In your own words, describe Nate and grade

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  1. Buzz Killington

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    Nate is teh ghey.

    C+


    O.K. Real Grade:

    I hate his offense and substitution patterns but think he's fine as the head coach. We should really hire some more experienced X's and O's coach though. I'll still give him a C+.
     
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  2. MARIS61

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    While we were on track with the whole "BAKE THE DYNASTY CAKE" plan Nate was great at discipline, horrible at utilizing talent, absent at the offensive end.

    Now that we've changed mid-stream to the "trade our future for a quick title before Paul dies" plan it really doesn't matter who coaches this mess of contradictions and chemical mis-matches. Nate will do as well as anyone with this, but most fans can't get it on TV or PC so who cares? Basketball is not a radio sport.
     
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  3. Ed O

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    I'd say B.

    I really don't like the three-guard lineup, and I think the whole "Greg doesn't need to be involved offensively" thing was terrible, but the latter has been remedied and I have my hopes for the former to go away, too.

    The team has won, and in spite of my reservations I can't really complain overall too loudly.

    Ed O.
     
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  4. RoyIsClutch07

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    He is a mental midget. He has his limitations. You can just see it with each and every game. The offense has lacked innovation and it doesn't appear to be improving. The blazers almost lost this game tonight the way they lost it the other night. They didn't try to get anything in the paint or post. Everything is from the outside.

    You all overvalue and overrate Nate.

    C.
     
    RoyIsClutch07, Nov 18, 2009
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  5. Ed O

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    Did you not read several posts in this thread? Or do you give higher grades than others independent of merit?

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    You're right. You all was referencing the 5% that approve of the job Nate has done.
     
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  7. Ed O

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    Fair enough. :)

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  8. RoyIsClutch07

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    BTW. I have always wondered, how do you do direct quotes like you did here?
     
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    What the who now?

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  10. RoyIsClutch07

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    You isolated a part of my post and quoted it. How did you do that?
     
    RoyIsClutch07, Nov 18, 2009
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  11. B-Roy

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    You manually delete the parts you don't want to quote...
     
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  12. Ed O

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    Ah, yes. :)

    What you have to do is quote the post and then edit it and make sure the portion(s) you want to include is in between {QUOTE} and {/QUOTE} (except [], rather than {}).

    Make sense?

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  13. RoyIsClutch07

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    Yep. Thanks B-Roy and You Ed for explaining.
     
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    [/QUOTE] I think Nate was good for a young team that needed to mature. He is a good motivator, he has a great work ethic and he is an upstanding gentleman.

    I think he is a horrible X's and O's coach, he is a poor at substitutions, he is a micro manager and a control freak, and I think he relies on "his guys" too much.

    I don't think Nate is the kind of coach that can win a title with, but he's also not the worst coach in the league.......barely

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    +1 (meaning, I have one thing to add! :NOTMARIS:)


    Nate shows little to no emotion. I have never once seen him remotely "mad" at his team. I'm no advocate of an Asshole-type [Hubie Brown was truly an A-hole - - I had season tickets in NY for several years and sat down behind the bench (only cause the Garden was so empty! and you handed a fat attendant a buck and you'd be moved down 50 rows! lol, but true)].


    I've seen him say words to a ref after a bad call - but I've never seen him yell at a player or the team as a whole. I don't think this is Nate's style.

    But just watch Popovich when his team has turned the ball over 4 times in a row...or didn't execute an offensive set...or didn't hustle. Pop's gets pissed off!
     
    BoomChakaLaka, Nov 18, 2009
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