I would like to see the team hire a new coach (along with a gm to help bring in players the HC needs) before we move in this direction. The HC will obviously bring a style of play and philosophy to the team with certain players in mind and the GM will need to go out and get them. A HC and GM relationship similar to what the Rams have with McVay and Snead.
Funny thing is, this isn't the first time Rick schooled Terry. I actually knew it will happen again when there was 3 minutes left in the 4th.
If they trade CJ, then I guess you could try that. The sad part is that I think Stotts would actually be better with a more balanced team, and less emphasis on Dame/CJ.
He's the franchise player so he should be involved. I don't think the situation is unique. I'm betting most franchise players are as involved as Dame was in this situation. We can agree or disagree on the core foundation, but to suggest we don't have enough talent is utter horseshit by Stotts apologists.
Dame was hot to start the fourth quarter. The other four guys on the court thought the game was over and didn't get him the ball, started chucking up junk and were missing. Dame came out and cooled off. Nurk fouled out. We were lazy in the beginning of the quarter and crazy at the end.
Why do we have a coach? If guys aren't following his instructions, why let them just shoot the team out of a win? This coach is just not good enough. Didn't he coach in Dallas before?
It was a two-minute span. There's a point you have to trust your players to do the right things. Dame was calling for the ball. I'm more inclined to blame Evan Turner than Stotts for what happened. He was running the offense at that point. He's a veteran. When your meal ticket wants fed you give him the ball. Dame usually sits the start of the fourth quarter. Stotts left him in. I think it was clear he wanted Lillard to administer the coup de grace. The other players didn't do it. Stotts can't go out there and grab the ball out of their hands. It was like a half-dozen possessions and we had a double-figure lead. We score even on one of those, the game is over.
