and then factor in the quality of teams we have been playing. Houston lost tonight at home against OKC. GS lost to the Pelicans. These guys that are always complaining about someone get old real quick.
This thread is equal to the stupidity of all the threads last year claiming CJ > Lillard. I get it, losing sucks. But give me a break.
I missed all those threads. Could you direct me to those threads? I was too busy saying the opposite, that McCollum isn't worth $26 million per year. Everyone dismissed me as fast as you're dismissing this thread.
We lost 3 in a row.....this is all it takes for total meltdowns...win 1 and everybody loves Stotts again. I have no problem with Stotts ...he's got a better record than Popovich this season
I don't know why when we start losing people blame Stotts. He is a great coach, makes questionable decisions at times just like all coaches. I would put more blame on Olshey if anybody.
Nah man, the problem I have is with your made up narrative that there has to be constant changes in order to succeed and that Olshey is automatically lazy if he doesn't make 456 transactions per season. Plus you said "many" fans were bored not just yourself.
100% agree. Stotts is vastly overrated. Why does he stick with Aminu on ALdridge when it's clearly not working? To compound that error Aminu looked gassed and overworked - where Collins only had 19 minutes this game. Stotts is TERRIBLE at in game management. And all of the little things that have not been addressed in YEARS: Why does Lillard start every change of possession (def rebound) under our own ring, receiving a hand-off from our front-court players. No wonder we are last in fast break points. CJ has go ahead to brick it up - 1on4 whenever. Opposition player falls to ground - our players casually continue through their play and don't push the tempo to take advantage? WTF? Defensively we hardly ever deny the ball to players, play off of defensive assignments and play in spurts - as if we can just win the game when we decide. I'm not going to go into how inefficient the movement on offense is, poor shot selection and turnovers. We are the worst finishers on the break in the league - by far! Yes we won 13 straight - That was in spite of Stotts and was all Superman level Lillard shouldering that run. I understand the impact that a coach has on a team in the NBA is somewhat limited, and that there are not very many 'Good' replacements out there - but I would love to see what this team could do under a coach who would instill discipline and efficiency into our players. Stotts has had a VERY generous tenure here in Portland, but it's time to see if a different coach can extract that last bit of performance from our team.
One of my biggest gripes with Stotts is his inability to utilize a low-post threat. Remember, Dallas kept Dirk at the high post and Chandler was only there for the alley-oop. Even when we had LA, Terry let him roam freely on the perimeter. Now that we have Nurk, we never run plays to feed the beast even when we have a decisive advantage down low. I've never been the biggest fan, but until someone comes on the market, he'll stay in Portland.
I have been a supporter for stotts for years, but I’ve finally joined the crowd that wants to experiment with a change. Is stotts a terrible coach? No, not at all but he’s just run his course and now I am over it. Not that this is necessarily comparable, but I remember being surprised by Steve Kerr replacing Marc Jackson and how much of a difference it made for that team. I am not naive enough to expect that to happen here, but shoot it only happened there because they were willing to take a chance.
Well, if you can't disprove my theses, then prove your own...there should never be any trades, Stotts and Olshey should stay for life, and all other teams are wrong because they only keep coaches for half the time Stotts has been here. Also, apparently you can prove that many people (not just me) aren't bored with the lack of change. Go ahead.
