Sure why not? Give him three more years as a reward for getting the kids motivated. We're not going anywhere in the playoffs for a couple more years yet , so we have time to find someone more competent for a big run. Hell, Chauncey might be learning how to coach, and may be a good coach by the time his players are good enough for it to matter. Get him a kindle and some How To Coach e-books.
Giving this clown an extension is asinine. Should fire him immediately after the Laker game, if not sooner. Portland’s roster is ready to take a step forward, but they need a coach to guide them, not grow with them. Established or an assistant, I don’t care. I just want someone whose spent more than one season learning
I'm sure Chauncey went from... wanting to coach Lillard to just happy to have a job to this shit isn't what I signed up for to being attached to these young players. As a (now retired, yeah!) college professor, I can tell you that it's very gratifying to see young 18 year old boys and girls turn into men (and women). So, I think he wants to stay. He's on a very cheap contract and our GM just got extended, so I think management wants him to stay too.
I don't think Chauncey wants to come back. That's maybe why his contract wasn't extended when Joe's was. But who knows. I won't be shocked either way. I've heard that he would like to move into a GM role sooner rather than later. Maybe Denver hires him as their GM?
Blazer brass didn't know how to surround Dame with proper pieces. Blazer brass didn't know how to replace Neil Olshey. Blazer brass didn't know how to replace Stotts. Blazer brass didn't know not to put quitters on the team and re-sign others to MASSIVE overpayments. Blazer brass doubles down on their mistake replacing NO. Does this give ANYONE confidence that they'll know how to replace Chauncey? Yeah.. No... Sell the team to somebody who cares Jody!!
I'd be very surprised if he isn't brought back. And I'm more okay with it than I thought I'd be if you'd asked me a year ago.
Message to Jody -- SELL the team ASAP If you have any respect for your brother and how he loved this team do what is needed -- start the process of looking for a new owner
Can we at least wait for this to happen? Some of you doomers are just hoping for something to be mad about.
I think if she didn't care, she wouldn't have spent the money to bring a Gleague team here, wouldn't have spent the money to fill out the managerial staff (Schmitz, Sergio, etc), actually hire foreign scouts, invest in the improvements for the practice facility, and not just have a edict to dump salaries for picks. I guess you could say that those moves could've been done to increase the value of the franchise, but in reality, I doubt the practice facility needing upgrades would've precluded someone from buying the team (nor do I suspect it would increase the value significantly), and Schmitz (and other hires) probably would mean they'd be getting better players which would eventually cost them more in salaries, than going with the Neil Olshey "get guards 6'3" and under" mantra. So while I don't think she's the ideal owner, in the sense that her goal is to sell the team for as much money as possible (if the stories about Paul Allen's will are accurate), I see nothing wrong with how she's handled the teams business. At least, nothing in sense of how she and the team has handled things that actually happened vs made up things and scenarios, of course.
I wonder if there's something in will that makes that difficult (or something)? Because good lord, it's needed to happen a long time ago.
I don't know what the reason is, but the day that Toht is fired or is gone from the team, is the day we should all dance.
