Head Coach thread

[TBpup]

Dame wants jason kid as the next coach...come on man whats so good about jason kidd? Wtf il take billups instead

Love Dame to death, but this is again problematic. He is the reason Stotts was here for so long in the first place and if Kidd is who he wants now, there at least has to be questions about his judgement.

I get he probably grew up liking a fellow Oakland brother, but that is no where near good enough.

 

[crandc]

Maybe she could teach the boys how to bake a cake!!

They could buy a cook book. How do you think I learned? Get a good basic book and start baking. Like playing basketball, it takes practice.

My choices are Hammon and Billups.

 

[julius]

They could buy a cook book. How do you think I learned? Get a good basic book and start baking. Like playing basketball, it takes practice.

My choices are Hammon and Billups.

I'm hoping you saw that I was being snide.

The more I read about Billups, the less interested I become. Call me old fashioned, but I'd prefer my coaches not have any sexual assaults in their past.

 

[Kulas]

Brandon Roy

 

[Wizard Mentor]

They could buy a cook book. How do you think I learned? Get a good basic book and start baking. Like playing basketball, it takes practice.

My choices are Hammon and Billups.

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[Scalma]

Add windhorst to the list of people that have mentioned Billups as a name to watch. He did it yesterday before Stotts was even fired.

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

Love Dame to death, but this is again problematic. He is the reason Stotts was here for so long in the first place and if Kidd is who he wants now, there at least has to be questions about his judgement.

I get he probably grew up liking a fellow Oakland brother, but that is no where near good enough.

Agreed, and I don't like how Lillard has done this publicly. I think this indicates his hostility towards and distrust of Olshey, which is understandable; but he should have gone to upper management and asked for Olshey to be replaced and if not possible, worked behind the scenes with them to select a new coach.

 

[JoshuaHall]

Kidd would be a fantastic hire.
His teams play defense, too.

 

[Scalma]

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Nurk also follows Billups on twitter. Their paths probably crossed while Nurk was in Denver since that’s where Billups is from.

 

[Scalma]

if the team has already shortened their list down to two, before even interviewing anyone, then I think it’s safe to conclude they already know who they want to hire, and have known for awhile (as reported)

I doubt Kidd is even in consideration, everything regarding him is coming from Lillard and his camp (Haynes)

 

[Mr. Robot]

why would dame want jason kidd if he wants to win with portland, it makes no sense (literally nothing in his coaching career suggest he is a good option)

but if he wants someone hell be good friend with, like he was with terry stotts, then i can understand it

 

[Labinot41]

like Nate wrote it, in this Coaching decision we need to do what's best for the franchise, and that is to hire Billups. Dame can claim that he wants Kidd as much as he wants, he's not a good a Coach. Sure there is a risk with Billups due to his lack of experience, but there is always a risk. Kerr was not experienced, Nurse was not experienced, Vogel was not experienced when he came to Indiana during the Big 3 time in Miami. Experience is important but not THE most Important thing. I'm sorry Dame, let the Blazers hire Billups and stay away from Kidd

 

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[Scalma]

like Nate wrote it, in this Coaching decision we need to do what's best for the franchise, and that is to hire Billups. Dame can claim that he wants Kidd as much as he wants, he's not a good a Coach. Sure there is a risk with Billups due to his lack of experience, but there is always a risk. Kerr was not experienced, Nurse was not experienced, Vogel was not experienced when he came to Indiana during the Big 3 time in Miami. Experience is important but not THE most Important thing. I'm sorry Dame, let the Blazers hire Billups and stay away from Kidd

I think people are just overthinking this Kidd thing because of Haynes cherry picking Dames words to make it seem like some sort of ultimatum (he’s always been a terrible writer. He’s where he’s at because of the connections he’s made.) In reality Dame said he likes Billups as well, so I don’t know why he wouldn’t be on board with that hire.

 

[B-Roy]

I don’t think Dame is the type to become pouty if Blazers chose someone that wasn’t his first pick. But I think there’s probably less leeway for him demanding a trade if the first season ends up going bad some how.

 

[damianlillard]

why would dame want jason kidd if he wants to win with portland, it makes no sense (literally nothing in his coaching career suggest he is a good option)

but if he wants someone hell be good friend with, like he was with terry stotts, then i can understand it

I think it’s okay to have a coach that is considered a “player coach”. However something that stotts seem to never do was motivate his team. He was never the guy that fired up the team. That is something Steve Kerr is pretty good at. If we got a “players coach” who can fire up his team to play to their potential, he’s already better than stotts in my book

 

[MickZagger]

Steve Clifford now available. Great defensive mind. Has taken minimal talent to the playoffs with two different teams.

 

[Mr. Robot]

i will say this

the more time passes, the bigger the chance we dont hire kidd

lakers season is finished, la clippers season is not

 

[Scalma]

so maybe this isn’t as close to the finish line as Shams/Quick made it sound.

 

[Natebishop3]

Who else thinks that Neil's top candidate is someone not mentioned by Woj and this has been a smokescreen so far?

 

[julius]

Who else thinks that Neil's top candidate is someone not mentioned by Woj and this has been a smokescreen so far?

We didn't know about Powell, Covington, DJJ, and many other trades/signings so why now all the sudden the leaks?

 

[Natebishop3]

We didn't know about Powell, Covington, DJJ, and many other trades/signings so why now all the sudden the leaks?

So who is the REAL candidate?

 

[julius]

So who is the REAL candidate?

At this point, who knows

 

[BigGameDamian]

if the team has already shortened their list down to two, before even interviewing anyone, then I think it’s safe to conclude they already know who they want to hire, and have known for awhile (as reported)

I doubt Kidd is even in consideration, everything regarding him is coming from Lillard and his camp (Haynes)

I agree. I think it's either Billups or D'Antoni. Which both are coaching in the playoffs. What about Sam Cassell though? Someone not mention in a tweet related to the Blazers coaching list.

 

[1 Eye Jack]

Kenny Smith isn’t on the set of TNT maybe he’s the guy

 

[James lamphear]

The way olshey works is a none of these coaches that been mentioned will the head coach. Right the coach has interview is Allen from Boston and more likely there will be more.

 

[Fairly-Hard]

so maybe this isn’t as close to the finish line as Shams/Quick made it sound.

I just don't like to put any stake into what Jason Quick says? In my opinion (And yes it's just an opinion) Shams just piggy backs off what Quick says.

 

[Phatguysrule]

Who else thinks that Neil's top candidate is someone not mentioned by Woj and this has been a smokescreen so far?

Fingers crossed. I'd be okay with Becky Hammon. But other than that Spoelstra is the only thing I've liked, and that's really unlikely.

Everything else has been incredibly underwhelming.

 

[Mediocre Man]

I think Neil’s top choice is Billups, but he probably thinks he needs a plug and play head coach like JVG because Dame is getting older

 

[BigGameDamian]

Anyone think Quin Snyder could be let go of the Jazz don't win it this year?