Bottom line: there is no savior out there waiting to ride to the rescue. Firing Nate now won't save the season.
Nate might be part of the problem, but I am disturbed that the two players who Paul Allen took care of this summer aren't showing the heart I was expecting. They are also to blame for this poor effort and sloppy play. Of couse you can't fire them (or trade them with those fat contracts) . . . so fire the coach.
I voted yes now. I think his body of work warrant the firing. He did a fantastic job up until last year. Slow down methodical, eliminate mistakes kind of coaching. As I watched year after year the less impressed I am about his coaching. He can not coach talent. (there are a very few coaches who can). We played horrible all year. The teams we beat were like if I played against my 7 yrs old son. We totally over powered and matched them in talent. i don't care if they fire him now, but please do not re sign him to a 5 yrs contract extension.
Exactly. People who are saying Van Gundy clearly don't remember his last job in Houston. This is insane. There is no chance in hell that Nate gets fired this season. None. And that's exactly right. He drives me insane, but he's done a solid job, and people are insanely overreacting. Don't you pay attention to other teams? The Jazz goes through worse patches than this every season. Somehow Jerry Sloan keeps his job. Every year the Spurs start slowly - really slowly. Somehow Poppovich is still in charge. Jesus Christ, people, get a grip. (Andre Miller might get traded - that's about the extent of it.)
Hmmmm...you probably kid but short term that would get the team back on track. Long term and we'd have a Kobe-Shaq like feud that Oden would win.
right now the heat should primarily be on Kevin Pritchard. he's no 'chemistry major' like Trader Bob.
I think it's FAR too premature to fire Nate, but if the team slips below .500 with, say, 20 games to go? I can see how the team would get rid of him to try to save the season rather than just let him walk at the end of it. Sloan and Popovich have track records of success. Nate has no track record of success in the NBA, either with the Sonics or Blazers. He has coached more bad teams than good ones, and the good ones might prove to be blips in his coaching career, while with Pop and Sloan the bad parts are the exception. Miller getting traded is definitely a possibility. We could use a backup power forward and Bayless can handle the backup PG spot. Ed O.
I'm not ready to see Nate fired yet, but it's getting harder to overlook some of the problems. One issue that really bothered me was how the team fell apart when the Pistons started pressuring the ball full court. I couldn't/can't imagine a team that should be a contender not knowing how to break the press. That falls on the coach. Go Blazers
If Miller gets traded, it's because Nate is caving to Roy and doesn't understand what Miller brings to the table. Even worse, it means KP is getting pushed around by McMillan, because anyone worth their salt as a GM would see what most of us see.
Bill Cartwright. The guy's a big man's coach, perfect guy to coach Oden and LMA. He played with Jordan and Pippen, so he understands how talented wings like Roy need to be handled. He was assistant coach under Phil Jackson, head coach of the Bulls, assistant coach for the Nets and Phoenix Suns. He knows the triangle offense, which has won 10 championships in the last 20 years. Plus I think he's one of the very best people still around the game. Similar qualities to Juwann Howard. I'd love to see Kareem get the nod, but he's got enough to deal with fighting his cancer.
