NBA Coaching Carousel: 'If you win, you are gone?'

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Who should coach Portland in 2023/24?

  1. Chauncey - still don't know if he is 'good' or 'bad' given the circumstances of the last 2 years

  2. Monty - bring him back to where he started his coaching career

  3. 'Bud' - sure he won with Giannis, but he was really good in Atlanta which is quite rare.

  4. Nurse - shorter resume' than most, but still won a title with a unreliable Kawhi.

  5. Vogel - won in Indiana.....not easy to do.

  6. D'Antoni - still has some gas left in the tank.

  7. Other

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  1. TBpup

    TBpup Writing Team

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    The list of recently successful NBA coaches who are recently unemployed is staggering. CoY winners/candidates, NBA Champions, best season record.....all tossed out regardless of success while other teams (including the Blazers) will hold on to far less successful or unproven coaches.

    A brief look at recently fired success in one manner or another:

    Mike D'Antoni - Won his Division the last 3 years he coached. Wone over 60% of games last 4 seasons. 2x CoY.
    Nick Nurse - 2019 NBA Title (Raptors). Has only finished under .500 1x in career. .610 Playoff win %. 1x CoY.
    Frank Vogel - 2020 NBA Title (Lakers). Career .557 Playoff win %. Won over 60% of games in 4 different seasons.
    Mike Budenholzer - 2021 NBA Title (Bucks). .538 Playoff win %. 4x NBA/NBCA CoY. .604 Career win %.
    Monty Williams - .628 win % (PHX) .522 for career. .518 win % in Playoffs. 1x CoY.

    The amount of successful coaches who are unemployed is staggering. Meanwhile, coaches like Stotts were referred to as 'the best coach I've ever had' by Dame, and players say they would 'run through a wall' for Billups. Josh Hart, after leaving for NY, went out of his way to praise Billups.

    Who would you want to see coaching the Blazers?
     
    TBpup, May 14, 2023
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    If we aren’t rebuilding I want Nurse or Bud
     
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    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    I wonder if Monty, Bud, and Nurse will all just switch places.

    Monty in Milwaukee
    Bud in Toronto
    Nurse in PHX


    Or

    Nurse in Milwaukee
    Bud in Phoenix
    Monty in Toronto
     
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    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Steve Kerr is lucky to have his job still.
     
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    If we aren't rebuilding then we'll be staying crap.
     
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    Not D’Antoni?
     
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    GS knows he's a great coach and isn't reactionary to a bad series.
     
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    Nick Nurse makes great in-game adjustments, so probably him.
     
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    I would at least hire one of these guys to sit down and watch game tape of every Portland game and come up with some conclusions on things to do differently and then talk with Billups.
     
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    Eh, I don't if he is that great. He walked into a gold mine. If a gold miner walked into a gold mine and there was already a giant pile of gold waiting for him, does that make that gold miner a great gold miner?
     
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    Somehow Terry Stotts got 10 years with us lol
     
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    Well Mark Jackson couldn't figure it out. Kerr made some key changes to take that group from good to great like the small ball unit that absolutely blasted teams to close games.
     
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    There's no salary cap on coaches, hire all of them. Every player gets their own head coach.
     
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    Never missed the playoffs with Stotts. Olshey didn't set him up for success beyond that.
     
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    So what you are saying is that Chauncey is never leaving
     
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    He has finished 2 years of a 4-year contract - he'll get another year to show, whether you or I like it or not. A similar poll will be much more interesting next year.
     
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    Assuming that we put together a more complete/better roster. This season should be the one where Chauncey has a chance to show if he can or cannot coach. I hope we hire someone better than Brooks to be our associate head coach and I hope Chauncey is on a pretty short leash. I also hope he proves many in here wrong and does a really great job. Again all of this is predicated on the assumption that we start this season with a more complete and competitive roster than we've had in years.
     
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    Adjustments are adjustments, or lack there of. How many double digit leads did we blow this year….16? 17? THAT is on coaching
     
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    It doesn’t explain all of it, but losing with an MVP-level talent seems to be bad for head coaches even if they have won at a top level before.
     
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    I’d put it more on a GM who doesn’t put enough talent on the bench so that the starters get run down by playing too many minutes.
     
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