Utah had far longer mediocrity with 2 hall of famers legit considered by many to be the best of all time in their prime... Imagine how many titles they could have won if only they'd have fired Sloan in 1991... Amiright!?
well, Sloan did take them to 6 WC Finals and 2 NBA Finals. So, at least Utah's version of mediocrity crossed over the line into contending sometimes. The Stotts teams have been pretenders without ever approaching that line
We will never know And I bet if Utah could do it over They’d fire their coach and try something new Should take a page out of “soccer” and get a new coach every so often. Managers leave *winning teams* frequently because they think players become stale to them, need new tactics, etc even if they just won something like the champions league or a bunch of league trophies and Utah mediocrity is laughable compared to ours. They had 15 straight seasons finishing in the top 3 of the conference. 2 finals appearances. 3 WCF finals appearances. If thats “mediocrity” the Blazers are flat out TRASH.
Im not sure if they could do over they'd fire Sloan, like Dame here the State had him on to high a pedestal and for good reason.
There is no reason to have believed we had the talent to be contenders during his tenure. Middle of the road teams who went through tons of injuries yet still finished better than most predicted, sure, but contender level talent no sir.
On this i don't know? Seems like most feel he is a decent to good coach that is a great guy and his team loves him. Then there are those that dislike him and feel he can't get the team to a championship. Me i appreciate his worth and see his flaws. If they replace him i hope they aim high OR take a huge chance on an up and comer.
Yeah, but come on, Jerry Sloan had two sure thing hall of famers, how come Stotts couldn't take 1 sure thing hall of famer + 0 other all stars to the finals ONCE!? (and i say that as someone who wants him gone)
Sorry Three Hall of Fame players. John Stockton Karl Malone Bryon Russell And Hornacek may get there someday still. Sloan had a very good team. Problem was Micheal Jordan.
Long Beach HOF 2000 https://longbeachstate.com/honors/hall-of-fame/bryon-russell/139 Yes i was joking....
Just want to reiterate that I predicted Portland will win in 7 against the Nets....with Carmelo hitting the game winner at the buzzer, in overtime!
Funny after game two and three many thought series over. Most everyone predicted 6-7 game series anyway.
I don't know dislike personally but there few that don't like his coaching style and actually one of them. But if they continue to have him as the head coach that hope for the best for him to be successful.
They actually didn't. At this point in Sloan's tenure they had won games in three different WCFs and in Sloan's ninth season (this is Stotts' ninth season) they went to the finals against Jordan's Bulls.
In fact, you can make a case for Malone and Stockton being the best ever at their positions. Not so with Dame & CJ.
Yeah, you'll only talk about the predictions you get right while pretending like you dont get any wrong and giving people crap when they do.
