Poll: How Many Games does POR Need to Win in the Series for Terry Stotts to Save His Job?

Thanks!

 

Well those disclaimers count for sure. My statement is they are just as valid as a week ago. There is only so much being in favor of the players does for any coach. On that we agree.

 

Yeah, the players want to play for Stotts because they're able to shoot any shot they want and do whatever they want on the court with any level of accountability.

And if management caters to that, then we need to replace many more jobs than just Stotts'.

 

The argument of "The players like Terry Stotts so therefore he will/should be kept" is ridiculous.

A coaches job is not to be liked.

 

Really the ridiculous argument is the one you just made. Players do not perform at that level for a coach they dislike. Do you really want me to give you instances? Really? Through the years how many coaches lost their teams and lost everything. Go ahead. Fire Stotts and hire Rivers. See what that gets you.

 

Actually i can even believe i responded to that garbage. Losing all respect for you Bones..... You know better than that.

 

Austin Rivers???

 

Wrong.

Players do not perform at that level for a coach they don't RESPECT. You think Popovich is liked? You think Popovich is buddies with all his players? No. But they respect him as a coach, so they play hard for him.

I played for a coach I respected in high school, and a coach I liked but didn't really respect in college. Let's just say, I would play harder and at a higher level for my high school coach because he held his players to a level of accountability that we needed and we were both chasing the same goal, so I respected him.

You can give me all the instances you want. In all of them, the players didn't respect their coach, it had nothing to do if the player and coach we're best friends or not.

Who the hell said Doc Rivers? Nobody respects him. His players certainly don't.

 

KJ, don't be dumb. You're arguing that a coach should be kept because he's liked because he doesn't hold players accountable and who's doing a poor job. You're losing respect for me because I disagree with that?

We better go find the most likable guy in the world and hire him as head coach, since that's what matters. Then everyone can be friends!

 

If the Blazers were to somehow miraculously get up off the mat and fight back to a game 7..... they might keep him. But the team has looked SO bad that anything less than that is probably not enough.

 

Sigh!

I can't not think of a reason to keep Stotts. Many reasons not to keep him, but what will Allen do? He would already be gone if the owner wanted a winner. I am afraid the owner is making money and the Stott's price is in that game.

 

Stotts has allowed the inmates to run the asylum. Dame and CJ have zero accountability. I love those guys, but they have the greenest of green lights, and it hurts the team. We have a horrible assist percentage. They take bad shots. They don't pass the ball. They don't look for the open teammate, and that's how you get the shitty offense that we have right now against NOP. They swarm Dame and we just crumble.

 

The problem is.. Our set offense doesn't provide anything better. All ball movement occurs in scramble situations where players are fully improvising, as there's little to no structure or principals put in place to facilitate ball movement.

We're more talented than people think. Nurk played like an All-NBA Center over the 2nd half of the season on both sides of the floor. 21ppg per 36min on around 55% shooting. CJs still a great scorer, and Dames probably a top 6 or 7 offensive player in the league. Moe shot 40% from 3pt. Aminu shot around 40% almost the entire season. You had other guys that could step up off the bench and provide scoring. It was a product of talent, not system.

 

And the stats back you up. Pretty plain when you look at the stats, how to set up a defense for this team.

 

I think we should put the cart before the horse. I would like to have a line on a potential replacement (coughbudenholzercough) before letting him go.

Whichever, we need to be quick. Looks like the Knicks are going after Budenholzer.

 

"Entrepreneur and philanthropist Paul G. Allen has owned the Portland Trail Blazers for 29 years, and during that time the Trail Blazers have achieved at levels that few NBA teams have surpassed."

On Paul Allens website. Anyone see anything wrong with this message?

http://www.nba.com/blazers/paul-allen