Should Chauncey be on the hot seat?

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  1. Rastapopoulos

    Rastapopoulos Well-Known Member

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    Or could nobody do much better with this roster?
     
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    Nobody would win with this roster.
     
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    Fez Hammersticks スーパーバッド Zero Cool

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    It’s the roster.

    The young guys aren’t ready - this team has zero bench.
     
  4. SlyPokerDog

    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    Show me 2 Blazer wins this season attributable to Billups outcoaching the other team.
     
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    Freshtown Well-Known Member

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    Bad coaches get less out of their roster than they should.

    Average coaches get average production from their roster.

    Good coaches get more from their roster than they should.

    Chauncey is not a good coach. He is either average or bad, too soon to tell until the talent improves.

    Not on the hot seat now but if the roster improves and these issues persist, yeah, he’s gone.

    (FWIW Stotts was also average).
     
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    Not even 1.5 seasons in and people are wondering if he should be fired.

    As some of us were saying 2 years ago, the assumption that a coaching change was likely to result in significant improvement was simply wishful thinking.

    Stotts wasn't the problem. Billups isn't the problem.
     
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    No.

    Waste of a thread.

    /Thread.
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    Maybe because hiring a rookie head coach was a bad idea for a team that needed to win now?
     
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    This ref crew is a circus show
     
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    Bring in George Karl....he has that Seattle tie
     
  11. illmatic99

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    gross.

    you must also know how he feels about dame
     
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    julius Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    It helps when you get more than 3 points from your bench. Maybe get the man a decent bench player first?
     
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    it's valid to question Billups, but also really early. Yeah, the roster has issues

    but Chauncey's defense is way too inconsistent and the offense is disorganized. I'd say a lot of the turnover issues are due to trying to fit square pegs into round holes and that disorganization
     
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    Going from an established coach to an inexperienced one seemed to be what many wanted (fresh blood, no retreads), but it didn't make a ton of sense to me.

    At the time, we had a GM who was going to be starting from a limited pool of canidates: His few friends/his agents guys. We had/have an unstable ownership situation. We had a flawed roster.

    Given all those factors, that was why I was on record that a change was unlikely to result in significant improvement.
     
  15. Chris Craig

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    Fire his ass
     
  16. SlyPokerDog

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    Can you send coaches to the G League?
     
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  17. Chris Craig

    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    I wish
     
  18. BigGameDamian

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    I’d fire his ass and get Quin Snyder.
     
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    Bench is too young
    Not enough defense
    Not enough length
    Not enough size

    .....a lot to overcome.
     
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    No need to worry.
     

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