Rich Eisen on the Challenges ahead for New Lakers Head Coach JJ Redick | The Rich Eisen Show

Rich Eisen reacts to JJ Redick’s comments at his introductory press conference as the Lakers’ new head coach.
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[@treefiddy209]

How is a Boston fan upset over course language. Have you ever been to a home game smh

[@lhfirex]

Not enough racial slurs thrown around for the Boston fan.

[@aiwash2766]

@@lhfirex😂😂 damn

[@madhack69]

@@lhfirex😂 FACTS 💯

[@JoshuaMartian-go3tm]

He’s just upset JJ didn’t say hella wicked after every sentence.🍀

[@bosssaucesecurity]

“I’m not anti-cursing, but do we need to do that?” I don’t want to hear that coming from a Boston sports fan😂😂

[@justinroberts7373]

For reals, and the scrutiny JJ has received, he NEEDED to make his point with passion!

[@bosssaucesecurity]

@@justinroberts7373 I’m not a laker fan but I liked this a lot. At the very least I believe he wants to do a good job and is going to try hard.

[@nervenllarena4948]

@@bosssaucesecurity yeah cuz not everybody wants to do a good job others want to be bad at their job LOL

[@colethornton6263]

Maybe the softest I’ve ever heard Brockman sound 😂

[@partypandamonium9116]

Jj could’ve been a coach for the raptors literally last year, it’s not like this came completely out of left field

[@ajhill251117]

The guy in the Rich E. office who's a Boston fan having an issue with the NEW Lakers coach cussing lol. OhMyGAWD, he cursed!! Lol

[@JoshuaMartian-go3tm]

It was wicked hella, wrong. 😅

[@willault9120]

Seriously 🤦‍♂️

[@connordelacerda1233]

boston fans have no room to talk about inappropriate language 😂😂

[@matthewhall1467]

Brockman pearl clutching like a little old lady from Lexington lmao

[@BabylonGateLA]

That damn bald Bostonian is beyond me! A Bostonian saying things about bad words thrown around 😂😂😂

[@billshun3963]

He did it intentionally for the ratings.

[@2005YouTubeUser]

Brockman sounding so soft and salty

[@e15b]

Brockman knows all too much about “trying too hard”

[@joejuan5022]

He’s already shown that he wants it more than Darvin “pocket” Ham

[@loganv2002]

As a Lakers fan, he said everything right and made me excited for a season for the first time in a while

[@loganv2002]

How do people talk about Draymond being a future coach but criticize this move?😂😂

[@JoshuaMartian-go3tm]

What’s the record for coaches getting fined and kicked out of games, cuz Dray will definitely break it. 😅

[@dustyhwelch]

Jeff Saturday approves this hire.

[@NoFace-ke9pc]

Lmao. Leading an NFL team and leading an NBA team are sooooo different. It's so much harder to be an NFL head coach.

[@2005YouTubeUser]

Apples to oranges bud

[@ThomasHoffDE]

hah. lol. you got it right

[@codyb.3015]

@@NoFace-ke9pc Being an interim head coach isn't the same thing as being an actual NFL head coach Most interims don't even get contracts, especially considering anyone available during the season probably isn't qualified (Good people are already on other teams) I'm a Colts fan, it's obvious we were tanking. We gutted the offensive staff, benched the starting QB, then hired someone with no experience. Classic tank job, and it worked. Idk wtf the Lakers are doing.

[@codyb.3015]

Jeff Saturday was never given a HC contract. He just took over as an interim on a season we already gave up on. It's not as dumb as people like you act. If he got a new contract, then it'd be worth mocking, but it really wasn't that crazy. Colts now have a top 10 HC, easy.

[@nathanaelboyd2017]

Let’s not forget that Joe Mazzulla pushed hard to bring Reddick on his coaching staff a year ago

[@brycehoward4139]

On his coaching staff not as his replacement lol

[@pradeepverghese1323]

That means he expects him to be able to coach ​@@brycehoward4139

[@DemarrcoSmith]

New apron won't allow a 3rd superstar, but they can still get players that fit around AD and LBJ.

[@zachtuesday]

Brockman seems so negative. Always playing devils advocate. Lighten up dude

[@ShortOne324]

That roster isn't uncoachable. Darvin Ham was just a terrible coach. That's it.

[@luislaureano228]

Exactly! and yet the media (especially BSPN) has been hell-bent on defending the guy and even calling him a "great coach".

[@kman9884]

The roster has one *glaring* hole: LeBron. Take this roster for the past 6 years without LeBron, replaced with a solid role player who is competent on defense, play through AD, and LA has 3 rings.

[@JoshuaMartian-go3tm]

Only ppl who ACTUALLY watched Lakers games know how insufficient Ham was.

[@markkostka6897]

You gotta love these delusional Lakers fans. Don't worry, after trading for an aging star for draft picks the Lakers will win with LeGM THIS time. Because the roster is what? Coachable? LeFlop is coachable and won't throw Redick under the bus in 2 years. Makes sense.

[@MrWCLewis12]

They’ve proven their uncatchable by the fact they’ve had four coaches and six years or something stupid like that. LeBron specifically is uncatchable. It’s not rocket science. It’ll be fun watching him turn on JJ now too

[@GoldudeMK]

This will go absolutely great or absolutely terrible, 0 in-between

[@markkostka6897]

After 5 coaches LeBron has thrown under the bus when they barely make the Playin game at age 40 explain how this is possible to go "absolutely great"? Why it will be different from every team of the Lakers with LeBron without the bubble? Maybe because at age 40 he'll keep carrying the team without injury.

[@GoldudeMK]

@@markkostka6897 im not saying its likely, or even close to likely. im just saying he is either becoming an all time coaching hire or this will end in complete disaster It wont be "oh hes fine but we fired him after 4 years because he wasnt quite getting the job done in the playoffs"

[@StrengthOfSamson45]

Rich is like the sports world dad.

[@giangutierrez4989]

Brockmans wardrobe went from np sir to wtf you just say 😆

[@kurtrogers9658]

Loved his response!

[@nathanaelboyd2017]

JJ was honestly one of the best at covering NBA topics over the past couple of seasons. Gonna miss old man and the three and his other content

[@vijayvarghese1652]

In game 2 of the nba finals he admitted on air that he didn't know a certain rule that was called...

[@wesroberts953]

JJ needs to trademark "engagement farming industry" if it is truly a new term. I loved it.

[@catherinewilliams9680]

J.J spent four years watching Coach K interact with the press... To see how it was done correctly. Then, he watched everyone of his NBA coaches to see how to interact with the press incorrectly. He's smart enough to know how to interact with the press.

[@Josh_Stringer]

I loved Rich's description of cursing. "The public coarsening of our discourse." Brilliant. Personally, it seems unprofessional and the "coarsening" isn't a good thing.

[@ManicSV3]

Bro the Celtics just won a championship and he still took the chance to act like a salty Celtics fan and over criticize a presser answer. Let's not forget how Celtics fans talk to their own players AND Kyrie.

[@BabylonGateLA]

Lakers live rent free on his head 😂😂😂

[@lynnerose7891]

Kyrie is absolutely an abominable person. And he deserved it after the way he treated the fans and that city. Brockman is just a MASSIVE hypocrite. It’s the way everyone from Boston IS. It never leaves you. But don’t pretend Kyrie didn’t deserve it….or that he said it was just competitive. Yea, I know he was lying but if he said it, don’t be pretending he’s some kind of angel.

[@jingqi9106]

The "EFI"? 😂

[@TheeRomantic]

Big JJ Energy ❤

[@IGI_Media]

The Rich Eisen Show - whut's the over/under on the "coach speak" phrases ? i.e. "I don't have a crystal ball!"

[@taylorevans1199]

It's a good hire if this is LeBrons last year.

[@jeezze07]

That’s how JJ is! Love it!

[@clildroneBlandbrins]

I mean he interviewed for the Raptors coach...so there were obviously other opportunities than calling games.

[@FreeRoyalPowerHour]

Brockman claims that was a bit “aggressive” and that JJ is “trying too hard”. That’s spoken like someone that hasn’t listened to JJ speak on his pod or anywhere off of TV.

[@DD-sr9xm]

More reasons to talk about a play-in team. West going to be even tougher next season as Memphis, Houston and SA will all be better. If Utah stops tanking, only Portland will be a likely win. Gunna be a tall task for Pelinka to upgrade and JJ to find the wins.

[@bradleyparks812]

This will be so funny I can't wait for the circus. Old Lebron, Young Bronny, AD and JJ oh this should be the best comedy show ever.

[@Dr._Wan___PharmD]

Numerous challenges and roadblocks for JJ but few options and answers.

[@farakhhanif]

How did “making a big splash for a third star” work out the last time they did that? They gutted a good roster for Westbrook, and now they want to do this again?

[@jackjackthompson5771]

Whats the point????

[@Ann-mq2te]

He was such a great choice the Lakers went after Hurley and hired JJ once he said no.

[@nas7815]

This is the same as Jeff Saturday’s hiring with the Colts. I don’t know why Rich is simping for JJ and not giving an honest opinion.

[@Salman.ota91]

Dan hurley JUST 4 DAYS . . Cmon Rich

[@Mgranadosv]

"I don't give a F about that" sure, now, in the off season, when you haven't had a losing streak or are getting booed by the people in the seats and the media asking for you to get canned. It's easy not to care on your first day.

[@gbmbg114]

To be completely fair though, JJ has been through the fire in that regard.. if you remember back to his Duke days, he was one of the more hated athletes I’ve ever seen.. and his response to that was part of why I’ve been a fan since then.. he’s got that dawg in him.. I think him not giving af is pretty sincere.. And obviously a different scenario here, but it’s like with anything, if you stay focused on the task at hand, you have a better chance of reaching the goal.. plus, guys like JJ and Lebron would be way more let down by not getting there than by boos or media scrutiny.. that’s what confidence and self-criticism/improvement can do.. imho at least

[@arlondwilliams971]

My thoughts exactly

[@Mgranadosv]

@@gbmbg114 I don't doubt he has a thick skin, but he says he doesn't pay attention to the talk, with a super mad voice about it. If they don't do well, fans are ruthless, nevermind the media.

[@MrSpanishmike310]

Let's effen goooo.

[@ksh9504]

Jj and the Lakers are going to be cooking soon

[@georgieboy_htown4eva4eva]

Does LeBron hold the record for most coaches fired/hired? Excluding Spoelstra.

[@blessembreaks]

We all know who the real coach is of the Lakers and if they somehow win it or make it to the Finals, Lebron should win coach of the year

[@natewright7419]

Dumpster FIRE!!! Watch!

[@dre32pitt]

Mark my words.. one n done like a Kentucky Wildcat from a decade ago lol

[@kharidiggs]

dallas could’ve made free agency moves 😂😂😂 LA cannot

[@CaseyMcGeorge]

Probably just me…but coaching in a suit is unnecessary, probably uncomfortable and way overrated. I’m fine with the polos.

[@momohmart]

Agreed with Brockman. JJ postured and tried too hard. Same when kids and guys say "I don't give a f***", which means they do. Also with Rich that JJ's tired of the scrutiny. But good luck JJ.

[@bernarddo6594]

Listening to the reporters questions would shine more light on how JJ answers the questions. It doesn’t give it Justice. Out of context smh.

[@andrewsimckes5748]

His 4 year salary as coach will be equal to 28% what he mad3 in a 15 year playing career that is what he cares about.

[@vincelopez8844]

For the love of god don’t get any of the atl players. Tre can’t play defense and every point guard in the west is elite, Murray isn’t even a top 5 sg in the league. They need to stick with Austin trade dlo vando and another piece for young talent role players and trade down in the draft to acquire more picks then you could go after someone without trading away your team like they have been doing for years now

[@natedolce8796]

With you, Brockman. It sounds undignified, unintelligent, and uncivilized. Which is a shame because JJ seems to be none of those things. But it IS how he sounded doing that.

[@Shah_g1130]

Not a big fan of JJ and his smugness lol. I will however say if he brings suits back I’ll respect him! Really miss coaches looking classy.

[@doubledown0411]

The Lakers best player is about to be 40. Their 2nd best player is a made of porcelain. Making JJ Redick the Coach ain't fixing any of that. Ill be shocked if Redick wins 100 games before he gets fired.

[@nathanabraham4639]

How doesn't Sam Cassel not even get a interview?

[@evanreakes]

lol Rich saying vulgar language becoming more acceptable. The current words I hear/see used the most by the public are crazy, insane, and wild.

[@madhack69]

He looks good in a suit w/ his mane slicked back… All he needed to get on the Lakeshow 😂

[@shawnanderson9490]

Fanboy coaching his favoritest players... that'll work.

[@user-fr6zx8rh8q]

I'm not big on the swearing, mainly because it shows your overly emotional and sensitive. If you're going to throw F-bombs at every question that digs into you, you're not going to make it, especially in a high profile job like the Lakers. The reporters and online pundits are going to eat you alive, especially if things go south quickly in his first season.

[@jorad4887]

Zero experience in coaching andc he gets the head coach?? What happened to Jeannie bus? Thought she was a great visionary

[@prevyhiphop]

It’s wild that Jerry West went at JJ Reddick for the plumber comment and now, not too long after he dies, JJ is HC for the LAL. 🤯

[@nyshoefly]

JJ has no business cursing as if that was a stupid question about experience. So sick of this entitled generation.

[@THELOF1]

JJ seems to be a genuinely good guy. But this just shows the lack of respect the Lakers have towards the head coaching position. JJ is woefully unqualified to be a head coach in the NBA least of which the Lakers organization. I’m not one for conspiracy but it seems like Lebron wanted him as coach, there was some pushback from the team so the brought in Dan Hurley, lowballed his offer so they could say, hey we tried to get someone but they didn’t take the offer so we went with JJ.

[@davidlewis2681]

This is not going to end well...

[@paulsmith9198]

The profanity during the press conference was a nice touch. I'm sure LeBron whispered that advice in his ear the night before.

[@JUANGARCIA-ic5ty]

I like it guy! lol

[@r3tr0actiongamer24]

This is a joke, LeBald runs the lakers. Can’t wait til a real coach arrives

[@lexist7]

ZERO coaching experience and his first job is the Lakers head coach. Such an insult to people who actually work hard at their job.

[@trent_k]

You don’t think JJ worked hard as an NBA player or as an analyst? Those are adjacent fields which both involve watching a lot of film and breaking down coverages. It is a surprising move, but it’s nit like JJ has been loafing around these last few years

[@andrewsimckes5748]

Rich should start treading a little lightweight as he insults Jerry Jones because he gas a lot of sway in the league abd Rich is a league employee until Mr All in who does not have a thick skin comes calling and tells Goodell that Rich needs to go.

[@roxas7136]

SAD SAD day in LA. The lakers are now the laughing stock of the league. Pelinka needs to get fired.

[@rams6992]

I hope he brings suits back. Modern coaches look like fitness trainers

[@theMinutemanPodcast]

Such a great hire! Now the Lakers can end the season at the 11th spot in the West!

[@Own.lee.who.men.516]

JJ Reddick's goal here and going forward is appealing to the Millennial and Gen Z generations. Unfortunately.

[@gregshoopman6369]

Jason Kidd was inexperienced

[@dwightwordlaw5170]

Lebron isn’t going to win a fifth ring.

[@DJJessie37]

Rich is way too high on this hire. Not a single criticism to a coach who has never been a coach.

[@ObiAmajoyiSrMD]

What good does the criticism do? It’s just noise.

[@pradeepverghese1323]

How caan he criticize when he doesnt know the outcome. Man some of you haters are dumb

[@ByGriPhone]

This and drafting Bronnie will surely negatively impact LeBron's last NBA years. Forget about the GOAT talks, LeBron just willfully left that race.

[@ThomasHoffDE]

the cursing was a planned show move. get a sound bite. we'll see how he coaches. Laker s are a dumpster fire

[@nyshoefly]

2 of the greatest players ever??? LMAO

[@matthewoaks4715]

I kinda gotta disagree with the cussing. Has pop ever done that in an interview?

[@Plants28]

Rich is one of the best. But unfortunately, he has one of the WORST most obnoxious co-hosts ever. Rich is just so good i still watch.

[@stevewise1656]

Of course the Boston guy has a problem with JJ cursing. Give me a break! I lived in Boston and they curse every other word mofo.

[@aidanorsino1]

He all ready acting like a pawn for the agent , ok just because Pat Reilly , Tia Luwe , Dan Hurley , etc etc etc wouldn’t except that means nothing , the team is not correct and he will not fix it or be allowed to fix it - talk about real teams

[@bdc2320]

The best part is NO MORE PODCAST

[@jordanslingluff287]

JJ just needs to do what Lebron tells him to do. I mean several million a year and get canned after 2-3 years. Id do it

[@FallJacket]

We really asking why JJ had to swear?

[@kman9884]

JJ’s going to figure out quickly, how terrible it is to be a coach for LeBron. He will get blamed by Klutch media for all of LA’s shortcomings, while not being able to scheme the team effectively- meaning LeBron plays ~15 minutes/game and Davis is the offensive focus.

[@tommycorbett929]

The swearing is tasteless and tacky. He thinks hes still on his podcast

[@braidenb3973]

It’s so dumb, he’s just going to play himself 40+ minutes a night 🤦‍♂️

[@tylerk4641]

He's gonna be a phenomenal coach. I just don't think Hurley would have succeeded. Transitioning from the college to NBA as a coach is very tough. JJ's personality , his conpetivness , confidence, him really leaning into the X's and O's / analytics and someone who's seen as a basketball savant and genius and someone who's seen also as a leader this was a excellent hire and man oh man he's gonna be one hell of a coach. Super happy! Was the clear best candidate in the entire process compared to the other candidates and will be very fun to see him in action moving forward

[@patrickmoreau7592]

It reminds me of when Coach Belicheck made defensive coaches offensive coordinators. It worked out so well 😂😂😂

[@billshun3963]

Belichick GREAT coach GM not so much 😂

[@patrickmoreau7592]

@@billshun3963 his coaching in the last few years were not great.

[@billshun3963]

@@patrickmoreau7592 you have to lay the blame on the GM Bill B, Pats didn’t draft a single offensive player until the 4th round last season.

[@patrickmoreau7592]

@@billshun3963 you are correct 👍🏻

[@trent_k]

How is this the same? Wouldn’t a better comparison be the Nets hiring Jason Kid?

[@marcussanders9493]

I'm 32 and i cant not tell you how much I miss NBA coaches wearing suits !! Makes the games feel more important and professional

[@Keroppi200]

First

[@ThespianAJB]

Rich and co. need to focus on NFL more and other sports less... so much is happening right now on certain teams that it is very curious the media isn't covering the breaking news as it happens. Someone is dropping the ball, and picking up a basketball or hockey puck or baseball... What happened to football, the #1 sport in America. Com'on Rich... We need football talk not basketball... boring.

[@PetaBread27]

Lakers will win again in 2029 when they finally get to use a draft pick.

[@nolanwoods4173]

This is all getting waaayyyy too much coverage

[@Doctor_Yodel]

It’s the lakers of course it’s gonna get too much coverage

[@2005YouTubeUser]

Are you new to sports media?

[@hktz1]

Saying that he doesn't care by cursing reminds me of "I'M CALM!!!" Obviously he cares about the criticism.