How long of a leash should Chauncey have?

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What should we do with Chauncey?

  • Fire him - even young players deserve a good coach

    Votes: 23 32.4%

  • He should be on a short leash - if we look like we're not progressing, he should go in season

    Votes: 31 43.7%

  • The worse we are the better - let's re-evaluate next Summer

    Votes: 15 21.1%

  • He's a good coach! Prove he isn't!

    Votes: 2 2.8%
  • Total voters
    71
UKRAINEFAN said:
I see a change in Billups this season. Much more intense and demanding of his players. I think lillard leaving helped free him up to be himself. He couldn't really go after guys for poor defense when he knew the leader of the team played poor defense and he was not really comfortable criticizing him. Also, he knew they were tanking the last two seasons, but this year he really wants to win games. Overall, for me, this is a welcome development. But I'm a little worried he might be overdoing it at times now. Last night it seems he was criticizing Ayton as Ayton walked off the court after a great comeback victory. Bad timing and I also suspect that Ayton is one player who reacts a lot better to positive feedback.
I should say I think he will find a good balance; he is still learning.
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It’s refreshing to see some people see some positive in what is going to be a long season regardless.

The ones with the negative views on Billups will remain quiet when he is doing some good things (like now) and shout louder when we are losing again.

I have also seen Billups seem to call out some bad plays from Sharpe and Scoot during games when he pulls them aside. Seems like he isn’t afraid to get on some players and that’s huge for young guys to not get them to develop bad habits.
 
Luke Kennard +30
thought I'd leave that here, let it simmer
 
sheed30 said:
It’s refreshing to see some people see some positive in what is going to be a long season regardless.

The ones with the negative views on Billups will remain quiet when he is doing some good things (like now) and shout louder when we are losing again.

I have also seen Billups seem to call out some bad plays from Sharpe and Scoot during games when he pulls them aside. Seems like he isn’t afraid to get on some players and that’s huge for young guys to not get them to develop bad habits.
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Gonna be tough to stay positive with Chauncey.
 
kjironman1 said:
Gonna be tough to stay positive with Chauncey.
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I think Chauncey is a good guy, a solid mentor for the young guys in terms of becoming 'a man' in this professional vocation, and I think his intentions seem good.....but I'm not convinced at how effective he is at teaching those things, especially on the court, to where they are something that look like what a contending team would do.

Of course, that is tougher when you have such youth, but there are some things that happen during a came that you wouldn't expect out of 2nd string college players....and it continues to happen.

I think he is getting the team to play hard as I see much more effort. That is a great start. But now can he get them to do the things that make up winning types of plays on a consistent basis?
 
TBpup said:
I think Chauncey is a good guy, a solid mentor for the young guys in terms of becoming 'a man' in this professional vocation, and I think his intentions seem good.....but I'm not convinced at how effective he is at teaching those things, especially on the court, to where they are something that look like what a contending team would do.

Of course, that is tougher when you have such youth, but there are some things that happen during a came that you wouldn't expect out of 2nd string college players....and it continues to happen.

I think he is getting the team to play hard as I see much more effort. That is a great start. But now can he get them to do the things that make up winning types of plays on a consistent basis?
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No offense whatsoever but this is a classic example of everything said before but is meaningless.
 
julius said:
Its totally Chaunceys fault that like half of the roster is in their 1st or 2nd year.
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Let's look at the Mavs roster. Oh look, they're starting a rookie and a guy who wasn't good enough for the Blazers.

Meanwhile:
Anfernee -31
Grant -13
Brogdon -12

You can be young and still compete.
 
Rastapopoulos said:
Let's look at the Mavs roster. Oh look, they're starting a rookie and a guy who wasn't good enough for the Blazers.

Meanwhile:
Anfernee -31
Grant -13
Brogdon -12

You can be young and still compete.
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Thing is, they aren't young.

They have 1 player in their regular rotation that is young. Of their top 10 players, 2 are in their 1st or 2nd years.
 
THE HCP said:
Bro, if you think that any other coach on earth could have lead us to a victory tonight, you don’t know the game. Sorry.
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Blazers were statues on defense tonight. Weakside effort took the night off. Coach Billups won't chew his players out, so that job has been given to Blazer fans?
 
THE HCP said:
Bro, if you think that any other coach on earth could have lead us to a victory tonight, you don’t know the game. Sorry.
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Obviously not, because he would be taking over a team that had been coached up to this point by Billups.
 
How about we revisit this after the next game? Wondering who will be available to play?
 
If it was just a matter of inexperience, the team would start to show improvement. If anything they have regressed. A culture of losing.
 
I'm not seeing any evidence of good coaching. The talent level on this team is not nearly as abysmal as their on court performance. I'm not saying they're good, but I think a good coach would get alot more out of this team.
 
Whyachi said:
Blazers were statues on defense tonight. Weakside effort took the night off. Coach Billups won't chew his players out, so that job has been given to Blazer fans?
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Hard not to be when you get fouls for breathing on people.
 
Rastapopoulos said:
Explain the Thunder then.
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Easy.

SGA Lotto pick
Chet Lotto pick
Giddy Lotto pick
Williams Lotto pick

Portland has 2 lotto picks in their rotation (not counting Malcolm or Deandre since neither were the Blazers pick at the time they were drafted).

A lot of Portlands youth is 2nd round picks (Rupert, Toumani, Walker) or not even drafted (Badji).

Not only that, SGA is in his *6*th year, Chet played a lot more college level basketball than Scoot or Shaedon did and is almost 2 years older than Scoot and a year + older than Shaedon, Jalen is *2* years older than Scoot...Their youngest player is still *OLDER* than Scoot. Their youngest rotational player is older than Scoot and Shaedon (and Badji and Rupert).

That extra time, extra minutes/etc, makes a HUGE difference.

you aren't making the point you think you are.
 
crandc said:
A culture of losing.
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This is the biggest reason to never tank. Losing on purpose is wrong on many levels. People want to say "players never tank" "Front offices tank" but that isn't honest either. Players that are on teams that are obviously tanking know they are expected to lose. That grows like a cancer.
This year is no different. Every loss is met with "Meh... We underperformed and we were dealing with a few injuries" by both the players and the coach. They all know they aren't supposed to win. You can even read The HCP's posts and know that team last night was not expected to win and when they lost badly it was met with "What did you expect"
Portland now has three straight years of losing. How many more are we looking at? Is 2 more years after this acceptable? 3??? With a major injury 4? Sure seems like that is getting close to a decade?
 
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julius said:
Easy.

SGA Lotto pick
Chet Lotto pick
Giddy Lotto pick
Williams Lotto pick

Portland has 2 lotto picks in their rotation (not counting Malcolm or Deandre since neither were the Blazers pick at the time they were drafted).

A lot of Portlands youth is 2nd round picks (Rupert, Toumani, Walker) or not even drafted (Badji).

Not only that, SGA is in his *6*th year, Chet played a lot more college level basketball than Scoot or Shaedon did and is almost 2 years older than Scoot and a year + older than Shaedon, Jalen is *2* years older than Scoot...Their youngest player is still *OLDER* than Scoot. Their youngest rotational player is older than Scoot and Shaedon (and Badji and Rupert).

That extra time, extra minutes/etc, makes a HUGE difference.

you aren't making the point you think you are.
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Context matters... but not to some....
 
Rastapopoulos said:
Explain the Thunder then.
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the Clippers are supposedly stupid and traded one of the best young 2-way talents in the NBA (SGA) for a legendary, aging, oft-injured All-Star (PG). We're left to assume ticket sales and publicity in Los Angeles is more important then winning basketball games.

Of course, if the Clippers win the championship, then the Blazers media strategy to envoke "Ballmer is an idiot" will pop like a balloon.
 
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julius said:
Its totally Chaunceys fault that like half of the roster is in their 1st or 2nd year.
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I don't know how off from normal that is though. Most teams have a a few 1st and 2nd year players in the rotation. We also have expensive vets like Brogdon, Simons, Ayton, Grant...
 
Strenuus said:
Chauncey isn't getting fired this season. Sorry you have to deal with that, I guess.

His seat isn't even lukewarm.
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So you're telling me there's a difference between this world and a perfect world? Oh no, if only I'd learned that sooner
 
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