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That Asian mysticism bullshit gets tiresome after awhile. That's why that show got cancelled.

 

So, back to my original post about the Blazers poor defensive start having to do with incorporating two new starters and having had little practice time to do it: the Blazers are getting that practice time due to the Covid-generated hiatus from playing games. We can argue about whether I'm just making excuses until the cows come home or we can just watch the next few games and see if the practice made for improvement.

 

You don't annoy me. It's just that you and about 3 others stand in the way of mankind's evolutionary progression, blocking the sacrifices of the billions of dead on whose shoulders we stand, and making human history stand still.

 

c'mon man...this is all opinion...mine, yours, everybody else's

not only that, you seem to be assuming that the only thing influencing my opinion is wins and losses. As if I haven't watched 95% of the games over the period I'm talking about. That, after I explained in detail the things I was looking at that were not just wins and losses. And we have an 8 season sample size for Stotts and Olshey

as far as Nurkic injuries: relying on an injury prone player, and Nurkic is definitely that, then rationalizing losses after that player gets injured again, does cross the line to an excuse. It's a perpetual get-out-of-jail card for Coaches and GM's. Besides that, Nurkic has been healthy in 2 of the last 3 playoffs and Portland's record in those two playoffs was 1-8. Oh shit, there I go again, looking at wins and losses

 

Oh, well, if you’re going back to the Pelicans series, I would have probably fired Stotts after that sweep. His inability to come up with any answer for the double teams on Dame was, and continues to be, in my opinion the best reason for arguing for a change in coaching. The Lakers series last season? I’ll throw a c’mon man back at you. The Lakers were flat out better and that was before Dame got hurt.

 

The 'excuses' weren't directed at any one post in particular. But there are still plenty of them being rolled out, i.e., for Stotts being here for nearing a decade and yet so many things looking oddly familiar year after year...and not in a good way.

They kicked our ass before injuries hit and certainly don't have anyone the superstar level of Dame. So yes, I'd love it if we could play the way they did....with higher level of talent we rolled out for the start of that game.

 

Believe it or not they have a brighter future than our stale soon to be torn down roster

 

Fucking dumb ass Olshey picked Zach Collins over Bam

 

No Nurk to close against Sabonis

 

Blazers now top 4 in the west! I smell championship

 

No they don’t. They are what they are. Not good. And why would you tear down the roster of the 4th best team in the West?

 

That's supposed to be my job damnit!

 

all this from one single S2 quartet?

 

and just like clockwork, another injury excuse

Pacers were without Oladipo/LeVert, TJ Warren, and Jeremy Lamb

 

They really need an influx of new fans too.....you might be onto something...let me know what it's like in Sactown! They swap players and coaches every other month or so ...you're gonna love it

 

Another coach who apparently has the same issues some here complain about...

 

They kicked our ass in one game, on the second night of a back-to-back. It happens. That hardly means they are in better shape than we are as a franchise. We beat the Lakers this season too but I'm not arguing that has us in better position than them.

 

If Stotts had a shred of Kerr's success we wouldn't have to.

 

Steph won 3 championships in his prime, Not matters what happens from now on his prime will not have been wasted.
Dame on the other hand is a MVP caliber player who has never been put in a position to win it all by management. THIS is what wasting a prime means.

 

LOL...



Kerr appears to have enough of a better resume he's granted a little leeway on failure. Kerr has had repetitive success of the highest order. Stotts has had repetitive mediocrity

and yes, I know: each had different levels of talent to work with. But Kerr's ability to win championships with high level talent is proven. What Stotts could do with that level of talent is all theory.

I put more of Portland's problems on Olshey than Stotts. But I'm convinced the Blazers need major changes and both need to be shown the door