game].“
Fred Hoiberg has responded to the comments aimed at him. He didn’t fully agree but he gave a decent amount of spin towards it.
“It’s a great question,” Hoiberg said when asked if he needed to coach this group harder. “Are there some things I can do better? Sure. Are there some things that all of us can do better? Absolutely. Are there some things I need to demand probably a little bit more? Sure. But it’s something where I thought we made a lot of progress as a team. It’s getting back to those things we demanded leading into that win streak. It’s about staying consistent with that and continue to build off what made us a successful team that week.“
So basically he’s saying there’s always room for improvement and they need to get that consistency back. He never really referred to Butler’s comments, but did you really expect him to?
