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?
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
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
Adjustments are adjustments, or lack there of. How many double digit leads did we blow this year….16? 17? THAT is on coaching
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.
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.
