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Gentry basically explained why D'Antoni would be a great fit for this team.
 
Elston Turner is by far my first option of the presented candidates. I'd actually be pretty happy with that hire. Canales would be woeful.
 
Nikolokolus said:
The way I see it, if this guy is on Kaleb's list of 4, then hire Clifford and keep Canales on staff as an assistant ... I know that doesn't jive with the convention of letting a HC chose his own people, but since when have the Blazers ever done anything conventionally?
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I don't think Canales is going anywhere, no matter who they hire. You do just not let a guy that loyal get away; this is the guy who says "I am a trailblazer for life".
(I would never trade Wesley Matthews either, for much the same reason.)

I'm not disappointed about the non-inclusion of Shaw or Malone; I think Shaw was out because Olshey didn't view him as enough of a teacher; which is the main thing he is looking for. As for Malone; it's possible that stuff about him being everyone's favorite was put out by his agent. I'm glad Olshey is doing his own research and due diligence.
 
crandc said:
Of all the criticisms that could be leveled at PA's ownership of the Blazers, "cheap" is not one of them.
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Absolute nonsense.

There are over 7 billion people in the world with far less money than Paul Allen, and he has shunned every superstar player in the league for nearly 3 decades, in order to avoid paying a chump change (to him) salary cap penalty while his team wallows in and out of the cellar.

Compared to any other team owner he is the absolute cheapest of the cheap.
 
Mike Rice ‏@mikerice6
You would think looking at the 4 finalists for blazer coach kaleb is the favorite
 
RR7 said:
Jason Quick ‏@jwquick
The Oregonian has learned the Blazers Final Four coaching candidates: Terry Stotts, Elston Turner, Steve Clifford and Kaleb Canales
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Pretty much the 4 least capable interviewed. For whatever reason, PA is purposely pissing on the fans.

Just sell the f'ing team Paul. Go play with your Seahawks and let someone who wants to win have a turn.
 
I personally don't think Turner or Clifford are bad choices. Both are more capable than Kaleb. If it were me having to choose between those, I woul dhire Turner and keep Kaleb. When and if Turner failed, I would then give Kaleb a shot
 
Disagree with Rice and maris61; I think the other three candidates are actually the best available in our situation; and since Olshey knows Canales will stay no matter what; I am guessing it will be one of the other three.
 
UKRAINEFAN said:
Disagree with Rice and maris61; I think the other three candidates are actually the best available in our situation; and since Olshey knows Canales will stay no matter what; I am guessing it will be one of the other three.
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Stotts is the one guy I don't want
 
MARIS61 said:
Absolute nonsense.

There are over 7 billion people in the world with far less money than Paul Allen, and he has shunned every superstar player in the league for nearly 3 decades, in order to avoid paying a chump change (to him) salary cap penalty while his team wallows in and out of the cellar.

Compared to any other team owner he is the absolute cheapest of the cheap.
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:lol: Talk about nonsense. This reminds me of those pictures on the back cover of Highlights magazines, where the kids were supposed to find as many things as possible that were wrong.
  • PA bought the blazers in 1988; 24 years is not "nearly three decades"
  • Blazers have been over the cap nearly every year
  • PA is estimated to have lost over $1B on his ownership of the Blazers
  • The Blazers made the playoffs for the first 16 years of PA's ownership, and have only been last in the division once (05-06)--clearly not "wallowing in and out of the cellar".

I'm sure there are other things to point out, but that's enough for me.
 
A little info on the most anonymous member of our final four--Steve Clifford--from a March 2011 Orlando Sentinel article:

Bio: Clifford has coached at the high school, college and pro levels. He was an assistant coach at Saint Anselm College, Fairfield University, Boston University, Siena and East Carolina and spent four years as the head coach at Adelphi University. In the pros, Clifford spent two seasons as an assistant coach with the New York Knicks and four seasons as an assistant coach with the Houston Rockets. He joined the Magic staff before the 2007-08 season.

What he does: Clifford charts fastbreak points and second-chance points by the Magic and their opponents. For instance, if the Magic are heading into a timeout and have given up too many fastbreak points, Clifford typically will aproach assistant coach Brendan Malone, who then may say something to Stan Van Gundy.

In his words: "You can't have everybody playing Joe Head Coach. That means chaos. It's very easy if you want to talk to players [during a game] and, to me, that can be just as counterproductive as productive. I'm a big believer that the majority of the things that you're going to do as a coaching staff you're going to do before the game starts. The players should be prepared [by the coaches]. Once the game starts, if you're saying, 'Hey, look, he can shoot 3s' or 'He drives left,' you haven't done your job."
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I guess I'd like to hire both Stotts and Clifford; maybe as kind of co-coaches; they would have to work our who had responsibility for what. One is a defensive expert, one an offensive expert and both are supposed to be good teachers. With Kaleb as part of the team, I think they could do well.
 
I have not been in favor of giving KC the Head Coach job. But like others I would like to keep him on as an assistant. But what if it was reversed? I can see where he could actually be a good head coach if he was surrounded by some bright minds. One on offense and one on defense. His strength is his work ethic, his relationship with the players, and his ability to work with the young players. But if they could surround him with coaches who's strengths were x's and o's, then that combination may be the best choice.
 
Any updates on this? I figured they would make a hire before the end of the month. When is training camp supposed to start?
 
Saw the guy from Orlando is in town to be interviewed tomorrow afternoon.
 
Jason Quick: Blazers' final four coaching candidates will interview today and Tues. Steve Clifford, former asst. under Jeff and Stan Van Gundy is today. Twitter
 
Plan: Kill time until October and then keep Canales on as HC with the interim tag intact.

They did the same...fucking.... thing with Buchanan.
 
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