Is it now a general concensus around here....

He's a great coach with a great system behind him... but I haven't seen him win with anything less than top-flight talent, either.

 

If they wanted to recreate the Redeem Team, they would hire Nate as an Asst Coach and bring in Coach K.

 

I can't believe the shit I read on this board. I really can't.

"Coaches don't actually do that much except for (insert list of all the coaches who win championships)"

I mean, fuck me sideways.

 

Don't even expect a turnaround even if Nate is fired. This team does not have what it takes to operate at a competitive level at this time.

 

Nope, but that's usually not why teams fire coaches. You would fire him now because it allows whatever interim coach that succeeds him to shake up the style and/or rotation unfettered by past expectations. Let's face it, Nate has been here long enough that he's established relationships with his players that would make it difficult if not impossible to tear down and re-establish roles and expectations (for instance say moving Roy to the bench). And really it gives management more time to look for an eventual replacement.

At this point it won't help, but it probably won't hurt either.

 

I don't think Nate is a great coach but he isn't terrible either. Cheeks was terrible. The team is not a high priority desitnation so I believe they would struggle to attrack the best coaches. Therfore as long as the players are still listening to Nate (which I belive they are) then I'm for sticking with him.

Losing sucks and we all want to change something but sometimes making a change based off emotions can be a big mistake.

 

I thought the team was competitive those games without Roy, maybe that was a fluke but maybe not, we played hard a pretty well and IMO more as a team. I could easily support that team, if this continues it's going to turn a lot of folks off. I will not quit on them but something has to give.