I absolutely love the player coach method...it's much more interesting than the micro management style of coaching in my view....it's not a problem unless you don't understand it and need to be micromanaged....Stan Van Gundy is one of the most controlling coaches in the league.....he can't keep a job and has never won a ring. You're never going to enjoy the Blazers if you want that style of basketball. I relate it to music....guys get really bored playing the same 3 chords and song arrangements night after night....players need to stretch out to improve or they just become paycheck players. If we can keep a balanced core under Stotts for 3 seasons together we can win a lot of games, maybe a chip or two
Michael Jordan was all ISO ball...Kobe Bryant was all ISO ball.....plenty of ISO players have multiple rings....I like team ball...we don't have the chemistry Denver has with this roster yet...when we do we'll beat them....it won't be with Blevins and Elleby on the court for half the game either...;.I also don't put much stock in stats from "last year"....we had 19 different starting lineups last year and our best defenders out with injuries...moved rotation players mid season and added Melo with no training camp...last year is an anomaly as far as Stotts teams rank
I'm not arguing but it's not false that Kobe and Michael were ISO players who dribbled the air out of the ball....and won many rings....triangle smiangle...did you watch Michael and Kobe pass that much really? I didn't...I'd say to judge Stott's coaching on last year and this preseason is a stretch but that's why we're not seeing the same thing here which is fine....and I believe in Stott's coaching
This is a false dichotomy. There's a vast casim between "do whatever you want" Stotts and "micromanager" Gundy.
If you pass Michael the ball he scores....same with Kobe....that's a given....to me they are still ISO players and would be in any system
we disagree...especially about Stotts....and Van Gundy is a photonegative of Stotts which is why I picked him to compare....I don't see the falsehood in that comparison but hey
This statement is false too.
I disagree with this to a point. I think Stotts' coaching style could not just win a championship but many. The thing is that Olshey is also insanely egotistically devoted to those he drafted. If one of these guys were different then they would work together. My choice wouldn't be Stotts changing or being changed out but Olshey changing or being changed out. If Olshey would look at Terry's strengths and weaknesses he could make much better choices for us. Olshey should know at this point that Stotts isn't going to stop giving the green light to guys with talent to score like CJ and Melo even if that hurts the flow of the offense (the Dallas offense used to stand still when Nurk would get the ball at the elbow but they were very successful). So Olshey should move those players.
citing assist stats has nothing to do with my view that last year was not an accurate reflection of Stotts success in Portland....I was targeting our defensive woes last season and our revolving rotations....roster changes and injuries. Stotts has had winning records without superstar teams...many, many of you folks don't like him...I like him alot. Opinions aren't false..they are opinions. You can highlight them and run out a stat sheet but it has little to do with what I've posted about Stotts and a players coach vs a micromanaging coach like Van Gundy. I've heard every Stotts criticism there is....I'm still a fan cheering for him...you have alot of people who'll agree with you around here though
Yeah I can tell by reading your posts and listening to Stotts that by comparison Stotts is no moron. Just so you don't take that too personally, Stotts is a really really bright individual. His high minded philosophies about personal empowerment and unity might be beyond some in here but that in no way makes him a moron. I realize because he indulges his players that the ball stalls and we don't get as many easy buckets as some in here think we should but his offenses are still very very highly ranked. On defense Stotts will never be the accountability driven coach but he does have good ideas... he just needs the right players to execute them. So Stotts has some weaknesses the biggest of which is accountability (which in my experience managing several hundred different people is the best weakness to have), empowering and teaching are far more important.
How about you actually read the posts....
I was just trying to show you that last year was not an 'anomaly' for a Stott's team. The lack of ball movement has been an on-going issue for several years.
The key here is that Accountability should result in a change of behavior (or change in play).... so regardless of how Stott's holds players accountable - we can look at the product to see if it is working.
to me his personality is part of what I like about him and part of what makes him successful...
