Official NATE SUCKS, FIRE NATE!!! Thread

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  1. Boob-No-More

    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    Mods, can you please merge all the other threads on this topic into this one. Do we really need half a dozen threads on the exact same subject?

    Thanks,
    BNM
     
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    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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  3. B-Roy

    B-Roy If it takes months

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    But you are A monkey, right?
     
  4. Boob-No-More

    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    You're my huckleberry!

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    ILOVEODEN Truth Speaker

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    This really effects your life huh LOL You wouldn't be able to sleep with all these threads..... WOW. PAGING DR MELFI. O.K IM OUT
     
  6. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    NATE SUCKS, FIRE NATE!!!!
     
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    jlprk The ESPN mod is insane.

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  9. SlyPokerDog

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  10. Boob-No-More

    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    And in the spirit of an uncluttered forum, I'll state my Nate opinions here and avoid saying the same damn thing is six other threads.

    I think Nate is a good motivator and teaches young players how to limit their mistakes. However, I think he's horrible at making adjustments, both mid-game and mid-series. He showed signs of improvement during the regular season. I suspect it was do to advice from the new assistant coaches he hired during the offseason.

    However, in the playoffs he reverted to his old ways. His solution seems to always be to play harder and make your shots (duh!). When you're already playing hard, and just aren't a good shooting team, that's not exactly a winning game "plan". He didn't adjust last year when Phoenix put Grant Hill on Andre Miller and hid Nash's poor defense on Batum. And, he didn't adjust this year to Dallas' pick and roll offense, or their tightly packed zone defense.

    It's not that I totally disagree with the Nate bashers. I'd just prefer to discuss it in one place not in six different parallel threads on the exact same topic.

    BNM
     
  11. Boob-No-More

    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    Jeezus, I just gave you what you wanted - another Nate bashing thread.
    BNM
     
  12. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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  13. DUB

    DUB Da, da da, da dah!

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    He'd make a great assistant coach, but is not up to the task of head coach.
     
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    jlprk The ESPN mod is insane.

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    He coaches like he played. He couldn't shoot, so he tried hard at defense, but wasn't great at it. (He learned defense when great Celtic defender K.C. Jones was Head Coach, between Bickerstaff and Karl.) He thought too much. He got assists but wasn't a fancy passer. Jones criticized his self-limiting inhibited play and got Whitsitt to draft Payton to replace him.

    Now he fills hot rookies with inhibitions so they go downhill each year. Remember when Sergio was a great passer and Rudy was a great shooter? When Aldridge looked like all he needed was Zach's minutes to develop? The same thing happened to Batum. These guys never developed much after their rookie years. He ruined them, and subsequent coaches can not resucitate them.

    Who was our best player last year? The new guys who hadn't been indoctrinated by him yet, Miller and Camby. Who was our best player this year? Miller and Wallace, the new guys who don't play the Nate way. Whether we obtain them through the draft or by trade, players peak in their first year, before he gets control of how they play. McMillan himself peaked in his own rookie year, setting a rookie record that still stands, 25 assists in a game.

    McMillan has no imagination. He had no idea how to use Oden, and won't even if Oden comes back. This year, he was saved by alley-oops (that's the doing of Miller and Camby, not McMillan) and a temporary improvement from Aldridge (that's the doing of the new assistants, not McMillan). He's had 6 years, which is more than enough.
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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  16. Boob-No-More

    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    Maybe I should beat them to it and start an Official ANDRE SUCKS, WAIVE ANDRE!!! thread.

    BNM
     
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    Absolutely spot on post JLPRK.
    I've felt exactly this way about McMillan since his second season.

    What I don't understand is how more people can't see this??
     
  18. Mediocre Man

    Mediocre Man Mr. SportsTwo

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    You guys are way off base. You should be embracing this and chanting "2 MORE YEARS!!!!, 2 MORE YEARS!!!!" like I am.

    On a serious note, it's ridiculous that this guy got a contract extension.
     
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    Looks like I already ruined you. Why would a fact-based thread about Miller bother me? I already know he's never been out of the first round.
     

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