My problem isn't with how the team plays, it's with the rotations. His rotations have been bad before this season when the starting unit played too much and the substitutions were not intuitive, they were based too much on who should play how many minutes so egos are not hurt etc. In this aspect the coaching is better but I want to see it continue, I don't care who gets how many minutes and neither should Stotts. The current problem I have with the rotations is the one I mentioned above. Frazier should play. He isn't an AS, isn't a big name or puts up amazing numbers but he is the player we need in this situation at least of the players we have.
I agree with this. He is Mediocre. There is maybe 5 good coaches in the NBA , 5 horrible ones, and the rest are mediocre. You just replace one with another.
I think he should let the players free-lance but if he does he needs to put sufficient creativity on the floor
So why aren't you an NBA head coach? Or is Neil someone you know more than too? And 29 other teams management. It must be frustrating knowing so much more than all these successful professionals.
Meh, Portland is 2-2, and could be 3-1 if Leonard were hitting at a reasonable rate. I've got no problem with our coach (and I've certainly bitched a lot about past ones more than I can count).
Sorry guys, but I think Stotts is a very good coach, and maybe one the better teachers out there right now. If nothing else, he beats McMillan six ways from Sunday.....not that that is difficult....But he's taking a young and generally raw group and making it work despite the holes in the roster. For years I've listened to the national media (and a lot of fans) talk about what great coaches Jackson and Riley were. And yes, they have the rings to make those claims look look realistic. But those guys had some of the best talent in the entire history of the league, no exaggeration. Does anyone really think they would win s**t if they had a roster similar to the current Blazer roster?? C'mon....I didn't think so. And neither one of those guys was the teacher that Stotts is. Jackson and Riley let their assistants do the teaching. And when the talent faded or left, they bailed ahead of the implosions, so as to avoid a stain on their legacies. I don't always agree with how Stotts does things, but I think we're lucky to have him and he should get a pass for this year at least. And hey, we're only four games into the season.....
Our starters are averaging 25, 21, 14, 10 and 6. The guy scoring 6 is Leonard. Leonard is supposed to be our 3rd (at least) best scorer. If he were averaging around 14-16 ppg, the complexion of both those losses would've drastically changed, and I think we'd have won one of them. He's been terrible. Hopefully Stotts figures out a way to make him effective--I really don't know what we can do but hope he gets out of his slump.
I do. I believe Dame deserves a lot of credit. He got the guys together. He helped organize scrimmages before the coaching staff was even there. He has been the driving force behind a lot of the team chemistry that we've seen so far this season. Stotts gets credit for strategy and game plan, but effort and attitude is a huge part of success. Dame has been a huge part of those 2 games of success.
The Blazers even sniffing .500 ball is probably three months ahead of schedule, and that's due to Dame leading and Stotts facilitating.
I never noticed the correlation before but you must be right - Stotts is Mediocre Man! MM unveiled! Gramps...
I have to admit my sarcastic teasing is probably too subtle most of the time. I tease because I care. Really, it's not meant to be snarky. Just having fun.
