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Fire McMillan?

  • Yes

    Votes: 14 28.0%

  • Hell yes

    Votes: 31 62.0%

  • sí

    Votes: 5 10.0%
  • Total voters
    50
damn, all your suggestions are worse than Nate.

It begins and ends with JVG.
 
Give the team to Monty and let him see what he can do under an interim basis.
 
Buzz Killington said:
damn, all your suggestions are worse than Nate.

It begins and ends with JVG.
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And that Tom Thibwhatever guy that everyone else keeps harping about. He's supposedly the guru for their defense.

On a similar train of thought, I wonder if Tex Winter can still coach?
 
Uncle Ty said:
Not sure if you're being serious, but I'd love to see Pippen getting a chance at coaching. I think he would be one of the few great players that would do well as a coach. I wouldn't want Portland to be his first crack at coaching, though.
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Half-serious. I really have no idea how he'd do as coach, but he was a smart player who seemed to do a lot of "coaching on the floor," so I think he could do a nice job. It would be very risky, though.
 
yuyuza1 said:
And that Tom Thibwhatever guy that everyone else keeps harping about. He's supposedly the guru for their defense.

On a similar train of thought, I wonder if Tex Winter can still coach?
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I believe Tex had a stroke recently.
 
Mw would be a horrible idea....I am totally up for JVG or PE. Nate is killing this team, and KP needs to make some trades before the deadline or the failblazers will be a 500 team this year.
 
Shame that there aren't a bunch of proven, top-flight coaches out there, like in the NFL.

Imagine if there was the equivalent of Mike Shanahan, Mike Holmgren, Tony Dungy, Jon Gruden and Brian Billick out there in basketball.
 
Agreed. Let Monty guide the team for the remainder of the season,then look for long term replacements to begin next year.
Or a crazy alternative, have Miller as a player/coach (like in soccer) where he can make decisions from on the floor.
No way either could be worse than McVillain.
 
Minstrel said:
Shame that there aren't a bunch of proven, top-flight coaches out there, like in the NFL.

Imagine if there was the equivalent of Mike Shanahan, Mike Holmgren, Tony Dungy, Jon Gruden and Brian Billick out there in basketball.
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I'd probably go for one these guys if things progress apace. I'll bet our bigs would set better picks ...
 
David Blatt

His name is David Blatt, and he's American. No wait, he's Israeli.

A TrueHoop reader pointed out to me that Blatt is routinely described as one or the other. It depends who you ask, and when and where you ask them. Sometimes he's even European. (He lives in Turkey, where this season he will coach Efes Pilsen, and he's the coach of the Russian national team that just won the EuroBasket tournament.)

The dichotomy is evident in a Jerusalem Post profile by Allon Sinai. In the first paragraph, Blatt's described as "the 48-year-old Israeli coach." Then several paragraphs lower there is this quote from Israel coach Tzvika Sherf (my emphasis):

"If a European coach will reach the NBA in the coming years it will be David," Sherf said. "David is very similar to Phoenix Suns coach Mike D'Antoni. They're both Americans who coached successfully in Europe for several seasons. David has the vision, ability and contacts to get to the NBA."
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WillG said:
Agreed. Let Monty guide the team for the remainder of the season,then look for long term replacements to begin next year.
Or a crazy alternative, have Miller as a player/coach (like in soccer) where he can make decisions from on the floor.
No way either could be worse than McVillain.
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He did it last year de facto when Mo Cheeks was shown the door, and that team went on a mad run.
 
Minstrel said:
Shame that there aren't a bunch of proven, top-flight coaches out there, like in the NFL.

Imagine if there was the equivalent of Mike Shanahan, Mike Holmgren, Tony Dungy, Jon Gruden and Brian Billick out there in basketball.
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we totally flubbed last time around when we got Cheeks instead of Carlisle. Or two times ago......what a shit....he was available, had a good realtionship with Sheed and they sat on their ass.
 
With the rash of injuries and suspect handling of injuries in mind;
Can we get a new strength/conditioning/nutrition crew while we're at it?
 
WillG said:
Agreed. Let Monty guide the team for the remainder of the season,then look for long term replacements to begin next year.
Or a crazy alternative, have Miller as a player/coach (like in soccer) where he can make decisions from on the floor.
No way either could be worse than McVillain.
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Well if Monty does well enough, remove the interim label and make him full time head coach.
 
KingSpeed said:
Paul Westphal? Oh fuck, the Kings already got him.
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Paul Westhead. The anti-Nate. He wouldn't be interested in Blanky for a date. And he's already in-state. Grab him before it's too late. It's a choice that Roy would hate.

barfo
 
yuyuza1 said:
I really would like a guy with experience. This team has title potential if groomed the right way, and I'd hate for this team's contending years to be part of a training campaign for a new coach.
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I don't know...Rick Adelman took over a talented core with contention hopes in Portland, and didn't have any NBA head coaching experience. Phil Jackson took over the Bulls as they were heading into what was expected to be their prime period and had no NBA head coaching experience. I believe Pat Riley had no NBA head coaching experience when he took over the Lakers from Paul Westhead.

Of course, they had NBA assistant coaching experience. I'm not sure that's essential, though. Wasn't Popovich without any NBA coaching experience, out of the CIA or something?
 
Minstrel said:
I don't know...Rick Adelman took over a talented core with contention hopes in Portland, and didn't have any NBA head coaching experience. Phil Jackson took over the Bulls as they were heading into what was expected to be their prime period and had no NBA head coaching experience. I believe Pat Riley had no NBA head coaching experience when he took over the Lakers from Paul Westhead.

Of course, they had NBA assistant coaching experience. I'm not sure that's essential, though. Wasn't Popovich without any NBA coaching experience, out of the CIA or something?
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Pop took over for Brian Hill I thought. I don't remember him having any coaching experience.
 
Could fans get a way with a sign reading "Dump Nate, Keep Full Monty" ?
 
I'd be shocked if he gets fired this year, mainly because he doesn't deserve to be fired. I still haven't heard a valid reason for firing Nate at this point in the season with a .600 winning percentage and a 3 game losing streak. If that were the standard for firing a coach, we'd have 1 coach keep his job the entire season.
 
Despite talent to burn; the passionless, amateurish product we see on the floor, well. . .,
I think that speaks enough in itself to warrant Nate being shown the door.
 
Firing Nate won't get Travis, Nicolas and LaMarcus fully healthy tomorrow.
 
I say screw it.

Start Bayless. Play Oden until he fouls out. Move LMA to the small forward spot. Bring Howard into the starting five. Tell Roy to take 25 shots per game. At worst we'll get a decent shot at John Wall :)
 
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