Stotts had better teams than Billups has had. He had versatile defenders and better benches. Just baffles me that people think we should have a coach tenured here for more than a decade when the only coaches who stick around that long have won championships.
I'd wager with you that I could find something if I pulled one up, but you didn't pay our last bet, so it's probably not worth the time.
That's your opinion. Many others had far more optimistic opinions of the roster heading into the previous two seasons, and when the result turned out to be significantly worse, modified those stances. I recall one person talking about how much better our offense would be in the playoffs under Billups, with the new roster. I believe that person was you.
Sorry, I thought it was obvious I was talking about him as a *head coach*. And I don't give a flying fuck what the players think about him. The players love Chauncey who seemingly couldn't coach an AAU team. So they can disagree with me until they turned blue in the face. The facts are - the league has voted with who they hire - and they don't think he's a good head coach. If he was so good, he wouldn't be an assistant right now. He'd be the head guy, so the league disagrees with you.
Every time I ask you for clarity on this "bet" and to message me about it, you ignore me, just so you can bring it up later as a dig. Lame as fuck.
Yeah, because people underrate players that fit well into specific roles that compliment stars. Billups wouldve given our offense the opportunity to be better in the playoffs if he could effectively coach live reads, ball & player movement like I thought he'd be able to. You thought playing iso-ball and spamming pick n rolls against physical defenses in the playoffs was good. Not to mention running drop scheme against Steph Curry too. That's not good. There's more than one way to struggle as a coach.
I really like Stotts. Appreciate the job he did. But it's too early to make a definitive judgment on Coach Billups. He's developing as well. The tanks were a strategy to add talent from management. There were key injuries leading to that decision as well.
I agree... way too early to write Billups off and give him significant blame for the recent shortcomings.
I agree there are many ways to struggle as a coach, I never said otherwise. I never said I thought playiny iso-ball and spamming pick n rolls against physica defense in the playoffs was good. You're making up a story about things I never said and mixing in your opinions as if they are fact. I get this was a topic you laid your foundation on and to take a step back and admit you may have been off is too much to ask at this time. We all get things wrong though, it's nothing to be ashmed of.
Not saying Stotts was just awesome, the guy couldn't seem to teach Defense if his life depended on it but I think he knew how to run an offense and to the players strengths. At least the games were exciting being it was high scoring.
Forget about Stotts, here's the reality: If we're not .500 or better at the All-Star break, both JoCro and Coach are getting fired, and deservedly so.
Defense didn't appear to be his strong suit. Though team defensive rating (in comparison to the rest of the league) was better on average under Stotts than the past two seasons. That has been a bummer for sure.
I asked you twice before to message me because I couldn't remember what you did to our "bet" with no response, so you weren't clearing it up at all. For someone who cares so much to bring this up in every other conversation, you don't seem to care about clearing it up.
Again... you were to send HailBlazer a mouse pad. I can show you the link where I made that clear and you didn't follow up. If it's not clear now, please ask any follow up questions so I can clear it up for you. Also, for the sake of accuracy: I don't bring this up in every other conversation, or anywhere close to that. If you need to make stuff to make your point, you're not making a good point. Most importantly, I'm ribbing you, with ZERO malice, anger, etc.
I miss going deeper in the playoffs. I don't miss... Lack of defense down the stretch Overplaying starters to ensure playoff entrance Underplaying/developing younger players so they could contribute down the stretch instead of having such a tight starting lineup. In all, he shouldn't be the blame for all of that era's failures Chauncy needs to get considerable better......this season.
