I FOUND A WINNING, VERY EXPERIENCED COACH WHO WOULD BE WILLING TO WORK HERE!!! I can't believe I did it. Wow, I'm surprised at my success. You guys can thank me with donations. Skip the flowers, just a waste of money.
Not mid season. This is a throw away season anyway and everyone knew this start of training camp. All the vets are good as gone and most likely coach too. Let this just continue on and next season is the fresh start with Flagg as our starting PF/SF
.553 (494/893) not Blazers .497 (266/535) Blazers .532 (760/1428) career total He's a winner. Even including the toughest Blazer years, he was only 2 wins short of a winning Blazer record. With all other teams, he was .553. As you see in the link, it's rare that he's available (i.e. not already employed as a head coach). When I first thought of him today, I thought, "He's in his mid-60s, unemployed and resting the last few years, unmotivated to resume work." Am I glad I was wrong! In my posts, you see me knocking down my own objections and becoming a believer. It's usually impossible to find a guy this good who will come to our lowly team and city! But I think he would!
But this sounds like the people who were all for firing Stotts….. what’s new ownership going to do? You can guess and hope, but you have no clue FAMS!
New thought: Get him right now, midseason, while we have no competition! He may get an offer from a better team when the season ends!
I agree, but it is pointless if Ant/Grant are still on the roster. It is obvious they do not want to be in Portland, and I seriously doubt many want them in Portland. Portland will not be able to get a decent, reputable coach. They need to get lucky, find the teacher you speak of, but is willing to take the job on. We are talking finding lightning in a bottle. Just spit balling, but maybe Jody can throw a ton of money at the UCONN coach and also give him say in the GM part also. Co-GM if you will. This is only possible if he thinks enough of Clingan and the money is simply too much to say no to. I don't know if he values Clingan to that level. Additionally, Pop is probably done soon and that franchise will be far more attractive and worth staying unburdened for.
God, I'm tired of people on this board falling for the "Phil Knight offer." For many years, Knight has turned down requests from some fans to buy the team. Paul Allen wasn't selling, and Knight lacked the interest anyway. After Paul died, a younger Californian proposed to buy the Blazers. His marketing gimmick was to make Phil Knight, now almost 87, his frontman. He knows that Knight will die and then he can move the team. Phil Knight offered to inject some money. He didn't offer to buy the team outright. He allowed his name to be used by a proposed majority owner who will move the team.
I listened to the radio and Chauncey was indeed fired up. He called the team losers if anyone slept well last night! Yikes!
Which is still true. Anybody IS better. That was coach and GM. Now it's organizational. Billups sucks but still glad we are rebuilding and WITHOUT Stotts. It should be the only two wins we had this year. Cause Billups is gooooone.
I was actually just thinking of a guy for the rest of the season, a development specialist, wouldn't even have to be the acting head coach.
Part of the deal was that there would be a succession plan for the Knight family to keep a stake and the team would be kept in Portland.
That’s wasting like 7 months for the young guys. If there isn’t an assistant on staff who is a development type coach who commands respect and is willing to lose in order to play the right way and demand effort, fine someone from the outside to step in.
