Fire Stotts Eventually

Discussion in 'Portland Trail Blazers' started by BonesJones, Dec 20, 2016.

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How good do you think Terry Stotts is a s a coach?

  1. Top 5

    9 vote(s)
    5.8%
  2. Top 10

    44 vote(s)
    28.6%
  3. Top 20

    35 vote(s)
    22.7%
  4. Needs to go!

    51 vote(s)
    33.1%
  5. He's the very best!

    2 vote(s)
    1.3%
  6. Lets hope he continues to improve.

    13 vote(s)
    8.4%
  1. Strenuus

    Strenuus Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    If that's the case then our coach sucks and needs to be fired.

    That'll never change because that is what needs to be done if this team wants to go anywhere. Same with the GM. He's hurt this team with his awful moves. Get him out too.
     
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    I think there's a lot of assumptions you could come to.

    1) Better/more successful teams at the start of the season are less likely to tinker with the lineup and therefore have less lineup changes
    2) Better/more successful teams often have less injury issues and therefore see less lineup changes.
    3) Changing your lineup less often makes you more successful (changing the cause/effect)

    I'm sure there are more you could put out there. They may all be false, I don't know.

    It doesn't appear rigidity in lineups is a negative. Maybe Stotts is changing the lineups too often and should be critized for that?
     
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    Stotts should be criticized. He's an awful "coach".
     
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    People are entitled to criticize him for whatever they want. Rigid rotations leading to our failures would probably be an inaccurate assessment, but that doesn't mean it can't be made.
     
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    It is accurate though. He's an average coach. Well, his record says he's average in the regular season and a fucking God awful coach in the playoffs.

    So he's just a shitty coach. And that's an accurate assessment.
     
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    For you, playoff winning percentage is how you ranking the quality of a coach?

    Like if you were the GM, that would be the top 1-2 things you look for in picking out a coach?
     
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    They were actually starting to question Stotts on the Blazer homer station, 620 a.m. Dan Marang has always been pretty reality oriented which is why I like him, but even long time Stotts defender Chad Doing is starting to question the Ter-Bear.
     
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    I want to see the Mo Cheeeks threads too!

    Too bad the board wasn't around for PJ, that would've been epic.
     
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    You can still start one.
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    You're right. We have had a bad string of absolutely mediocre coaches.

    Mo Cheeks.
    Nate McMillan
    Terry Stotts

    All trash.
     
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    Don't tempt me! I'm waiting for the next coach, I'll start that one, but then be an apologist for him after that when we don't get over the hump.
     
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    <insert next coach>
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    If you continually hire bad people, that says something about the organization :devilwink:
     
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    Bunch of bad GMs, hiring a bunch of bad coaches. Sounds like you think the root problem is poor ownership and would like the team sold?
     
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    That is coming too. So be ready for some new thread titles.
     
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    "Dissolve the Paul Allen Trust Now!"
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    Actually yes. I'd like to see an ownership group that's invested in the team.
     
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    You buy an NBA franchise you are invested.
     
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    My worry is that Paul Allen was more invested than most owners and that the next owner we have will be more concerned about the ledger.
     

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