Hire Hubie Brown now

[illmatic99]

That is all.

 

[maxiep]

He makes Nate look like Paul Westhead.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

JVG.

 

[MickZagger]

He makes Nate look like Paul Westhead.

WTF? I suggest you read Hubie Brown's book, "How to Win With Less Talent". Dude was a master at transition offense and getting easy buckets.

 

[illmatic99]

The guy was saying exactly what we needed to do:

-Push the ball off rebounds and steals.
-ROLL TO THE HOOP ON PICK AND ROLLS
-Feed LA
-Get out of the zone

The guy just understands bball, and if he's still interested in an opportunity, he needs to be first on our list as Nate's replacement. He openly roots for teams when he's announcing the game, and he was rooting for POR tonight, and he provided tremendous insight into what we needed to do to get back in the game, and as soon as we started doing it, we came back.

 

[illmatic99]

He makes Nate look like Paul Westhead.

I don't know what this means.

 

[maxiep]

WTF? I suggest you read Hubie Brown's book, "How to Win With Less Talent". Dude was a master at transition offense and getting easy buckets.

Hubie believes in walking before you run. Fundamentals, fundamentals, fundamentals. When he coached the Grizz, they took a long time before they did anything uptempo.

 

[Haakzilla]

JVG.

...I like this option. He seems like he would fit right in up there in the Great Northwest.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

He's 77 and looks like a skeleton. Don't know if he wants the grind of being an NBA coach at this point in his life, I know I probably wouldn't.

 

[illmatic99]

Hubie believes in walking before you run. Fundamentals, fundamentals, fundamentals. When he coached the Grizz, they took a long time before they did anything uptempo.

Did you hear him pulling his hair out screaming at Portland players to push the ball?

 

[MickZagger]

I don't know what this means.

Westhead teams averaged 120ppg and wasted no shot clock. Constantly run and gun. He's saying that Hubie Brown's offense would make McMillan look like Westhead. I don't know where to start with how wrong that statement is. Hubie Brown was a genius at transition offense under the right circumstances.

 

[MickZagger]

Hubie believes in walking before you run. Fundamentals, fundamentals, fundamentals. When he coached the Grizz, they took a long time before they did anything uptempo.

Absolute BS. Hubie is a master at playing a style that fits his personnel.

Again, I suggest you read his book. I read it about 3 years ago, great read.

 

[maxiep]

Did you hear him pulling his hair out screaming at Portland players to push the ball?

Nate does that, too. This is a team that prefers to play slow.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

...I like this option. He seems like he would fit right in up there in the Great Northwest.

He's always spot on with the Blazers on analysis. Kind of a weird guy too. would be great.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

Brown then unexpectedly resigned from the Grizzlies on Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 2004. In a statement, he cited "unexpected health-related issues... [that were] absolutely nonexistent at the beginning of the season." Details of the specific "health-related issues" were not announced.

Soon after Brown's unexpected departure, it was reported by Ronald Tillery of The Commercial Appeal (Memphis' main newspaper) that a combination of negative attitudes among James Posey, Jason Williams, and Bonzi Wells led to his leaving. Brown coached his team with a 10-man rotation which meant that players got smaller amounts of playing time.

He's always been one of my favorite analysts. I would love to have him as a coach.

 

[maxiep]

Absolute BS. Hubie is a master at playing a style that fits his personnel.

And we're a slow team. So what style would we play?

 

[illmatic99]

He's 77 and looks like a skeleton. Don't know if he wants the grind of being an NBA coach at this point in his life, I know I probably wouldn't.

Ya, hearing his insight into what Portland needs to do to become successful was enough for me to come to the conclusion that he'd be a great coach for us. But his age is a pretty significant deterrent. My idea is that he simply needs to instill a philosophy and culture among the team, and hire a couple good assistant coaches who can carry out his orders and coach when Hubie is too tired to scream.

 

[illmatic99]

And we're a slow team. So what style would we play?

Roy is slow.

The rest of the team is not.

 

[MickZagger]

And we're a slow team. So what style would we play?

We'd should be much more advantageous when it comes to transition ball. Roy is the only player that thrives in half court ball. Andre was awesome in Philly when they got out and ran. Batum is great in the open court. Wes Matthews thrives when slashing. Camby is a great shot blocker, a great trait to start a fastbreak. Aldridge obviously thrives in the opencourt as well, the guy is great at running the court for his size.

I'm not saying we have to be a New York, Phoenix or Golden State. But, there is a happy medium and being last in fastbreak buckets every year with our players is pathetic.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

And we're a slow team. So what style would we play?

Yeah.. Roy is the only person on the team that is not good in an up tempo style of play.

 

[illmatic99]

We'd should be much more advantageous when it comes to transition ball. Roy is the only player that thrives in half court ball. Andre was awesome in Philly when they got out and ran. Batum is great in the open court. Wes Matthews thrives when slashing. Camby is a great shot blocker, a great trait to start a fastbreak. Aldridge obviously thrives in the opencourt as well, the guy is great at running the court for his size.

I'm not saying we have to be a New York, Phoenix or Golden State. But, there is a happy medium and being last in fastbreak buckets every year with our players is pathetic.

Moreso than fastbreaks, my gripe with Nate's offense is the pace. I don't really mind half court basketball if it involves getting shots close to the hoop without fighting the shot clock every time. We never seem to shoot in that 10-20 second range. If we did, we'd get more shots, and ultimately more chances to score.

 

[B-Roy]

Did you hear him pulling his hair out screaming at Portland players to push the ball?

We hear Nate say it too.

 

[MickZagger]

Moreso than fastbreaks, my gripe with Nate's offense is the pace. I don't really mind half court basketball if it involves getting shots close to the hoop without fighting the shot clock every time. We never seem to shoot in that 10-20 second range. If we did, we'd get more shots, and ultimately more chances to score.

Bingo. The longer we pound the ball around it gives teams a chance to set up their defense. Especially when there's virtually no movement off the ball.

 

[illmatic99]

We hear Nate say it too.

Well, the players obviously aren't listening. And, imo, much of what Nate "says" that he's saying to the team is generally bullshit.

 

[PapaG]

Is a call to action to hire Hubie Brown as coach really a thread on this board right now?

 

[PapaG]

Yeah.. Roy is the only person on the team that is not good in an up tempo style of play.

When has Miller been a proven uptempo PG?

 

[BBert]

I thought about Hubie coaching the Blazers too. Then I remembered how old he is and the grind of the NBA. I can't see it.

What I hate about Portland's offense is when a player is wide open for a shot early in the clock, but no one will pass him the ball because they have to set up the play first, then they end up with a contested shot and a miss. You have to take opportunities for wide open shots when you get them.

 

[MickZagger]

When has Miller been a proven uptempo PG?

You didn't watch that Philly team of a couple years ago?

 

[PapaG]

I thought about Hubie coaching the Blazers too. Then I remembered how old he is and the grind of the NBA. I can't see it.

What I hate about Portland's offense is when a player is wide open for a shot early in the clock, but no one will pass him the ball because they have to set up the play first, then they end up with a contested shot and a miss. You have to take opportunities for wide open shots when you get them.

Substitute "no one" with "Miller". Weird how most of the alley-oops don't come from him, isn't it?

 

[Driew]

Is a call to action to hire Hubie Brown as coach really a thread on this board right now?

And you act shocked...