Select the most recent coach the Blazers had you felt was a "good" NBA coach. If you select "I'm never happy with the head coach", please explain why your standards are as high as they are.
I cut it off after 30 years. Should be more than long enough for a reasonable person to think a coach was good.
I don't disagree, he just really is sadly our best last coach. Dunleavy is the choice out of the options, imo. Adelman just was a step above him.
100%... those teams were such a joy in so many ways! Would also be unfair for Adelman to be the standard for what we should expect out of a coach. He was elite, and even then, fans complained about him.
I liked Dunleavy, and I also understand what he push back for not winning it all. Dunleavy had BY FAR the most talent to work with of the 6 coaches, so it's tricky to compare him to a coach who only had one or two all-stars during their entire tenure. Adelman was two steps above anyone since his firing (in my opinion).
I hear you on Dunleavy but that roster was a mess of personalities at times. The fact he had us that close to the Finals gets bonus points, even with the talent. Don't disagree in Adelman being two steps above. Dude is a legend.
Got to catch up with both Terry and Nate this weekend. Such good dudes both of them. Coach Nate today said he loved what Chauncey did this year with this roster!
In the entire time that Stotts was the coach here, the only time he had "less" was the minute after he was fired. He had a ROY, and an all star in his 1st and 2nd years as coach. Every other year he had Damian Fucking Lillard, who was better than anyone on this team currently. Also had LaMarcus for 3 years, better than anyone on this team.
If your standard is that a coach must get a team to contention to be "good", then your standards are ridiculous. It's pretty inarguable that Stotts was universally respected around the league, and continually brought deficient rosters to the playoffs. He wasn't elite, but he was definitely good.
