Bob Ryan is a sportswriting legend, but honestly I think both his and Jeff Goodman's takes here are very poor. Here's what I wrote right after the loss on Sunday:
In case you're wondering, Stevens signed a contract extension prior to the playoffs and will NOT be fired as some fans want. He's had four different teams the past four seasons and had led three of them to the Eastern Conference Finals in years they weren't predicted to get there. There was the Isaiah led team of 2017. There was the young guys in 2018 that made the Finals despite the loss of Kyrie and Hayward for the season.