Jeff Horacek gets the axe in Phoenix. A lot easier to fire coaches than to fix crappy teams. http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/14689071/jeff-hornacek-fired-phoenix-suns-continue-lose
The life of a coach. When they hired Hornacek, he got that team to overachieve big time. I guess he went from good to terrible. I wonder how that happens.
Known problems with his system. Just because we're winning at the moment doesn't mean we can't upgrade from Terry.
Management fucked with the team. A Dragic/ Bledsoe tandem drove the bus in Horny's first year. They allowed that to break up. Can't remember how they pissed off Dragic, but they under valued him IMO.
Kinda got the feeling that he wanted to get fired. Thought he was up for an extension this summer-- interesting that they let him go with only like 35 games left, unless they're after someone else in particular. Also interesting that Markieff outlasted him.
Overachieving? According to who? The unintelligent national press who only gives a surface look at our team? Yeah, we're overachieving according to those know-nothings. But we're pretty much exactly where people who KNOW the Blazers figured they'd be. We're not overachieving or underachieving - we're doing exactly as expected.
I'm extremely happy with our player development, as a whole it is easily surpassing what even the "smart fans" thought it would be, that development is beginning to translate into wins.
Please share some of that terrific mind bending substance you have, I need some! I think alot of us here can see we are developing and players are improving and the system is flowing much better overall than in the first month of the season. Yes, some can be attributed to players getting more consistent playing time and learning he system, so its natural to assume they would improve off of that alone, but isnt it a coaches job to steer that progression that best suits the team playing style? What I see is some people think Stotts is a bad coach because he doesnt play Leonard inside more. Stotts is a bad coach because he plays CJ and Dame together and then there is no D. Stotts is a bad coach because the teams isnt good enough on D. Stotts sucks because we dont run more post plays. Stotts sucks because he allows CJ and Dame to shoot all the time... Man... There is a reason Stotts is head coach and your not.. know one here is... Because he is better at assessing players strengths vs weaknesses and better at game planning. If you think you can do a better job, then quit yours and submit a resume.... The complaints above are hollow. Maybe Stotts has them playing the way they are because that's what is best fitting the team? Doesnt our record pretty much admit to as much? Doesnt our cohesive improvement equate to as much? PLay Leonard in the post more and watch the teams bigs suck up the paint anytime Dame or CJ want to drive to the hole. Wont work in this offense. Leonard is best being a less of a fator but being a dagger at the top of the key. Run more plays for Plumleee? Why? SO he can get fouled and shoot 60%? He is being utilized to maximize his strengths. I see this happening for the bulk of the players and that is attributed to good coaching. YOu know what IVe also seen? Aminu isnt driving uncontrollably the length of the court anymore... Good coaching. Come on man. The Stotts hate is invalid at this point. Stats, facts and the eye test all are in favor of Stotts doing a damn fine job overall at this point.
