Some interesting tidbits in there. I personally hope its either Budenholzer or Malone. http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/index.ssf/2012/07/trail_blazers_coaching_search_begins_in_earnest_at.html#incart_river_default
Isn't being an assistant coach how one acquires the experience to become a head coach? ... Ah, fuck it. I'm in the wrong topic for rational discussion.
Of those listed, my preference would be: Budenholzer Malone Shaw in that order. Most great head coaches, including Phil Jackson and Gregg Popovich, started as assistants. BNM
Ah, poor guy is having nightmares about his own clusterfuck of a GM. We should all take this seriously, and learn from it. This is what happens when mommy lets you breast feed into your teens. I am pretty sure there are support groups for people in your condition
Very few people become head coaches in utero. Most head coaches put in time as assistants (often after coaching on college, high school or other levels). So I'm not sure what Maris is talking about. There are also few unemployed NBA head coaches - most are unemployed because they stunk. The Van Gundys and d'Antoni are not IMO good fits. I guess, Maris, if Whitsitt were GM he'd be able to persuade Red Auerbach to come back from the grave and coach the Blazers, but Olshey has to deal with mere mortals. When we were told the Blazers coaching search would be exhaustive, they weren't kidding.
Why isn't Paul Allen putting his money into this. Right now, somewhere in Vulcan HQ there could be vats filled with tiny creatures being pumped full of information on when to use a press and whether or not the triangle can be run by anyone who doesn't pretend to understand Native American mythology. In 20-30 years we'd be unstoppable.
Just because they haven't contacted him, doesn't mean they haven't sent a message through LeGari to him.
That makes me a happy man. We will not win in the post season with D'Antoni. I would rather have a coach that emphasizes D than O.
Let's not confuse defense with pace of game. When you run and score a lot of points, you are going to give up more points. When you walk the ball up and down floor milking the shot clock down to nothing, not only are you not going to score a ton of points but neither will the opponent. Keep in mind, doing the latter doesn't mean you are playing defense.
Silly man. "Real coaches" spring forth fully formed - like Athena from the skull of Zeus. No successful head coach was ever an assistant coach. In fact, Nate's downfall in Portland traces back to his curious decision to be assistant coach on the Olympic team.
