Fire Stotts Eventually

[BonesJones]

Heads have to roll, this is where it starts. He's never been a defensive coach, and his offense stagnates in the 4th quarter. He doesn't call timeouts to stop opponent runs and doesn't make any in game adjustments.

He needs to go. Now.

 

[illmatic99]

Stupid overreaction.

And you replace him with whom?

And what do you suddenly expect to change?

You fire him because heads need to roll? dumb

 

[Sinobas]

I think a big problem in the 4th is Damian. We've all seen how he has a habit of trying to force very difficult 3s, playing hero ball, and it usually doesn't work. What happened to the Lillard of the beginning of the year?

 

[craigehlo]

I think a big problem in the 4th is Damian. We've all seen how he has a habit of trying to force very difficult 3s, playing hero ball, and it usually doesn't work. What happened to the Lillard of the beginning of the year?

We need a coach that will put an end to that nonsense. Stotts is a "player's coach" on a team that needs to show some more discipline. He's not equipped to turn this around.

No more re-tread NBA head coaches. Find a younger, ex-player that can get into these guys. Shit, give Juwan Howard a call.

 

[Nikolokolus]

Fire Stotts and you're still stuck with the same subpar defenders. Band-aids for a gangrenous limb.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I'll coach!

 

[craigehlo]

Fire Stotts and you're still stuck with the same subpar defenders. Band-aids for a gangrenous limb.

He's part of the problem. One you can immediately address. Speaking of band-aids, that one we need to rip off and move on.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

Can Dana Altman coach two teams at the same time? Find out on the next episode of Dragon Ball Z

 

[illmatic99]

You're calling me dumb? Get the fuck outta here. I would go into X's and O's but you probably couldn't keep up because you didn't play at a level above 10 year old peewee basketball.

You post is idiotic and reactionary. Stay on topic. And LOL at flaunting your supposed Xs and Os knowledge in an anonymous forum. Props

 

[Nikolokolus]

You're calling me dumb? Get the fuck outta here. I would go into X's and O's but you probably couldn't keep up because you didn't play at a level above 10 year old peewee basketball.

He didn't call you dumb.

 

[Sinobas]

Try and forget your Blazer fan bias. If you were another team looking at this roster, what would you think of it? Damian is a star, CJ is a very good scorer...but aside from that, you've got a bunch of guys that are 2nd-rate talent. Everyone was a backup on their prior team, and Neil got them out of the bargain bin. Every NBA analyst thought this roster would be awful, they have a "cinderella" season by not sucking, and Neil decides to dole out ridiculous contracts.

 

[KingSpeed]

He's part of the problem. One you can immediately address. Speaking of band-aids, that one we need to rip off and move on.

You can only address it if you replace him with a better coach.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

You're calling me dumb? Get the fuck outta here. I would go into X's and O's but you probably couldn't keep up because you didn't play at a level above 10 year old peewee basketball.

I read it as he was calling your thread/post dumb, not you personally.

Now your post on the other hand....

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

You can only address it if you replace him with a better coach.

Alright boys, it's time to round up Phil Jackson and his posse.

 

[illmatic99]

He didn't call you dumb.

Kinda feel like I should have now.

 

[KingSpeed]

I thought @HCP was crazy when he predicted we'd go 3-6 in these last nine games. Turned out to be worse. 2-7.

 

[illmatic99]

^ bow down to the bball genius, everyone.

 

[BonesJones]

You can only address it if you replace him with a better coach.

Anyone.

 

[EGame]

if were rolling heads, can we roll meyers head straight outta P-Town?

 

[illmatic99]

Anyone.

Maybe you should coach the team with all your wisdom and all.

 

[illmatic99]

You can't bring any sort of logical discussion to any sort of basketball topic. You never have. I've never seen any sort of knowledgeable post from you when it comes to basketball, yet you sit here and call people's posts "dumb" and "idiotic" when they can back their opinions.

Did I ruffle some feathers there? My bad. I shoulda been more cognizant of your precious feelings.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Girls, girls, you're both pretty and know a lot about basketball.

 

[illmatic99]

Still waiting to hear exactly what would change with a different coach.

Will Dame suddenly become a better defender? Will we actually find someone to hide his bad defense? Will Mason start protecting the rim? Will we stop giving up straight line drives to the rim?

Until that is answered, then there really is no point to firing Terry. It's a move simply to make change-- and good teams don't do that.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

Girls, girls, you're both pretty and know alot about basketball.

 

[santeesioux]

Where's the fire Olshey thread?

 

[Nikolokolus]

Still waiting to hear exactly what would change with a different coach.

Will Dame suddenly become a better defender? Will we actually find someone to hide his bad defense? Will Mason start protecting the rim? Will we stop giving up straight line drives to the rim?

Until that is answered, then there really is no point to firing Terry. It's a move simply to make change-- and good teams don't do that.

Are we a good team? Asking for a friend.

 

[illmatic99]

Are we a good team? Asking for a friend.

We certainly aspire to be one.

 

[BonesJones]

Try and forget your Blazer fan bias. If you were another team looking at this roster, what would you think of it? Damian is a star, CJ is a very good scorer...but aside from that, you've got a bunch of guys that are 2nd-rate talent. Everyone was a backup on their prior team, and Neil got them out of the bargain bin. Every NBA analyst thought this roster would be awful, they have a "cinderella" season by not sucking, and Neil decides to dole out ridiculous contracts.

Still waiting to hear exactly what would change with a different coach.

Will Dame suddenly become a better defender? Will we actually find someone to hide his bad defense? Will Mason start protecting the rim? Will we stop giving up straight line drives to the rim?

Until that is answered, then there really is no point to firing Terry. It's a move simply to make change-- and good teams don't do that.

Our defenders aren't any worse than Houston's but look at them. Stotts has never developed any player on the defensive end, as McCollum and Lillard haven't gotten any better. The coaching staff should've made this more of a priority, and if they did then the aren't good enough as defensive coaches to hold their jobs. Stotts' scheme is elementary, predictable, and makes other teams comfortable. His refusal to double leads to Marc Gasol, Paul George, and DeMarcus Cousins single-handedly taking over games in the 4th quarter to beat us. His lack of timely timeouts leads to extended runs from the opposition that kill us down the stretch. We saw this tonight. He lacks in-game adjustments and situational scheme changes. His offensive system relies on a lot of lateral passes and top of the key action from a center that can't shoot, which causes the offense to break down under any sort of legit ball-pressure, which is why it bogs down in the 4th quarter. He can't get the guys to buy in anymore, which was his only legit strength being the players coach that he is.

Try to knowledgeably argue one or maybe *gasp* TWO of those points.

 

[Strenuus]

Girls, girls, you're both pretty and know alot about basketball.

a lot.

I'M PRETTY AND I KNOW GRAMMAR! :MARIS61:

 

[craigehlo]

Where's the fire Olshey thread?

One firing at a time. That's coming after the trade deadline if he can't shake up the roster. We have enough data on Stotts right now to know he stinks.