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Discussion in 'Portland Trail Blazers' started by THE HCP, Nov 17, 2009.

  1. THE HCP

    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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  2. SlyPokerDog

    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    We outplayed the Hawks for 3 qrts and then ran out of gas in the 4th. I don't see what everyone is freaking out about.
     
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    his rankings are based on a preset formula
     
  4. Idog1976

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    I agree that was part of it. I also felt like Nate took his foot off the gas in the third quarter with questionable substitutions. He also could have played Oden a bit more in the 1st half while he was hot.
     
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    BoBoBREWSKI BURP!

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    People on this board would still complain if we where #1 & undefeated!
     
  6. Rodolfo

    Rodolfo Double Stamp>Triple Stamp

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    Good job with the video montage last night HCP...that was you right?
     
  7. hasoos

    hasoos Well-Known Member

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    People aren't freaking out. There is a difference between freaking out and recognizing when a situation could be handled better. Can the Blazers improve? Yes. Can fans give their own ideas on how to improve the team? Yes. That is not freaking out.
     
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    What substitutions in the 3rd would you consider questionable?
     
  9. hasoos

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    One of my biggest beefs with Nate as a coach is he fails to recognize the hot hand and ride it. Other coaches do it all the time. A guy will get hot, and Nate blindly sticks to his rotations. This guy in and this guy out at this specific time mark. Over and over and over.
     
  10. Blazer_Hippie

    Blazer_Hippie Batum getting ballsy!

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    I personally think a lot of the rigid substitution patterns have to do with managing the egos and locker room dynamics of such a deep roster. Guys get pissed when they miss out on their court time... I don't think it's nearly as easy to manage as posters here believe to just "stick with the hot hand".
     
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    Winning can solve a lot of locker room issues. It can also settle some arguments about the rotation, if a guy comes in and produces and out plays his competition, there is not much they can say. Allowing the hot hand to play allows those separations to happen naturally.
     
  12. Erroneous Subterfuge

    Erroneous Subterfuge meh

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    The way I see it the Blazers just went 4-1 on a road trip and almost 5-0. It's not a shock the Blazers ran out of gas last night. IMO they lost not because of any substitutions or anything Nate did, but because they couldn't rebound, which I attribute to being tired since they're usually pretty good at it.
     
  13. THE HCP

    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Yes it was. Thanks man. Thought I'd slow it down a little bit and give some love to Ray Charles.
     
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    Now that I know what you do (besides Beerboy's wife), I'm actually pretty impressed. Good job "Johnny" now FREEZE IT!
     

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