First coach fired?

[Rastapopoulos]

Mike Brown or Byron Scott?

 

[ABM]

Mike Brown or Byron Scott?

If both of those guys got fired............then, to the pleasure of mediocre man and others, Nate got fired....which of these two guys would you want as the Blazers coach....if any?

 

[RoyIsClutch07]

If both of those guys got fired............then, to the pleasure of mediocre man and others, Nate got fired....which of these two guys would you want as the Blazers coach....if any?

Neither one of them are a clear upgrade.

Neither.

 

[MARIS61]

If both of those guys got fired............then, to the pleasure of mediocre man and others, Nate got fired....which of these two guys would you want as the Blazers coach....if any?

Neither.

And no, not WeakCheeks either.

 

[BrianFromWA]

I'm interested in seeing what Monty can do. Maybe not this year or next, but...

 

[RoyIsClutch07]

I'm interested in seeing what Monty can do. Maybe not this year or next, but...

I have a feeling about him too.

 

[BasX]

Scott but Brown pisses me off.

 

[Mediocre Man]

If both of those guys got fired............then, to the pleasure of mediocre man and others, Nate got fired....which of these two guys would you want as the Blazers coach....if any?

Scott is the best of the three of them, but none would be my choice. Mike Brown is one of the worst coaches in the league

 

[RoyIsClutch07]

Scott is the best of the three of them, but none would be my choice. Mike Brown is one of the worst coaches in the league

Who would be your choice? If you had a blank check to go out and get anyone you could to coach this team. Who would be the first name on your list?

 

[Denny Crane]

I think Del Negro is not liked in Chicago by the management. He's doomed, it's just a matter of when.

 

[BrianFromWA]

Who would be your choice? If you had a blank check to go out and get anyone you could to coach this team. Who would be the first name on your list?

Mike Krzyzewski. Seems like he does ok in getting really talented teams to win things.

 

[RoyIsClutch07]

Mike Krzyzewski. Seems like he does ok in getting really talented teams to win things.

And, he might to ok with this team. I wouldn't put him on just any team and expect him to be successful. But with this team completely built and ready to go the distance. He might be ok.

 

[Denny Crane]

I think Krzyzewski is pretty old and probably wouldn't want to start a new career as an NBA coach.

There was talk a few years ago about him becoming Bulls coach, but anything really good happening to the Bulls that costs more than lucking into the #1 pick in the draft is too good to be true.

 

[yakbladder]

Brown.

I like Scott, but apparently he's had problems with players in the past because he expects them to..well..be responsible?

 

[BBert]

If both of those guys got fired............then, to the pleasure of mediocre man and others, Nate got fired....which of these two guys would you want as the Blazers coach....if any?

Have you gone daft, ABM? Neither of them.

 

[BBert]

Who would be your choice? If you had a blank check to go out and get anyone you could to coach this team. Who would be the first name on your list?

Popovich of course.

Since Nate is obviously so good at rebuilding, and Houston is kinda in that position, I'd trade Nate for Adelman. I think Rick and this team would Roll.

 

[alex42083]

I'm interested in seeing what Monty can do. Maybe not this year or next, but...

I'd love to see how Monty would do with this team but would be afraid he wouldn't take the job out of loyalty to Nate.

 

[KingSpeed]

Popovich of course.

Since Nate is obviously so good at rebuilding, and Houston is kinda in that position, I'd trade Nate for Adelman. I think Rick and this team would Roll. ::

but "Roll" to the championship?

 

[jlprk]

Kevin McHale is available and wants to coach. He did wonders with Kevin Garnett. McHale brings knowledge he learned from Red Auerbach, Bill Fitch, and K.C. Jones.

 

[MrJayremmie]

I'd take Adelman or Poppovic as well.

 

[axs88]

but "Roll" to the championship?

Why not? Just because he hasn't won one yet, doesn't mean he never will.

Coaches with rings from 1991-2009:

Phil Jackson (10)
Gregg Popovich (4)
Rudy Tomjanovich (2)
Pat Riley (1)
Larry Brown (1)
Doc Rivers (1)

Pretty short list. I wouldn't stay away from Brown and Rivers, Rudy T and Riley are retired, PJ and Pop are unavailable.

Popovich would be a dream coach for this team, but I would settle for the Rockets version of Adleman.

 

[mook]

McHale actually is a pretty decent coach. You just have to ignore him if he wants to have any management input.

Adelman or Pop would be fantastic if we could pry one away. Adelman seems more "gettable," since he's not as entrenched there and has a history here.

I know Mike Dunleavy is in Clipper hell, but if you remember he was actually better than anyone else at getting our team to run low post plays. Sheed hated him, but he played his most effective offense under him.

I'm far from throwing McMillan under a bus, though. Unless this team utterly implodes and looks like it'll miss the playoffs, he's pretty much earned the right to last the season.

 

[RR7]

I'm interested in seeing what Monty can do. Maybe not this year or next, but...

+1. What bugs me is, he's going to be gone after this season, I bet. Someone's going to snatch him up. Was it Minnesota where he interviewed this season? They should have grabbed him, but I'm glad they did not. I hope we can hang on to him until he takes over for us. Maybe we will have a similar situation here as the Bulls did in the late 80s. Hire a good assistant(Monty, Phil Jackson), have a decent head coach, head coach leads you to the playoffs but can't quite get over the hump. head coach has a good relationship with star player. Head coach is let go and replaced with assistant. Team wins title. Multiple titles.

 

[BalancedMan]

From a fun to watch perspective, I'd like D'Antoni.

Getting a Jackson, Adelman, Popovich or Sloan (how easy he is forgotten) would be a good call in my book. However, I think they're all pretty unobtainable.

 

[BBert]

From a fun to watch perspective, I'd like D'Antoni.

Getting a Jackson, Adelman, Popovich or Sloan (how easy he is forgotten) would be a good call in my book. However, I think they're all pretty unobtainable.

I'd like the Blazers to push the ball more in transition and get more easy scores, but D'Antoni is more run and gun than I think is prudent for a championship team. Adelman I think would be a good fit. Jackson makes me ill. Sloan isn't coming here, and frankly I don't think he's the fit we're looking for. I thought McHale was a good suggestion. He could help G.O., wouldn't stifle the our players, and he understands the value of a good low post option.

At the moment I doubt there is a better option available for us than Nate. So far he (and Brandon) have squeezed a lot of wins out of the team. I'm going to have to give him the benefit of the doubt about his policy of bringing along the younger players slowly, one skill set at a time -- which is I guess what he is doing with Greg.

 

[anonymous gambler]

larry bird

 

[Rastapopoulos]

How did this turn into a discussion about Nate? He's NOT getting fired (or so we established in this thread). Neither of these coaches is any better than Nate.

I'm hoping Larry Brown will just resign, to the delight of Bobcats' "management" because he costs too much, and THEN we'd have a coach worth replacing Nate with.

But haven't the Hornets just looked sad? Chris Paul must be in a permanently bad mood.

 

[Pinwheel1]

How did this turn into a discussion about Nate? He's NOT getting fired (or so we established in this thread). Neither of these coaches is any better than Nate.

Especially since all the realistic options people threw out makes me appreciate Nate even more.

 

[mook]

larry bird

Damn. Now there's a good idea. He's currently President of basketball operations for the Pacers, though. Not sure he wants a lot harder job than that.

 

[illmatic99]

Lawrence Frank.