This Team Has Clearly Overachieved - Who Deserves The Credit?

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  1. BlazerCaravan

    BlazerCaravan Hug a Bigot... to Death

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    He was just expressing the Nate haters' point of view. Mediocre Man and the rest of his ilk will be happy to fault Nate for anything he can, but credit always seems to go to the players for a win instead of the coach.

    ...so predictable.
     
    BlazerCaravan, Mar 27, 2010
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    KP because he put the team together...That's a no brainer...Then Miller, Webster (for playing well while we were short on SF's), Howard, Camby, Batum. Roy doesn't need to be mentioned on this list because he IS our team.
     
    Luther, Mar 28, 2010
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  3. ABM

    ABM Happily Married In Music City, USA!

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    Miller certainly has to be at the top. However, I'm still giving Nate kudos for learning from his mistakes. (i.e. not starting Miller early on) while also managing to turn positive results from the Miller PF blowout.
     
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    Pritchard for building a team that could survive so much injury, Miller for being awesome and McMillan for keeping everyone's head in the game, especially in the first third of the season or so, when it seemed like each week brought new devastating news.

    Plus Roy for being great.
     
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    Tod Leiweke deserves all of the credit, followed closely by whoever is at his right hand this moment.
     
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    I think all the credit goes to Blaze the Trail Cat, the Junior Blazer Dancers and the new game of free throw Tic-Tac-Toe they play during time outs.


    Oh, and Free Throw Guy because no one ever hits their shots at the line with him in the stands.
     
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    The 6th man . . .
     
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    Bayless. :D
     
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    Bayless' production has improved a lot over last season, as has Batum's. That's a factor.
     
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    BlazerWookee UNTILT THE DAMN PINWHEEL!

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    Chemistry matters.
     
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    Cool. What chemical do I have to take for the Blazers to win it all??? :NOTMARIS:
     
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  12. BlazerCaravan

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    That depends... are you an NBA ref? :D
     
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    I managed people quite successfully for most of my working life, and I learned early on that you build record-breaking teams by giving them the tools and education and environment they need to win, and by giving them the credit and rewarding them when they do win.

    It's pretty much Management 101 at any business school, and I really don't think there's a more productive way to do it.
     
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    Not at all.

    I don't hate Nate, and think he should actually get COY for the job he's done. :cheers:

    Having coached I was just expressing the "coach's view". The biggest motivator for a player is giving him credit for his victories. Any coach/manager who assumes credit for a victory is a self-delusional egotist. Last time I looked, the coach doesn't even play.
     
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    The credit goes to Paul Allen's sister and Hedo's wife, who are or is possibly the same person.
     
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