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How good do you think Terry Stotts is a s a coach?

  • Top 5

    Votes: 9 5.8%

  • Top 10

    Votes: 44 28.6%

  • Top 20

    Votes: 35 22.7%

  • Needs to go!

    Votes: 51 33.1%

  • He's the very best!

    Votes: 2 1.3%

  • Lets hope he continues to improve.

    Votes: 13 8.4%
  • Total voters
    154

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TorturedBlazerFan said:
Sorry for making you repeat yourself.
Anyways, yeah that kind of seems fair to me.
I kind of feel like Stotts has proven to be a good regular season coach the last few years, but the playoffs have looked not so good. I realize a couple of those years they ran into a brick wall in GS. The pelicans though...

I feel like changing coaches is an easier route to go then trying to make roster moves and could provide a shake up for them. Especially in a summer where they really didn’t do anything.

While they could do better, they could always do worse too.
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I have been on the fire stotts bandwaggon because his playoff coaching. He is a good coach during the regular season. Blazers might as well give him a bit longer. There isn't anyone better to hire at the moment.
 
riverman said:
Stotts is an awesome coach...we're lucky to have him. He's praised by coaches all around the league..Pops, Kerr, on and on..I hope he coaches here for a long, long time.
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I don’t really agree that Stotts is an awesome coach. Do I think he’s a good guy? Yeah. I never know what to make out of coaches ‘praising each other’, they very rarely don’t say nice things about the other team and the coach. It does two things, make it so bridges aren’t burned, but also if you praise them and win you just beat a good team / coach. If you bash them and LOSE then you look bad too.

I’m kind of surprised to see someone that high on him. Which maybe I shouldn’t be They were the 3 seed this year and the defense got much better.
 
I'm enjoying this era of Blazer basketball...no complaints really at all. Any coach that can rebuild a roster after losing 4 core players and make the playoffs is doing something right...I'd have hated to be a Philly fan or Wolves fan for the last decade. My list of tough to watch Blazer teams doesn't have this team even listed. I'd like a big man coach...that's about it without making some major trade for the unibrow, etc
 
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Okay. I'm ready. I've turned the corner. I don't care if there isn't a better option or not. Ill take a worse option just to shake things up and light a fire.

I don't want to hear about how Stotts is a good coach but can only work with what he has when we keep jumping out to leads ( proving we have enough), but then cant play chess when the other team adjusts to us.

I'm tired of the neck yanking of Vonleh and now Layman. How can any coach expect consistency out of a player when you give him inconsistent court time????

I think we have enough (offensive) talent on this roster and it is not being utilized to its maximum potential.

Before we gut or make major roster changes, I want to see what a defensive minded coach who can scheme and adjust in games can do with this roster.


I would like to see this done soon, so we have time before the deadline to see what the team is under another coach for 20 games or so so we can make some decisions at the trade deadline as to which direction to go... cause we aren't going any where currently.
 
The problem with firing stotts midseason is you’re forced to hand the team over to one of his assistants. Are we sure anything would change?
 
Scalma said:
The problem with firing stotts midseason is you’re forced to hand the team over to one of his assistants. Are we sure anything would change?
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Either Tibbetts or DV are pretty highly regarded. The question is, what do we even want in a new coach?
 
Scalma said:
The problem with firing stotts midseason is you’re forced to hand the team over to one of his assistants. Are we sure anything would change?
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I'm okay with it because its not about this season anymore. It's putting a new face/scheme in front of the players to see how they do.
I could be wrong, but when Kaleb took over after Nate was fired, didn't we run hot for a bit?
 
Orion Bailey said:
Okay. I'm ready. I've turned the corner. I don't care if there isn't a better option or not. Ill take a worse option just to shake things up and light a fire.

I don't want to hear about how Stotts is a good coach but can only work with what he has when we keep jumping out to leads ( proving we have enough), but then cant play chess when the other team adjusts to us.

I'm tired of the neck yanking of Vonleh and now Layman. How can any coach expect consistency out of a player when you give him inconsistent court time????

I think we have enough (offensive) talent on this roster and it is not being utilized to its maximum potential.

Before we gut or make major roster changes, I want to see what a defensive minded coach who can scheme and adjust in games can do with this roster.


I would like to see this done soon, so we have time before the deadline to see what the team is under another coach for 20 games or so so we can make some decisions at the trade deadline as to which direction to go... cause we aren't going any where currently.
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I do think Stotts is a good coach, but he seems to have lost the team. He will be successful somewhere else likely, but not in Portland. Would love to see one of the assistants take over and maybe be told to get the young guns more burn.
 
Reep said:
I do think Stotts is a good coach, but he seems to have lost the team. He will be successful somewhere else likely, but not in Portland. Would love to see one of the assistants take over and maybe be told to get the young guns more burn.
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He has not lost the team. At all.

When a coach loses a team, it is obvious. Like when we got spanked by 40 in NYC the day Gerald Wallace and Marcus Camby (and Felton) led a mutiny. This team fought and clawed its way to try to win two nights in a row. It's not indicative of a roster that is ignoring its coach.
 
yuyuza1 said:
Either Tibbetts or DV are pretty highly regarded. The question is, what do we even want in a new coach?
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Heh, I think I would hand the team over to Moran before either of those two. No real reason, just gut feeling he’d be the better choice.
 
I think we need to give Vanderpool a shot at it. He'll eventually leave for another head coach position if he isn't promoted anyway. He's got a good rapport with the players and seems to have a lot of passion for what he does. Worst case is that he's doesn't get anything more from the players than Stotts did and we hire a fresh HC in the summer.
 
Time to bring Messina and Billups and a completely new culture to this Franchise. Billups is a Champion and knows how to build a Team that can win a Championship, and Messina, well he's from Popovich school, You can not go wrong with someone like that
 
Reep said:
I do think Stotts is a good coach, but he seems to have lost the team. He will be successful somewhere else likely, but not in Portland. Would love to see one of the assistants take over and maybe be told to get the young guns more burn.
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I think he is a good coach too, but I don't think he has lost the team. Dame is his subordinate and the team is Dame's subordinate. He doesn't lose the team unless he loses Dame.

However, I think this team is ready for a great coach. Not a good one. We need a two way coach, or a coach that understands he needs help to coach both sides of the court.
 
craigehlo said:
I think we need to give Vanderpool a shot at it. He'll eventually leave for another head coach position if he isn't promoted anyway. He's got a good rapport with the players and seems to have a lot of passion for what he does. Worst case is that he's doesn't get anything more from the players than Stotts did and we hire a fresh HC in the summer.
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Isn't he the one in charge of our defense. I heard he kind took over that last year.
 
Labinot41 said:
Time to bring Messina and Billups and a completely new culture to this Franchise. Billups is a Champion and knows how to build a Team that can win a Championship, and Messina, well he's from Popovich school, You can not go wrong with someone like that
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Popovich’ tree has a ton of burnouts, so it’s no sure thing. Messina has proven himself overseas before pop even hired him, so I wouldn’t really consider him part of his tree anyway.

If we want a younger guy I think Darren Erman should get a look.
 
IM not in tune with the NCAA.

Is there the next Brad Stevens out there at all? Who is a college buff?
 
Beware of what happened in CHI. They tried to pull a 180 and let go of Hoiberg for a guy who was more of a hardass. He lost the team in 3 days.

Keep going back to this. What do we want differently that Stotts doesn't offer?

I hate the idea of changing a coach JUST for a change given the roster we have. Won't do a damn thing outside of the natural new coach bump.
 
What's the opposite of a knee jerk reaction, for fuck's sake? Not to feed a fed horse (questions about this ridiculous saying? see wtf), but shouldn't this have happened on 4/22/18 at the very latest? 10 straight playoff losses? Annual rollercoaster rides where late season success 1. erases all of what we are experiencing now and 2. comes at the expense of grinding Dame to near dust. Let's just start here. Step 1.
 
Scalma said:
Popovich’ tree has a ton of burnouts, so it’s no sure thing. Messina has proven himself overseas before pop even hired him, so I wouldn’t really consider him part of his tree anyway.

If we want a younger guy I think Darren Erman should get a look.
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Id prefer a younger guy just so there isn't the concern of old school play mentality that doesn't fit into today's league.
 
yuyuza1 said:
Beware of what happened in CHI. They tried to pull a 180 and let go of Hoiberg for a guy who was more of a hardass. He lost the team in 3 days.

Keep going back to this. What do we want differently that Stotts doesn't offer?

I hate the idea of changing a coach JUST for a change given the roster we have.
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I said it in my first post this morning.

Stott's doesn't offer in game adjustments. Stott's doesn't offer consistency to the younger players to develop their OWN consistency. Stott's doesn't offer a defensive game plan at all for the most part.
Watch how teams switch on us all the time to create mismatches? When do we do that? When we get lucky because the offence we are defending sputters is about it.
 
So a friend just let me know we are one game shy of tieing the all time playoff losing streak set by NY over 11 seasons. We did it in three. IF we do, we will have done it in 4. Awesome.
 
Propagandist said:
What's the opposite of a knee jerk reaction, for fuck's sake? Not to feed a fed horse (questions about this ridiculous saying? see wtf), but shouldn't this have happened on 4/22/18 at the very latest? 10 straight playoff losses? Annual rollercoaster rides where late season success 1. erases all of what we are experiencing now and 2. comes at the expense of grinding Dame to near dust. Let's just start here. Step 1.
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These kinds of changes don't happen during the season. Unless we tank and lose a bunch of games in a row, Terry's job is safe til the summer.
 
Orion Bailey said:
I said it in my first post this morning.

Stott's doesn't offer in game adjustments. Stott's doesn't offer consistency to the younger players to develop their OWN consistency. Stott's doesn't offer a defensive game plan at all for the most part.
Watch how teams switch on us all the time to create mismatches? When do we do that? When we get lucky because the offence we are defending sputters is about it.
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Portland’s in game adjustments, or lack of, is comically bad. I’d say that’s Stotts biggest downfall.
 
Scalma said:
Heh, I think I would hand the team over to Moran before either of those two. No real reason, just gut feeling he’d be the better choice.
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Moran, is the best replacement on that bench.
 
yuyuza1 said:
These kinds of changes don't happen during the season. Unless we tank and lose a bunch of games in a row, Terry's job is safe til the summer.
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Yeah, but I think that might happen. Not purposefully, but we cant scheme worth shit and we have as tough stretch right now. This could be the back breaker. Kinda hoping it is.
 
yuyuza1 said:
Based on what
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I like the way he has coached the LV league teams, and he has a way with players that they seem to respond too. His enthusiasm and energy is something this team needs, I also like the mean streak in him that can fire players up.
He had the last two summer teams playing Defense.
 
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