Fire Nate Thread

[magnifier661]

Why not? He can't get our team motivated anymore. He can't blame injuries anymore. He just can't coach this team anymore.

Doesn't give the youngsters any burn to develop. I can keep going on and on.

I used to support him and made those very same excuses that we never had a healthy roster, etc. He won't prove anyone wrong. He is a terrible coach.

 

[Carlito]

It's over this team is done

 

[magnifier661]

It's over this team is done

Well on the bright side. Maybe Nate will be fired once and for all.

 

[Darkwebs]

I don't blame Nate all that much. Our roster just isn't that good. We need to make some moves.

 

[BBert]

Where do I sign?

 

[BBert]

I don't blame Nate all that much. Our roster just isn't that good. We need to make some moves.

I agree our roster kinda sucks. But I've been ready for a different coach for three seasons.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

When Matthews was our only streaky shooter, we were okay... when we added Felton and Crawford, we got worse. At least Nate knew to pull bay less after missed shot #2 in a row. He's got this misguided trust in those two clowns because they're older.

 

[illmatic99]

I want to get rid of him, but there really is no point to doing it right now and letting another no-talent clown take over in Bickerstaff. This upcoming summer is the summer of change, from the top down for the Blazers. They should just do it then.

 

[Sinobas]

And the missed out on Adelman because of their stupid allegience to Nate McMoron.

 

[B-Roy]

I want to get rid of him, but there really is no point to doing it right now and letting another no-talent clown take over in Bickerstaff. This upcoming summer is the summer of change, from the top down for the Blazers. They should just do it then.

Entire coaching staff needs to be overhauled. Have whoever they hire bring along one or two assistants.

 

[PapaG]

I say fire the GM instead.

 

[Voodoo]

Bill Laimbeer gets my vote as a replacement.

 

[SnakeOiler]

I think anyone with more than say... 2000 posts in this board should be reset. They suck

 

[BlazerBeav]

I don't blame Nate all that much. Our roster just isn't that good. We need to make some moves.

Oh, that's true - but you can't tell me that team we played tonight, or Sacramento, or Utah, or Detroit has a better roster.

 

[PapaG]

I think anyone with more than say... 2000 posts in this board should be reset. They suck

Thanks for the input. How is your buddy to your left doing these days?

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Bill Laimbeer gets my vote as a replacement.

I could never cheer for Laimbeer; he was out of bounds when he caught that pass, dammit!

 

[Sheldon Shape]

Been saying this for years. And while our roster isn't great, it is certainly under-performing because of McMillan's system. Our roster is no worse than the Rockets.

 

[Voodoo]

I could never cheer for Laimbeer; he was out of bounds when he caught that pass, dammit!

Showing your age there man haha, I remember that series but not that specific play. As for Laimbeer dude apparently knows how to coach, he did an impressive job with the Detroit Shock (Yeah, I know the WNBA) in just one year turned them into champions, and he was also coached by the great Chuck Daly. To be honest I am still surprised he hasn't been given the chance yet to coach in the NBA.

 

[Ghost Pepper]

Um..... McMuffin has never had a system, not three years ago, not ever! The defense can't box out or rebound, and the offense resembles a pick up game at 24 hour fitness....

How has this changed guys in five years? It's been a joke with above average talent for a few years..now it's a joke with average talent and it shows!!

 

[PapaG]

Um..... McMuffin has never had a system, not three years ago, not ever! The defense can't box out or rebound, and the offense resembles a pick up game at 24 hour fitness....

How has this changed guys in five years? It's been a joke with above average talent for a few years..now it's a joke with average talent and it shows!!

What was your name on BBF?

EDIT - you're SodaPopinski, right?

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

I'm coming around to the fire Nate camp also. I think he is a good overall manager, often a good motivator and a fairly good game planner. However I think he is weak in two areas; teaching fundamentals and/or holding the players accountable for executing those fundamentals.
Having a strong general manager in place might help in these problems; he could hire a good teacher as an assistant coach and he could strongly "suggest" that at some point Nate might have to sit guys who aren't executing until they start executing. I think Nate's insistence on making every game crucial has held back the longterm development of the team.
So I guess I'd rather keep him and find that strong GM, at least try that first.

 

[Blazinaway]

Entire coaching staff needs to be overhauled. Have whoever they hire bring along one or two assistants.

add to that the talent/scouting GM part as well, our recent drafts have been simply awful

 

[julius]

The team hired a Sonic, and has added several Seattle people, so why not Laimbeer.

I'd hire shaq as the coach if it helped the team win a title.

 

[jlprk]

The odd thing about this thread after a bad loss to a team coached by Kevin McHale is

several people say we should hire big white NBA champion Bill Laimbeer as coach. For the last year or two I advocated hiring Kevin McHale as coach.

(Not because he's white, but because he could really improve Aldridge.)

 

[Denny Crane]

I've been impressed with how much the Blazers have won, given the injuries and patchwork rosters and constant turnover. You have just two guys drafted by the team getting starter type minutes.

The only two real constants are Nate and LMA.

Given a mandate to win, a coach will play his vets over the young guys.

That said, Jerry Sloan might want to coach again.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

The players are still playing for Nate. The real problem is our collective group of players. It's a GM thing. That and injuries to Roy & Oden.

 

[WillG]

I've been waiting for this thread to surface on S2 for a while now, as the inadequecies of McMillan become more apparant.

Personally, I've been waiting, for years now, for Allen to cut this dead weight anchor from my favorite team.
Too domineering with his ideals & too oppressive with his tolerance for risk/reward play, he fosters an atmosphere where the players are often 'over thinking' out there on the court. Other teams, regularly look more sophisticated in fundamentals and execution than the McMillan Blazers do.

Not to mention it's some of the worst offensive basketball to ever (un)grace the NBA.
Quite frankly his teams are the worst fast breaking teams I've ever seen in professional basketball. Atrocious.

Nate's canning and the overhauling of management, strength & conditioning and nutrition personnel has been a long time coming, and is well and truly overdue.
He's managed to stick for, what, 6-7 years now?
What's the definition of insanity again?

 

[julius]

I've been impressed with how much the Blazers have won, given the injuries and patchwork rosters and constant turnover. You have just two guys drafted by the team getting starter type minutes.

The only two real constants are Nate and LMA.

Given a mandate to win, a coach will play his vets over the young guys.

That said, Jerry Sloan might want to coach again.

Two?

LaMarcus was not drafted by Portland.

Same goes for Batum, he was drafted by Houston.

(ok, that's splitting hairs)

 

[BBert]

The Blazers whiffed on McHale and Adelman when they were available. I'd have hired either in a second and thanked Nate for his loyal service. I'd take a chance with Laimbeer. There are certainly a dozen other good basketball minds working in the industry who I've never heard of. Hire one of them. This allegiance to anything and everything Seattle is killing this franchise. Vulcans/Paul Allen need to take off the fucking blinders and see the full range of possibilities.

 

[blue32]

signed.