Still waiting to hear exactly what would change with a different coach. Will Dame suddenly become a better defender? Will we actually find someone to hide his bad defense? Will Mason start protecting the rim? Will we stop giving up straight line drives to the rim? Until that is answered, then there really is no point to firing Terry. It's a move simply to make change-- and good teams don't do that.
Our defenders aren't any worse than Houston's but look at them. Stotts has never developed any player on the defensive end, as McCollum and Lillard haven't gotten any better. The coaching staff should've made this more of a priority, and if they did then the aren't good enough as defensive coaches to hold their jobs. Stotts' scheme is elementary, predictable, and makes other teams comfortable. His refusal to double leads to Marc Gasol, Paul George, and DeMarcus Cousins single-handedly taking over games in the 4th quarter to beat us. His lack of timely timeouts leads to extended runs from the opposition that kill us down the stretch. We saw this tonight. He lacks in-game adjustments and situational scheme changes. His offensive system relies on a lot of lateral passes and top of the key action from a center that can't shoot, which causes the offense to break down under any sort of legit ball-pressure, which is why it bogs down in the 4th quarter. He can't get the guys to buy in anymore, which was his only legit strength being the players coach that he is. Try to knowledgeably argue one or maybe *gasp* TWO of those points.
One firing at a time. That's coming after the trade deadline if he can't shake up the roster. We have enough data on Stotts right now to know he stinks.
And who would be the coach to do all this? Man this is some really thin skin you have. No need for all this nonsense
I have an idea. with all the trade dame and fire stotts threads, maybe we can kill two birds with one stone. Trade Dame for Popovich. sounds solid.
I don't disagree that Stott's defensive scheme might be a part of the problem. I don't understand why he so stubbornly sticks with it. But I think this team over-achieves offensively, and I give Stotts credit for that. But your point that our defenders are as good as Houston's. They have Beverly, Ariza and Brewer who are known for defense.
