Head Coach thread

[Hoopguru]

But he did win a championship. I’d like one of those.

Yes he did, with Terry Stotts running their offense. If he was that great of coach he'd been to get out of the first round since, wouldn't he?
I mean everyone thing Rivers is a great coach but he's underachieved in LA with many all star players. Yeah the one in Boston but look who he had?
If he doesn't get Philly to the promise land he wont last long there.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Billups will be the guy.

Everything else is just smoke.

 

[BigGameDamian]

Billups will be the guy.

Everything else is just smoke.

So Mike D'Antoni and Juwan Howard are smoke?

 

[brooklynballer]

So Mike D'Antoni and Juwan Howard are smoke?

I hope they take a serious look at Howard. Apparently he was great as an assistant in Miami and we all see what he did in his first year at Michigan (14-3 record with a run to Elite 8). He’s a sleeper in my opinion. Hope he gets interviewed at the bare minimum. I’m not sold on D’Antoni though.

 

[PHXBlazer1]

So about coaching trees..which one is Juwan Howard from? Spo? And Billups? Larry Brown? Can one of them grow their own tree? That’s the guy I want

 

[Scalma]

So Mike D'Antoni and Juwan Howard are smoke?

Courtesy interviews lol. Although Howard does intrigue me.

 

[Lanny]

I'd like to see Monty Williams.

 

[crandc]

The Popovich tree had produced excellent shoots, think Golden State and Phoenix.

 

[Fairly-Hard]

Lillard wants to win a championship and is pissed off it didn't happen. We're pissed off it didn't happen and are reading everything into everything.

Can you imagine what people would be saying if Lillard had gone radio silent after the end of the season? "Lillard doesn't really care." "Lillard got his supermax contract... yadda yadda yadda." "Lillard only cares about rapping!"

I read this and went "Wow". You can be assured if Lillard said nothing the press would be having an absolute field day! "Wanna know when they quit caring? They will stop bitching" would be on pretty much every page. I can just hear Stephen A Smith now.

 

[Fairly-Hard]

I meant lack of adjustments, old schemes, waiting to long to call a timeout etc

Which are pretty much most of the reasons people wanted Stotts gone.

 

[Phatguysrule]

If Stotts was going to be fired after the Pels series (when he SHOULD have been fired) and Dame stepped in, that's on Dame. 100%.

I don't think that's the case.

 

[Phatguysrule]

I knew this would get a reaction out of you. But clearly from the reports it seems like the Blazers do and have had a better option in mind for quite awhile now. We will see.

If that's the case I'd feel significantly better about moving on from Terry Stotts.

 

[Hoopguru]

wow....wasn't aware that Billups was accused of gang rape and settle with money.
In this day and age with twitter and flash media not sure how that would be received if Portland signed him a a coach? If that were to happen today, even if not convicted but was able to settle, Im not sure it would fly? Dont know.

 

[wizenheimer]

wow....wasn't aware that Billups was accused of gang rape and settle with money.
In this day and age with twitter and flash media not sure how that would be received if Portland signed him a a coach? If that were to happen today, even if not convicted but was able to settle, Im not sure it would fly? Dont know.

I guess you could write an essay about the power of redemption.

but I don't see a compelling reason to risk the blowback. Maybe I'm a dreamer but I'd think Portland can find a good coach who doesn't have something like this in their past. Why risk it. I'd also wonder how the owner, a woman, feels about Billups as a candidate

 

[Scalma]

wow....wasn't aware that Billups was accused of gang rape and settle with money.
In this day and age with twitter and flash media not sure how that would be received if Portland signed him a a coach? If that were to happen today, even if not convicted but was able to settle, Im not sure it would fly? Dont know.

he wasn’t even charged, nevermind a conviction. A settlement isn’t an admission of guilt btw. And unlike Kidd, this was an isolated incident. Sorry, but it’s gonna take more for my moral compass to kick in. If he was a deviant, I’d think something else would’ve popped up in the 25 years since.

 

[BigGameDamian]

Courtesy interviews lol. Although Howard does intrigue me.

Say what you want but I don't think D'Antoni is just smoke. He may not have been able to get it done in the playoffs just yet or if ever but he does have a lot of experience. He is also well likeable and considered a top coach around the league. I'm not saying he'd be my top choice but anywhere he is considered I doubt it's just smoke or a courtesy interview.

 

[Scalma]

Say what you want but I don't think D'Antoni is just smoke. He may not have been able to get it done in the playoffs just yet or if ever but he does have a lot of experience. He is also well likeable and considered a top coach around the league. I'm not saying he'd be my top choice but anywhere he is considered I doubt it's just smoke or a courtesy interview.

There’s a 0.01% chance Portland is gonna hire D’Antoni imo. I would love to hear Olshey try and explain that one though: “Yeah we can’t defend anyone, so we hired Mike D’Antoni.”

 

[Hoopguru]

he wasn’t even charged, nevermind a conviction. A settlement isn’t an admission of guilt btw. And unlike Kidd, this was an isolated incident. Sorry, but it’s gonna take more for my moral compass to kick in. If he was a deviant, I’d think something else would’ve popped up in the 25 years since.

Don't know all the particulars at all. To me if I was innocent I wouldnt pay to make something go away, would you?

 

[Scalma]

Don't know all the particulars at all. To me if I was innocent I wouldnt pay to make something go away, would you?

Why wouldn’t I? I wasn’t charged with anything. Taking it further costs money (and time) as well.

 

[Mr. Robot]

do you think dame would like a head coach who dont give a fuck about preferential treatment and holds his players accountable (from what ive read, dave joerger is such and he actually knows how to use bigs)

terry stotts was the opposite of that and it went to far according to me

 

[Hoopguru]

Jarron Collins would be someone I bet the Blazers seriously consider.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[Scalma]

Olshey just said that they have around 20-25 candidates that will be reduced to a more manageable number before they start formal interviews in the coming week or so.

 

[illmatic99]

Chad Doing on 620 said there might be legs to this Spoelstra thing. It's a longshot but not an impossibility.

Said to keep an eye on their ownership and Riley's tenure there for a shakeup.

 

[BigGameDamian]

Chad Doing on 620 said there might be legs to this Spoelstra thing. It's a longshot but not an impossibility.

Said to keep an eye on their ownership and Riley's tenure there for a shakeup.

 

[Ripcity4life77]

I am not going to lie Spoelstra is kind of my dream hire but not likely cause i do not see him leaving Miami unless there is a shakeup.

Truth is all the rumored candidates have warts cause if they did not guess what they would be a HC more then likely that is why IF i am the Blazers or a Fan you hope for a shakeup in Miami and swoop in for the steal.

 

[tester551]

I am not going to lie Spoelstra is kind of my dream hire but not likely cause i do not see him leaving Miami unless there is a shakeup.

Truth is all the rumored candidates have warts cause if they did not guess what they would be a HC more then likely that is why IF i am the Blazers or a Fan you hope for a shakeup in Miami and swoop in for the steal.

What if Spo wants more control... Would anyone like him as a replacement to Olshey?

 

[tlongII]

Jarron Collins would be someone I bet the Blazers seriously consider.

I agree. At least as an Associate Head Coach. He checks a lot of boxes for me.

 

[blazerkor]

What if Spo wants more control... Would anyone like him as a replacement to Olshey?

Yeah, if Spo said in his interview that he wanted more control over the roster and Masai Ujiri was available, maybe Jody just goes with Spo as coach/GM and Ujiri as president of basketball operations.

I would fucking love that.

 

[LayneStaley]

I’d fire Neil’s ass in a millisecond and offer Spoelstra the coach and GM position if that’s what it took. Wish Paul Allen was alive.