You mean if the fans had a say in it. But how do we know how Jody feels? My guess is that Neil will give his recommendation to her and she (and whoever is advising her) will decide. I doubt Neils goes Geoff Petrie on her.
A compromise could be to hire Boylen (or some other defensive minded coach) full time as an assistant and let him run the defense. But this hypothetical scenario should only come into play if Portland advances past Denver. I also highly doubt Stotts would go into next season as a lame duck. If he comes back he will get an extension.
This is my feeling as well. Whether deserved or not, I doubt he wants to put up with another year of the fans. Leave before it gets ugly.
I think he will end up on another team, thinking Wiz or Celts. He’s capable to coach star players and rev up an offense. Whoever replaces him better have an immediate impact or Dame may view FA as a stepping stone.
I hate when people use a vegas win total as some sort of barometer for success. It's based on what the general public thinks and is designed to split votes. The general public doesnt know shit about the Blazers compared to other Blazer fans. Quit using it as some sort of barometer for success.
Some might disagree with you here. Vegas Odds are not really based on what the "Public" thinks at all. It's also based on votes not designed to "Split" votes. Vegas odds are correct much more of the time than wrong for sure.
Vegas wants action on both sides. They don't want the financial risk of having 80% of votes on one side. Vegas gets things wrong as much as they get it right, but they're not in the business of getting things right, they're in the business of making money. If you use "Vegas" as if it's some ever-knowing God who knows more about teams than their own fans and are trying to make correct predictions for the sake of being right, than I cant take your argument seriously.
I vaguely remember that now... Wow, that's been a long time. Petrie was right. Never should have fired Adelman.
I can understand your point. But seriously Vegas had the Blazers at 41.5 wins and 6th seed. Now if you want to look at so called experts at ESPN you can make your own assessment? Vegas makes money by being right. Giving action has nothing to do with wins and losses it’s got everything to do with picking who wins and by how much. By the way you are way way off saying they get it wrong as much as right. That just simply isn’t true at all. They are not in the business of being wrong as much as they are right.
Vegas makes money off of bettors. The closer that Vegas can get to a 50/50 split of bettors, the closer they get to maximizing their chances of gain and minimizing their chances of loss. The line is set to get as close to a 50/50 split of bets as possible, for that reason. That's how over/under betting works.
If you have some pre season insight that is significantly better than vegas win totals why don't you put your money where your mouth is and bet on the outliers?
Maybe the communication here is off a bit? The betting sets odds. Over and under is is a product of odds. Somehow this conversation has gone from saying Vegas is wrong as much as they are right to you explaining the way sports betting works. I assure you I understand the way sports betting works.
