Yah and both times he was let go after two seasons. Not sure what Paul and Neil saw in this dipshit to give him an extension but his incompetent, Howdy Doody, Mr. Rogers-ass needs to be sent packing ASAP. What’s the downside of firing him? They aren’t winning the championship this year with or without Stotts, so why keep him around? You could at least see what you have on your roster with a coaching change. Players are so underutilized in Stotts system it’s hard to know what their floor or ceiling is - especially those asked to plant themselves outside the 3-point line like flippin’ statues. #FireStotts
Variance happens. If you overreact every time it does you will soon have a pile of suck and wonder what happened.
Not at all, just a little sick of how playing poorly as a team doesn't seem to bother or affect anyone. Dame was always known for acting pretty calm win or lose but the last few years he gets a lot more "showy" when he hits a big shot. Sometimes I want to see a player mad or frustrated that they lost too.
The thing is like kj said, players stay if they have won, or if they think they can win. When both phase out as not being realistic, almoat every player wants a new situation to either get that last big payday or win a ring. Both usually entail a move.
Something has to happen to continue to give him hope. I can have a bad day at work. The crane can break down and kill my schedule. I can even lose a week because of another trade. But something has to go right. When it does i reschedule and rework my plan and then find a reason to keep going. Lillard is human just like the rest of us. We all have got to see progress and continuation. Life and situations change. Like i said Lillard is just another person trying to create the very best. Probably even more so than many.
If it was truly just a lack of talent then we should be giving a ton of minutes to Simons, Trent, Baldwin, Layman, and Collins.
You will get no argument from me on that. But that would be against the NBA standards. Can you imagine the outcry if Portland showed up at games and sat their best players? Seriously. It's not just Stotts. The NBA markets teams and Lillard/CJ/Nurk are part of the marketing plan. From a totally business objective Portland only has a couple players that sell tickets. Who wants to watch the Blazers in Oklahoma without Lillard vs Westbrook?
I'm not saying to bench Dame, CJ, or Nurk. The 5 I mentioned could be the 2nd unit. Until last game they had been awful for awhile so I'd rather play guys with potential over guys like Leonard, Turner, and Stauskas.
