Giannis wanted Kidd in Milwaukee but Bucks fans hated him. They upgrade him to Budenholzer and that team goes from fringe playoff team to contender instantly.
Why isn't there an "unlike" button? BTW, he's already got a coaching job: https://www.fatherly.com/news/kobe-bryant-daughter-team-coach-fun/
Stotts did need to be fired. The fact is that he never dealt with an injury that caused a slump like Dame just came out of and he would have been well under .500 with Dame having that injure and this roster too. So at least with Chauncey there is a hope that he can get better as a coach. The real tragedy was that Olshey was allowed to fire Stotts. Olshey should have been fired first, then the team should have found their new GM and that GM could decide what to do at the head coach position. Undoubtedly after nine seasons and no wins past the second round, the new GM would have fired Stotts and hired a new head coach. If the new GM was looking for a fresh face, it very well could have been Chauncey.
Part of Dame's slump was the new way Billups was using him. Stotts did not need to be fired. He had made the playoffs 8 straight seasons including a WCF and had one year left on his contract. They could've stuck with him but tried to improve the roster.
First of all, it was Dame's injury that is as plain as day now. As far as Stotts goes, nine years without a win past the second round is unprecedented for a head coach in this league, so giving him a tenth year with that little of success would send a message that all we want is to make the playoffs and that's good enough. I realize Stotts may have been handicapped by Olshey more so than the other way around but Olshey had to go and there was no way the new GM was keeping Terry for yet another run of mediocrity. Stotts was gone no matter what. It was bullshit that there was a news conference held laying all of the Blazers shortcomings at his feet because he was not solely to blame. That being said Terry did say that he didn't believe in accountability and that it was a catch phrase, last season as the team was dragging ass and no longer really responding to him. It had run its course. Like I said no one had ever been given that many chances to get a win at the conference championship level and failed. I know you think we should be cool and jumping for joy that we make the playoffs every season but that is not the precedence for excellence that has been set for NBA head coaches. Did you want our team to settle for less from their head coach than every other team in league history? This is the last I'll ever respond to someone who makes the ridiculous claim that Terry Stotts should still be coaching our team... it's just too absurd of an argument.
It's too bad we don't have Stotts to play Tony Snell ahead of Nassir Little in the rotation. Too bad. We really missed out.
Billups is beginning to look like a clown. Way over his head. Too bad Portland has to be the place he will get fired from his first coaching gig. He'll learn the ropes here, get fired , and then become a better coach at his next job.
Stotts had a year left on his contract. Why not let it run it’s course and then make a decision about his future with the team? Should all coaches be fired if they don’t reach the Finals? What is this precedent you speak of? Stotts was a better coach for this team than Billups is. The proof is in the pudding.
One last time. Nine years with no wins past the second round of the playoffs. His tenure was already unprecedented and he looked like he had lost the team. How Stotts compares to Chauncey has no bearing whatsoever. He was here three seasons too long the way it was. It is lunacy that you say a coach who had never won a game past the second round should have been given a tenth year to try and do better. You are making the argument that we not only should have settled for a history making ninth season with that low of performance but you wanted a tenth season for the guy. We should not be the team with the lowest standards in the history of the game for our head coach but we were and we definitely shouldn't have doubled down on that with another season.
Which is exactly why Olshey should have been fired and his replacement should have been allowed to choose what to do with the coach.
I couldn't agree with you more. It was a horrible shame it went down the way it did. I guarantee if a new GM would have replaced coach Stotts he would have said nice things about Terry when announcing his departure and definitely wouldn't have put the failures of last season squarely on him. That was despicable. I'm so glad we're rid of Olshey.
1000% How ownership and people here could see the flawed logic behind seeing if it was a coaching issue first is such a head-sratcher to me. I don't think Billups is awful, but giving a guy with 1 year assistant coaching experience a 5 year deal when your best players are in their prime should've been ownerships second red flag. Though I might've been wrong when I said a didn't think a new coach would make a significant difference; this is starting to feel significant.
