Does Stotts make it through the rest of the season?

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Does Stotts make it through the rest of the season?

  • Yes

    Votes: 49 90.7%

  • No

    Votes: 5 9.3%
  • Total voters
    54
Olshey --> Stotts "I'm going to fire you when the season is over."

Stotts --> Olshey "Fine, I'm done playing your crap signature free agent acquisition, and we'll start winning."
 
Tince said:
Olshey --> Stotts "I'm going to fire you when the season is over."

Stotts --> Olshey "Fine, I'm done playing your crap signature free agent acquisition, and we'll start winning."
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I really really really doubt that DJJ was the problem.
 
Phatguysrule said:
The team has won 6 of its last 7 games... Now doesn't seem to be the time to fire the coach.
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Let's be honest here, which of these wins are you really impressed with? Which of these teams do you think you can really hang your hat on?

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The Celtics are the only team that I legit think is a good team right now. The Nets didn't have Harden or Durant. The Lakers didn't have LeBron.

Pacers - sub .500
Grizzlies - barely .500
Nets - missing two of their best players
Celtics - good win
Hawks - loss
Cavs - horrible team
Lakers - missing LeBron
Spurs - sub .500

Nothing has really changed. We're still beating teams we should beat. But we're about to get beat down by Utah, Denver and Phoenix.
 
Need to beat Hou and Den. Den may not be playing for anything which would help. I think if we go 2-2 we are #6.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Let's be honest here, which of these wins are you really impressed with? Which of these teams do you think you can really hang your hat on?

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The Celtics are the only team that I legit think is a good team right now. The Nets didn't have Harden or Durant. The Lakers didn't have LeBron.

Pacers - sub .500
Grizzlies - barely .500
Nets - missing two of their best players
Celtics - good win
Hawks - loss
Cavs - horrible team
Lakers - missing LeBron
Spurs - sub .500

Nothing has really changed. We're still beating teams we should beat. But we're about to get beat down by Utah, Denver and Phoenix.
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I think is fairly accurate. Though beating teams you're supposed to beat doesn't always happen in the NBA.

Losing to teams who are better than you (Utah, Denver, Phoenix) also shouldn't be anything to get worked up over.
 
LayneStaley said:
Need to beat Hou and Den. Den may not be playing for anything which would help. I think if we go 2-2 we are #6.
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Portland and Denver will both want to play each other and there are multiple scenariors where one team might want to throw that last game.
 
Tince said:
I think is fairly accurate. Though beating teams you're supposed to beat doesn't always happen in the NBA.

Losing to teams who are better than you (Utah, Denver, Phoenix) also shouldn't be anything to get worked up over.
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Normally I'd agree with you, however this just cements the fact that we're a world class mediocre team. We're great at beating bad teams, but we're so much worse than the true playoff teams that we haven't even really been able to make it close. The Clippers, Jazz, Suns, and Nuggets of the world have just clowned on us over and over again. That's not good. But for some reason the fans seem to get all excited about us stringing together wins over other bad or mediocre teams.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Normally I'd agree with you, however this just cements the fact that we're a world class mediocre team. We're great at beating bad teams, but we're so much worse than the true playoff teams that we haven't even really been able to make it close. The Clippers, Jazz, Suns, and Nuggets of the world have just clowned on us over and over again. That's not good. But for some reason the fans seem to get all excited about us stringing together wins over other bad or mediocre teams.
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I can't speak for the excitment level of others. Personally, I enjoy beating teams we're supposed to beat vs losing to them. I do not think this is a sign we're heading straight to the WCF. I didn't think this was a top 4 roster in the West heading into the season, so getting out of the first round never seemed likely to me; still doesn't.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Honestly, I just don't agree.

He's a scapegoat for Stotts' inadequacies. A good coach would have found a way to use his strengths. Instead Stotts decided to stop because he couldn't fit with his anemic and one dimensional offense.
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I guess we'll find out when he's on his 4th team and 5th head coach in 230 career games. I suppose it's possible DJJ is just very unlucky.
 
Tince said:
I can't speak for the excitment level of others. Personally, I enjoy beating teams we're supposed to beat vs losing to them. I do not think this is a sign we're heading straight to the WCF. I didn't think this was a top 4 roster in the West heading into the season, so getting out of the first round never seemed likely to me; still doesn't.
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I just think it was funny because we went on that losing streak because we were playing good teams, and suddenly we're "in a funk."

No.... we just aren't good.
 
Natebishop3 said:
I just think it was funny because we went on that losing streak because we were playing good teams, and suddenly we're "in a funk."

No.... we just aren't good.
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I think we define good differently. I think we're good... just not a contender/great.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Let's be honest here, which of these wins are you really impressed with? Which of these teams do you think you can really hang your hat on?

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The Celtics are the only team that I legit think is a good team right now. The Nets didn't have Harden or Durant. The Lakers didn't have LeBron.

Pacers - sub .500
Grizzlies - barely .500
Nets - missing two of their best players
Celtics - good win
Hawks - loss
Cavs - horrible team
Lakers - missing LeBron
Spurs - sub .500

Nothing has really changed. We're still beating teams we should beat. But we're about to get beat down by Utah, Denver and Phoenix.
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Multiple 20-30 and even close to 40 point wins seems like some improvement?
 
Tince said:
I think we define good differently. I think we're good... just not a contender/great.
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See, I don't think so, because it's one thing to not be a contender, but it's another thing entirely to just get completely embarrassed any time you play one of the top four teams in the west. To me, that says you're mediocre. Middle of the road. You're the 5 inch penis of the NBA.
 
Fairly-Hard said:
Multiple 20-30 and even close to 40 point wins seems like some improvement?
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So we're REALLY good at beating the bad-to-mediocre teams of the NBA. That's not exactly news. We have been doing that all season.
 
Natebishop3 said:
See, I don't think so, because it's one thing to not be a contender, but it's another thing entirely to just get completely embarrassed any time you play one of the top four teams in the west. To me, that says you're mediocre. Middle of the road. You're the 5 inch penis of the NBA.
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Now we're defining "embarrassed".

I don't think the Blazer players were embarrassed after their February matchup Denver (lost by 5 with no Nurk or CJ), March matchup with Phoenix (lost by 6 with no Nurk or CJ), or April match up the LAC (lost by 1). Were they beat down in other games vs teams better than them? Yes.

Now do I think you're embarrassed by this team? Yes.

We're an above average team, but we're not a top 4 team in the West. Therefore in my opinion, making the playoffs should happen, but advancing should not be expected.
 
Natebishop3 said:
So we're REALLY good at beating the bad-to-mediocre teams of the NBA. That's not exactly news. We have been doing that all season.
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I look at it like they are beating decent teams decisively. Nets, Spurs, Lakers, Celtics, Grizzlies, Pacers are all decent teams even when missing a player or two.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Let's be honest here, which of these wins are you really impressed with? Which of these teams do you think you can really hang your hat on?

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The Celtics are the only team that I legit think is a good team right now. The Nets didn't have Harden or Durant. The Lakers didn't have LeBron.

Pacers - sub .500
Grizzlies - barely .500
Nets - missing two of their best players
Celtics - good win
Hawks - loss
Cavs - horrible team
Lakers - missing LeBron
Spurs - sub .500

Nothing has really changed. We're still beating teams we should beat. But we're about to get beat down by Utah, Denver and Phoenix.
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None of that matters. I didn't say anything had changed. You're not going to gain anything by firing Stotts right now. So they aren't going to do it.

They're not going to fire him on the way into the playoffs after a successful road trip like that.

That's the only point I was making.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Embarrassed isn't the right word.

Annoyed? Sure.
Frustrated? Absolutely.
Apathetic? Definitely.

Embarrassed? Nah.
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If you're not embarrssed, it's almost certain the players weren't either.
 
Tince said:
Sorry! I sometimes forget hyperbole is king and people don't really mean what they're saying on here :cheers:
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I mean... it's sports.... when someone says they "owned" the other person in a video game, do you think they literally bought them? :devilwink:
 
Natebishop3 said:
I mean... it's sports.... when someone says they "owned" the other person in a video game, do you think they literally bought them? :devilwink:
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Depends if it's in green font or not!

So in review: When you said "completely embarrassed any time you play one of the top four teams."... you really meant... "they were bummed in the outcome in a few of the games they played against the top four teams."

Yeah, that doesn't sound as sexy.
 
Tince said:
Depends if it's in green font or not!

So in review: When you said "completely embarrassed any time you play one of the top four teams."... you really meant... "they were bummed in the outcome in a few of the games they played against the top four teams."

Yeah, that doesn't sound as sexy.
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When someone says they got "destroyed" by the other team, do you think they literally got destroyed?

It's a saying that's commonly used for sporting events. And when someone says they got embarrassed by the other team, it doesn't even have to be the team that was actually embarrassed. You can be embarrassed for someone else.
 
Natebishop3 said:
When someone says they got "destroyed" by the other team, do you think they literally got destroyed?

It's a saying that's commonly used for sporting events. And when someone says they got embarrassed by the other team, it doesn't even have to be the team that was actually embarrassed. You can be embarrassed for someone else.
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To me, in sports, someone who got "embarrassed" lost bad to a team they should've beat. Again, that's just me, but when I played, I would be literally embarrassed in those scenariors. Also, "any time" = "every time " to me.

So, as I originally stated, I do not feel the Blazers lost to inferior Top 4 teams int he West every time they played them. Just like I don't think this is the worst Blazer team in the last 30+ years.

But I am giving you a hard time for your hyperbole!
 
So is it just me or has Stotts had the look of a coach who knows he is gone in his post game interviews, even in the midst of a couple of solid wins?

hardly cracks a smile. His look is the look of defeat on the heels of a couple of good wins!

i think its unavoidable this offseason at this point. I think the media rumblings and pressure will force a change, regardless of what happens in the post season.

Stotts better kick start the championship parade if he wants to be in Portland next year.
 
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