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Fez Hammersticks

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Can it get any worse? It's not that we lost to the Thunder (of all team!) but the entire season we've seen this slow, stale, predictable offense. It's the give-it-to-Roy-and-get-out-of-his-way play.

We don't push the ball. We have a roster full of athletes and shooters it only makes sense to play at a higher tempo. We are dead last in the League in terms of offensive possessions per game.

Greg is raw but the fact that Nate doesn't have any plays for him is concerning. Nate is stunting the growth and development of the players with his horrible offense.

When his contract is up, which thankfully wasn't picked up, who would fit this team better? Just get Nate a one-way ticket back to Seattle.
 
If it's a "Fire" Nate bandwagon, shouldn't you be advocating for the firing of Nate McMillan, and not waiting for his contract to run out?

I think this is just a knee jerk reaction, even if I don't like him.
 
We know he wont be fired, even though that's what I REALLY want to see. Our only option is waiting his contract out.

When his contract wasn't picked up I remember the guys on 1080, and also Kenny Vance, saying that McMillan wasn't a coach that can get you a title. The sooner Vulcan realizes this the better.
 
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Who is an available coach that will bring a title?

edit; saw Van Gundy in your sig....that would be nice.


we're fine though..no rush, let nate get to the playoffs and we'll go from there.
 
Mike Fratello or Paul Silas are my ideal replacements. But I'm not certain we need a change right now. We have exceeded expectations as of now.

I believe Mediocre Man really wanted us to get Terry Porter, he championed for him quite a bit. Look at that great job he's doing down in The Land of the Sun.
 
I'd like Van Gundy only because I'm pretty positive if we continued to switch on the pick and roll he'd start hitting his own players with chairs to make it stop.
 
AgentDrazenPetrovic said:
Who is an available coach that will bring a title?
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THIS GUY!
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Larry Bird was a heck of a coach with the Pacers. I wonder if he has any interest in returning to coaching?
 
tom thibedoua or w/e his name is. the defensive specialist for boston
 
I seem to remember Pritchard coaching the team before. Wasn't exactly a thing of beauty. Or even a thing of utility.

When I look back on that era, I remember my six-month-old son who always seemed to trap stray globs of formula under his chin, especially right before bed. It built up a ripe stench if you didn't catch it until morning--I called it "neck cheese."

Pritchard is a fine gouda or Wenslydale among the typical NBA GM Kraft cheddar.

But if you put him in charge of coaching a team for half a season, expect neck cheese.
 
Nikolokolus said:
That aint gonna happen, he's already said in the past that he has zero interest in being a coach ... besides he's much more valuable as a personnel guy.
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Pritchard is a man that chooses his words wisely. The quote you're referring to was a response to a question he was asked while he was coaching the Blazers. While I don't have the exact quote I'm pretty sure it was along the lines of him not wanting to coach this team long term. Emphasis on the tense (being Telfair, ZBo, etc) . I would say that Pritchard has succeeded in dismantling that team he was talking about and is maybe one or two more pieces away from assembling a team capable of a decade of contention.

Pritchard comes from the Larry Brown, Rudy Tomjonovich coaching tree. He won an ABA Championship as head coach and NBA Championships as an assistant. Coaching is in his DNA, I can't see him not coaching again, I can't see him not wanting to coach an NBA Championship team.
 
IIRC, Pritch "coaching" was more of an extended tryout for the team than anything....getting chemistry feels, etc.
 
Didn't see this thread coming from you fez :sigh:
 
mook said:
I seem to remember Pritchard coaching the team before. Wasn't exactly a thing of beauty. Or even a thing of utility.
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He took over mid-season with the sole purpose of scouting the players. Winning wasn't even a concern. He intentionally put the team in position to draft high (see: Chris Paul) while inflating the value of players that needed to be traded.

He did a brilliant job, Nash just failed to execute.
 
Fez said:
Larry Bird was a heck of a coach with the Pacers. I wonder if he has any interest in returning to coaching?
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He really wasn't that great of a coach. He had Dick Harter as his defensive coordinator type coach, and Rick Carlisle as his offensive coordinator. Bird didn't do crap.
 
ehizzy3 said:
tom thibedoua or w/e his name is. the defensive specialist for boston
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That's one name that intrigues me. We suck at defense, and he supposedly is a defensive genius. In the end, though, I don't hate Nate as much as some. He's done a good job building this team up, but to take that next step, it's still up in the air if he can take us to that elite status.
 
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