That's the same argument for keeping Meyers Leonard. Coaches don't get 10 years in this league to make a tiny improvement each year. Something like 10 NBA coaches have lasted that long, and Stotts isn't in the top-10 of all time.
Funnily enough, our team's FG% this season was 0.2% - 0.4% better than it was when we had Nic/Wes/LA. So, Dame & CJ free-lancing actually leads to a higher FG% than Terry's offense designed around LA jump shots.
What about the coaches who never reach the playoffs? What about the coaches who couldn't get 49 wins in the regular season? What about the coaches who have two or more All Stars? What about the 28 coaches with teams that have an older average age and hence experience than the Blazers?
When I pushed for McMillan to go, I made a list of coaches who had lasted as long as him with one team. It was 20 at most. I said, he's not in the all-time top 20 greatest coaches. I'll see whether I can find that post.
Here's the list of Blazers coaches since Rick Adelman: P.J. Carlesimo Mike Dunleavy Maurice Cheeks Kevin Pritchard* Nate McMillan Kaleb Canales* Terry Stotts *Interim Head Coach So, looking at that list, I'd go with Stotts over any of the other guys. The list of the level of guys who have been attracted to the Portland coaching position doesn't exactly give me reason to assume that a new guy would be an improvement over what we have.
I already know why you're always against change. Change is good, even when you were selected for your even-tempered stability. When you were in the corn silo, deciding whether to turn the key on the rocket, did they ever transfer personnel around? Or did you expect to stay at the same job forever?
Back to the point at hand here, and not sure if this was discussed in this thread. But if ORL wants Stotts that badly, can we extract a pick out of them like Ainge did when he traded Doc to the Clips?
Serious question: Has a coach ever been traded for a player under contract? I'd do Terry for their 35th pick. Then get on with the interviews. Exhaust that Pop coaching tree for all the candidates: Ettore/Becky/Ime/Bud/etc etc
Depends on how badly they want him and if they really believe that the Blazers plan to keep him. I'd say slim to no chance, but you never know.
I voted for him, despite being on the political left. To explain would take 500 words. One reason: No wars like the other Republican presidents. So far, it's good.
And changes can come in many different forms as well, just not as simple as making a coaching change and everything is all well. I have no idea what the future holds for Stotts, but making a change at the coaching level can also create setbacks and then those same posters complaining will again keep complaining. It's who they are.
lol, yeah, no wars (so far) but we have a country divided more than at anytime in my 63 years of life and a president that acts like an 8th grade bully and his childish name calling. Great choice you made.
DeAndre Jordan clanking free throws every possession leads to a higher efficiency than LMA shooting jumpers, but that's neither here nor there...
My point was that I have never seen the country more divided than NOW during my 63 years in this life. Trump is simply not a very intelligent man, but this is getting off topic so I will cease.