Lionel hollins

He's available. I would bring him in and move stotts to head assistant coach. Anyone else down with that?

 

After one season? I'm not completely sold on Stotts, but given the dreadful roster he was handed, I'm not sure he's earned a demotion to assistant.

 

Down with bringing him in as a defensive (head) assistant. If Nate can do it (assist) then why not Lionel.

 

That could work if he accepted. Also, it would give us a plan b if we decide to fire stotts.

 

Why is everyone Anti-Stotts? The guy did wonders last year with a decent starting 5 and a non-existent bench. He coaches an entertaining brand of basketball, and looks to have the stuff to guide this team to some playoff runs. I don't get it. I'm not against The Train coming back to coach in Portland, but Jesus, throwing Stotts under the bus before he's even had a chance to show his worth is ridiculous.

 

I don't like Hollins. He's kind of like Nate.

 

Agreed. 3/5 of the season this team massively excelled. The lack of ANY bench finally caught up with the team. Gotta give him a full season with a squad that has a chance to compete for a full season.

Never cared for him either. Likes to roll his own way. Don't see that jiving with our management or most teams for that matter. Probably why he's out of a job.

 

If you bring Hollins in you either would have to make him head coach and fire Stotts or make him an assistant. I don't think there is a single head coach in the league (or any pro league) that would accept what you're proposing. If PA came to him with that, he'd say fire me and give me the $ you owe me.

 

Looks good, Stotts' hasn't shown much game. I think Hollins has a better game all though still not enough, but no reason not to upgrade.

Stotts doing better than Nate is not job security.

 

This comment absolutely floors me. Did you expect him to win a title with last year's roster?

 

We didn't come close to that mark did we? Not very close to even being good.

I did expect to see some quality basketball attempted. A system of play that looked as if it were designed to exploit the talents available repeatedly. Instead I saw some guys trying to sort it out.
And worst of all, it didn't appear that Myers Leonard even had a coach trying to make a center out of him.

 

In all fairness, we had a shitty bench and no true center. I would like to see one more year with a center and a semi decent bench. It looks like Olshey is bringing those chips in.