Fire Nate Thread

[Rastapopoulos]

It's easy for a coach to look good in his first year. Look at the number of CoTY who were in their first year with their teams. I betcha it's really high. Then look at the number of those coaches who were fired within 2 years. Likewise. Didn't PJ Carlesimo win in his first year as Blazers coach?
Now look at the number of CoTY that Jerry Sloan won. Zero, right? He should've been sacked LONG ago. And look at that bum Phil Jackson - hardly won it at all in all those years of coaching.
McHale is a motivator. He's a good motivator. He's got that young team playing the right way. But can he sustain it? I'd prefer not to lurch from coach to coach every year, if it's all the same. If Nate was going to be fired, it should've been after the Blazers with a healthy Brandon, Aldridge and Oden and HCA lost to the Suns. At no other time has he had superior talent and underperformed. And you can argue that the Suns were pretty unstoppable at that point (until they made the West finals...)

 

[PapaG]

If Nate was going to be fired, it should've been after the Blazers with a healthy Brandon, Aldridge and Oden and HCA lost to the Suns. At no other time has he had superior talent and underperformed. And you can argue that the Suns were pretty unstoppable at that point (until they made the West finals...)

It was the Rockets, but I digress.

 

[jlprk]

I'd prefer not to lurch from coach to coach every year

I wish I could remember which owner, but back around 1980 one of the owners changed the head coach every year for about 3 straight years. He said that if they didn't turn the team around in a year, they were gone. That was better than giving some loser 3 years before the owner woke up. Most great coaches and players make it obvious in their first year whether they are a special talent. I just don't believe in waiting year after year because the guy teases us with potential.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

If Nate is fired, the first place he will end up is in LA as the Lakers coach for fired Mike Brown. And he'll do EXTREMELY well there. I don't think I can live with that.

 

[magnifier661]

If Nate is fired, the first place he will end up is in LA as the Lakers coach for fired Mike Brown. And he'll do EXTREMELY well there. I don't think I can live with that.

Extremely well enough to make it to the playoffs and lose. Kinda been his motto.

 

[Nate Dogg]

Here are the reasons why I'm tired of Nate.

1. Has players out of positions that they are not comfortable with such as Crawford at point guard? Seriously?
2. Rookies, he never plays them more than 10 minutes in a blowout games.
3. Give rookies some valuable playing time if the starting point guard is taking a break if we have a lead of 4 points or so. Put the backup point guard back into the game a few times.

 

[jlprk]

If Nate is fired, the first place he will end up is in LA as the Lakers coach for fired Mike Brown. And he'll do EXTREMELY well there. I don't think I can live with that.

I don't think so. While he'll use Kobe as a more talented Roy, the depth will be worse than here.

Here are the reasons why I'm tired of Nate...
2. Rookies, he never plays them more than 10 minutes in a blowout games.
3. Give rookies some valuable playing time if the starting point guard is taking a break if we have a lead of 4 points or so. Put the backup point guard back into the game a few times.

He doesn't play rookies because he has no confidence in his own skills at the end of the game. He knows he needs to maximize the lead before the 4th quarter, for the lead loss he knows is coming.