Portland Coach- And Then There Were Two

I have a problem with Kaleb's vision for the team. He hasn't any so far as I know. He'll "coach" but does he know how to develop a team? From film room boy to head coach concerns me. As to Stotts, I have open mind. I wonder if these are the only two still interested.

 

Stotts is a former low Sonic assistant coach under McMillan (not the top assistant). I have read nothing but negatives from fans of his subsequent teams.

 

If hiring Canales means Shabazz Muhammad, then I'm a huge Kaleb fan

 

Kaleb! Kaleb! Kaleb!

 

Why can't they just fucking decide? They were down to 4 canidates. I think we'll be better off if Canales an learn more as an assistant. If he fails, he'll get fired and it will be a waste of a young talent.

 

If we would have been quicker we could have had Jacque Vaughn. Damn

 

Sounds like he should have been hired a decade ago.

 

its true in this forum.

 

I'm not a big fan of retreads, but....

Lenny Wilkins 75-89 (In Portland before being fired)
Lenny Wilkins 150-74 (First three years after Portland in Seattle. 1 championship, 2 finals appearances, 3 conference finals)

I guess every situation is different?

 

Jerry Sloan
94-121 with Chicago
Utah..............

 

I just think the whole thing is fucking hilarious because they went through this whole thing and I'm pretty sure Kaleb is getting the job. If they hire him, after all the bullshit they just did, it will look pretty ridiculous.

 

Between these two, I kind of hope they hire KC and just give him some good assistants to coach up the players. You have a pretty young team with a lot of new pieces. I think they could really rally behind KC and he has the endorsement of the players. Stotts does not excite.

 

I think that was the plan the whole time. Give you two options, one of which is completely horrible, so the winner by default is the guy Olshey wants.

I think the whole thing was a sham. Canales has been operating as the head coach this whole time. He ran the workouts for the draft picks, he ran the summer team, and I get the feeling that this whole coaching search was just a dog and pony show.

 

Not to me. I think it would be ridiculous to hand it to Canales without looking at every possible option. But based on the last few coaching hires by other teams, I just don't see a lot of great options.Plus I don't think it hurts Kaleb any by having him beat out the other applicants rather than just inheriting the job.

That is if he gets the job.

 

Yeah, it kind of looks that way. Really an odd coaching search to be honest. Offer the job to Jerry Sloan and PJ. See we are serious! Whirlwind interviews. Brian Shaw doesn't even make it out of the first round of interviews. And then... hire the guy you basically said would get the job on your first day as GM.

 

See, this is my thinking as well. Throw a couple of pie-in-the-sky offers to Phil Jackson and Jerry Sloan and then bring in a bunch of bums for Kaleb to beat out. The fact that Shaw and Malone didn't even make the finals tells me something is fishy.

Do you really think the other three candidates were stiff competition? Nobody around the league is talking about offering Stotts or Elgin Baylor a headcoaching job.

 

Charlotte hired Mike Dunlap, Orlando hired Jacque Vaughn. None of those guys are named Mike Malone or Brian Shaw.

Something must be fishy.

 

The team is going to be pretty below average to average next year. Let's see how the rookies play. Maybe KC grows into the position? This isn't necessarily a bad thing. A weird coaching search though. Compare how the Seahawks are managed (another Paul Allen team) to how the Blazers are managed. Pete Carroll is all about competition. You earn the position (including the coach). The Blazers are not run like that at all whatsoever. Just look at last season. What exactly did Felton earn? What did Jamal Crawford earn? I hope the new coach aka Kaleb Canales takes a Pete Carroll approach to the season.

 

Brian Shaw pulled his own name out of the running for Orlando.