Let us readdress this issue shall we? Nate McDillon :fail:

Someones trying to catch me in the thread post count race.

Ah, bless.

 

Game set match. It was my post, and your take is correct. OddEnormous does not understand logic, as you said.

The point indeed is that if the Powers That Be in basketball see fit to put Nate on the Olympic team, and if they also see him as COTY, and since they do basketball for a living, Nate is, ipso facto, a very good coach.

 

Just pointing out how little sense your original post made. "Any".

 

So you're saying he's a very good coach because he's the US assistant and he's in the the running for COTY?

Be very careful now, because I'm going to ask you to point out where my logic failed me. Because that's exactly what I said you were saying.

Game

set

fail

 

Yr on about 15.

Hurry you're almost there!

 

I'm enjoying this thread. So, in that sense, not a fail.

 

I agree, I have to take my original stance back. The idea of Nate being a bad coach is a fail, but the thread is a success.

Plus, the longer this goes, the more the shock jock is exposed, and that's always a good thing.

 

It's all those 4th and 5th place division finishes isn't it?

 

It is. They're awesome. They build character. I'm glad you finally get it.

 

Woah, you're using facts, something you are against others using. This must be a trick!

 

Division finishes are the PER of the washed masses! Even David Stern continues to change the conferences and divisions trying to tweak them and finally get it right!

 

To carry the analogy a bit further.

Ever been on a long car trip with little kids?

"Dad - he's looking at me!"

"Dad - he's touching me!"

"DAD!!!!"

Sometimes, you need more than a mechanic.....you need someone to keep the rugrats in line. Roy's childish reaction to Miller and Oden needed a firm hand - and Nate didn't seem to be supplying it.

 

So now Nate needs to be MORE "Sarge".

You people need to get your criticisms straight.

 

I can see oldmangrouch trying to be a "firm hand" to Roy.

oldmangrouch: Brandon, stop being a baby about Miller and Oden.

Roy: Fuck you, oldmangrouch. I'm a two-time All-Star and just signed a max extension, and you're on a year-to-year contract. Plus, the only reason you're still coaching here is because of me winning games for you.

oldmangrouch: Brandon, change your attitude, or I'm going to bench you.

Roy: Go fuck yourself. Fuck you.

oldmangrouch's door: <knock knock>

Larry Miller: oldmangrouch, I'd like to see you in my office. It appears we have some "philosophical differences".

 

Or maybe we don't all agree on what the problem is?

Diversity of opinion....what a concept!

 

In other words, Roy doesn't respect Nate and doesn't listen to him. You don't see that as a problem?

 

Where did I type "Nate"?

I'm guessing Roy respects Nate in part because he doesn't treat them like children, which you suggested in your "firm-handed Daddy" post. I used you as the coach since you seem to think the coach needs to put the players in their place, and I think that a coach who tried the "firm-handed Daddy" approach wouldn't be long for any team, let alone a playoff team.

How long have you been watching the NBA?

 

If everyone trusted in TPTB unquestionably, basketball or not, then we'd all be in a lot of trouble.

 

When McHale was down to being Minny coach after his GM stint was over, the owner said (I think at the end of the season) that he wouldn't be brought back as coach. McHale was disappointed and made it clear that he thought this would hurt the team. He thought he had a lot to offer as coach. He wanted to continue as Minny coach.

He grew up there, so I don't know whether his wanting to coach there translates to wanting to coach anywhere else. But he's not making much money in his little part-time media job, and Paul Allen can overpay coaches, and he'd be starting with a .600 team....he couldn't do any better, so I think he'd try it here if offered.

Anyway, we need a more uptempo team. Maybe that can be fixed by forcing McMillan to accept a strong assistant coach who will take care of it. Or maybe it means that someone like McHale would replace him. (I don't expect any change, and we'll just float around .700 even if Oden is healthy, never winning a championship.)

 

That's an awesomely factless conclusion