A comment on Nate's coaching?

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In reading an article on Miller being happy to be back in Denver, I saw the following:

Coming back to an offense where George lets you play, make a few mistakes and then he’ll pull the reins in.
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As I was reading the article, the quote about George letting them play just jumped out at me. I know others have commented on Nate being very "controlling" and this seemed to bear that out without making any reference to Nate.

Perhaps I'm reading more into it than is there.

Full article on yahoo. http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=txnuggetsnewplayers

Gramps...
 
In the summer Nate secretly holds baby races where he eats the fastest ones.

Ask MickZagger if you don't believe me.
 
Do yourselves a favor. Save your money, time and lives, until the Blazers have a new coach this team will not ever get out of the first round of the playoffs. Nate can't pull this off, he knows it, and so do most fans who know hoops.

He has no offense, and for being a defensive minded coach this team can't defend layups.


This team is a joke right now from top down! I feel sorry for Crash, LA and the fans! All deserve far better!

These are facts, I'm sorry if there are not Rosie, but continuing to sell out the Rose Garden and put money in PA's wallet for this type of product is why we have this type of product!
 
Hey guys! No worries, Nate's gonna let Felton play the way he likes to play ... honest injun ... I mean it this time.
 
Nate's been here what, 5 years?

In all that time he's not been given a single player as good as he was when he played. Only LaMarcus looks destined for a career that compares with Nate's.

And it takes 5 to win.

I'll get excited when we have a new owner, and I don't mean Larry Miller.
 
Andre is as good as Nate if not better, and he had Roy and LA for three years and that turned into what?
 
George Karl has made it out of the playoffs once in seven years as Denver coach, and he had Carmelo Anthony for his entire tenure in Denver. Plus, he took over a team that was 44-38 the year before he got to Denver, and already had Anthony.
 
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Nate is a good coach. People that don't think so have a low basketball IQ in my opinion.
 
PapaG said:
George Karl has made it out of the playoffs once in seven years as Denver coach, and he had Carmelo Anthony for his entire tenure in Denver. Plus, he took over a team that was 44-38 the year before he got to Denver, and already had Anthony.
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George Karl went to the Finals with Seattle. Try again.
 
I hope he's happy with the backup PG role there. Last time he was put in that role we all saw how much he pouted and selfish he was.
 
RoyToy said:
I hope he's happy with the backup PG role there. Last time he was put in that role we all saw how much he pouted and selfish he was.
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Yeah, that's the funny thing. Suddenly Miller is going to be a 20 mpg player off of the bench? I hope he starts, though, because it means Denver will be worse than if they start Lawson.
 
PapaG said:
What does his tenure in Seattle have to do with his stay in Denver with an Olympian on his roster?
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You were clearly trying to illustrate a point about Karl having trouble getting out of the first round, but he's been out of the first round... unlike Nate. In fact, he's been to the WCF and the Finals. Who cares which team or how many times.
 
Karl's career playoff % (has coached 8 Olympians) - .436

Nate's career playoff % (has coached 2 Olympians) - .412
 
Natebishop3 said:
You were clearly trying to illustrate a point about Karl having trouble getting out of the first round, but he's been out of the first round... unlike Nate. In fact, he's been to the WCF and the Finals. Who cares which team or how many times.
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Nate's been out of the first round.

Why is every thread on this board that includes you about denigrating either the Blazers, their coach, their players, etc., while propping up rivals?

Are you even a fan of the Blazers?

I haven't seen a positive post from you in months, it seems.
 
PapaG said:
Nate's been out of the first round.

Why is every thread on this board that includes you about denigrating either the Blazers, their coach, their players, etc., while propping up rivals?

Are you even a fan of the Blazers?

I haven't seen a positive post from you in months, it seems.
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When did Nate coach a team out of the first round?
 
People who think Nate is a great coach have dry vaginas.
 
Nate's never had a roster that should have made it out of the first round. With the holes on our roster and the mistakes in our front office Nate's good or bad qualities are very low on the list of reasons this team hasn't been competing for titles.

I'd love to get an upgrade at coach, but who the hell's coming here? Ivaroni, Dwayne Casey, Mark Jackson, or Kurt Rambis?

Nate is the only long-term positive this franchise has had going for it. Roy was special for his 3.8 healthy years he was here and LaMarcus finally had one great season. I am not eager to see Nate go after witnessing the continuous carousel of failing coaches throughout this league. As long as the players buy into what Nate teaches and gives him full effort I'll blame our struggles on the crap of a roster we've assembled.
 
Miller isn't the first player to mention something along the lines of being afraid to make a mistake. I would think we probably hear more of those type of comments being made under Nate than other coaches. At the very least it safe to say that some players feel pressure about making mistake playing under Nate.

I think the question is, is that a bad a thing? Blazers have had some respectable records in the past three years in spite of injury after injury. Blazers lose there only all star this year and they barely skip a beat. Nate has accomplished a lot in the past 3 years given the circumstances, does he accomplish the same thing in an environment where the players are less afraid of making mistakes and can play more of a freestyle type of ball. With all the roster changes and unexpected injuries, I think I freestyle type of ball would have ultimately failed and led to the lottery.
 
Treaty_of_Batum said:
Miller isn't the first player to mention something along the lines of being afraid to make a mistake. I would think we probably hear more of those type of comments being made under Nate than other coaches. At the very least it safe to say that some players feel pressure about making mistake playing under Nate.

I think the question is, is that a bad a thing? Blazers have had some respectable records in the past three years in spite of injury after injury. Blazers lose there only all star this year and they barely skip a beat. Nate has accomplished a lot in the past 3 years given the circumstances, does he accomplish the same thing in an environment where the players are less afraid of making mistakes and can play more of a freestyle type of ball. With all the roster changes and unexpected injuries, I think I freestyle type of ball would have ultimately failed and led to the lottery.
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Bam!
 
People who want to keep Nate are silly doo doos.
 
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