Blazer coaching search

[Nikolokolus]

I'm going to get a little philosophical for a second ... Aside from Popovich, aren't all coaches interim?

 

[Eastoff]

I'm going to get a little philosophical for a second ... Aside from Popovich, aren't all coaches interim?

Wasn't the same said about Sloan?

 

[MickZagger]

Just hire a coach already. That coach won't be there in 2 years anyway.

 

[Nikolokolus]

Wasn't the same said about Sloan?

It may have been 20 years, but 20 years is barely a blip on the geologic time scale.

 

[crandc]

It may have been 20 years, but 20 years is barely a blip on the geologic time scale.

Well, on that scale the Portland Trail Blazers are temporary. So is the planet. So is the galaxy.

But I still hope the Blazers hire a good coach.

 

[Eastoff]

Well, on that scale the Portland Trail Blazers are temporary. So is the planet. So is the galaxy.

But I still hope the Blazers hire a good coach.

clearly, 6000 years isn't a very long time. ;]

 

[Pinwheel1]

Well, on that scale the Portland Trail Blazers are temporary. So is the planet. So is the galaxy.

But I still hope the Blazers hire a good coach.

Me too. There are certain threads that need to end and be put out of their misery for all our sake. This is one of them.

 

[Mediocre Man]

So who besides Kaleb gets a face to face with PA? Me prediction is Turner

 

[Nikolokolus]

My only question is, do they do the interview in a diving bell or not?

 

[MARIS61]

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".

2.4 is nearly 3, unless you want to nitpick.
Blazers have not been over the cap "nearly every year".
PA has not lost a penny with the Blazers, only local businesses he refused to pay have (through a laughable bankruptcy).
The Blazers have not been a competitive team by any stretch of the imagination since the jailblazers were disbanded.

 

[crandc]

Mathematically 2.4 would round to 2, not 3.

Please define competitive. Is it a Conference Finals team? A playoff team? A +.500 team? Competitive is not a scientific term and is open to interpretation.

 

[Rhal]

2.4 is nearly 3, unless you want to nitpick.
Blazers have not been over the cap "nearly every year".
PA has not lost a penny with the Blazers, only local businesses he refused to pay have (through a laughable bankruptcy).
The Blazers have not been a competitive team by any stretch of the imagination since the jailblazers were disbanded.

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[Mediocre Man]

Trailblazers tv pimping Quick? Telling people to follow him on twitter. That's just weird to me

 

[ironcrotch]

Quick needs a vacation.

"It's getting so hard to believe anything an athlete says these days. Same thing with agents. And general managers. And coaches. And ..."

"... yes, and sports writers. Get me out of this racket."

 

[MARIS61]

Mathematically 2.4 would round to 2, not 3.

Please define competitive. Is it a Conference Finals team? A playoff team? A +.500 team? Competitive is not a scientific term and is open to interpretation.

In less than 1 year it will be 2.5 and will round to 3, hence "nearly".

I define competitive as having a chance to win the title.

One and done is not competitive by most people's definition.

 

[Sedatedfork]

In less than 1 year it will be 2.5 and will round to 3, hence "nearly".

I define competitive as having a chance to win the title.

One and done is not competitive by most people's definition.

So there are only 3 or 4 competitive teams a year? How depressing for NBA fans.

 

[ironcrotch]

Chris Haynes

"The #Blazers have now finished round 2 of interviews for their vacant head coach position. Elston Turner just concluded a 4.5 hour session."

 

[BBert]

Maybe they're going to hire a coach based on who has the most stamina? Interesting approach.

 

[Sedatedfork]

Maybe they're going to hire a coach based on who has the most stamina? Interesting approach.

Is Mrs. HCP part of the interview panel/Hiring Committee?

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

So, will they decide now who gets to talk to PA?

 

[BlazerCaravan]

So, will they decide now who gets to talk to PA?

After they give out the roses at the end of the episode, they hire a helicopter to fly out to Britain. There, hunky diving instructors put our bachelorettes in skintight wetsuits and tell them to swim to Paul's yacht. The first one there gets a candlelit dinner with The Bachelor.

 

[crandc]

Who gets the dinner, caravan, the ladies in wetsuits, the diving instructors, the coaches? Are the coaches swimming or just the ladies?

Will the bachelor also wear a wetsuit?

And what's for dinner?

I mean, don't leave out so many important details!

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

After they give out the roses at the end of the episode, they hire a helicopter to fly out to Britain. There, hunky diving instructors put our bachelorettes in skintight wetsuits and tell them to swim to Paul's yacht. The first one there gets a candlelit dinner with The Bachelor.

Thanks for clearing that up. I thought it might be something like that.

 

[BBert]

After they give out the roses at the end of the episode, they hire a helicopter to fly out to Britain. There, hunky diving instructors put our bachelorettes in skintight wetsuits and tell them to swim to Paul's yacht. The first one there gets a candlelit dinner with The Bachelor.

 

[ironcrotch]

Getting closer.

@JWQuick

"Trail Blazers have informed Steve Clifford he is no longer in running for team's head coach position, agent Steve Kauffman says"

"Blazers head coaching candidates have been narrowed from 4 to 2, but it is unclear who the two finalists are."

"Terry Stotts and Kaleb Canales are the two finalists for the Trail Blazers head coaching position, The Oregonian has learned"

 

[MickZagger]

The interviews go something like this:

Olshey: What are your plans for this upcoming season?

Candidate: Make the playoffs!

Olshey: Yeaaaaaahhhhhh, I'm not sure if your the right fit for this job.

 

[MickZagger]

This was such a long, drawn out, probably expensive roundabout way to hire Kanales. I've never been opposed to his hiring, I think Olshey feels he's got a Spoelstra clone.

 

[Nikolokolus]

Stotts vs. Canales? Yup, looks like Canales was the man all along.

Oh well, at least the players seem to think he'll be OK.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

Hope they give Canales a one year tryout and if it doesnt work out, they can search for a different coach again next year.

 

[Nikolokolus]

The funniest part to me is going to be reading the press release after they name Kaleb the coach: "After a long and exhaustive search, we left no stone unturned and in the end we felt like we had the best man for the job here all along, but we wanted to make sure."

I personally don't hate the hire like some do, but I hate the contrived process; it's a bit patronizing.