Nate possible choice for the Bobcats

[MickZagger]

After Ramsey we brought in Mike Schuler.

 

[PapaG]

Not necessarily. I mean Mo Cheeks is a shitty coach, but he has a better winning % as a Blazers coach than Nate does.

What a terrible point of comparison. Not that I did anyhow, but all the more reason to not take your Nate Hate seriously.

 

[Mediocre Man]

After Ramsey we brought in Mike Schuler.

Yes, my bad

 

[Minstrel]

Not necessarily. I mean Mo Cheeks is a shitty coach, but he has a better winning % as a Blazers coach than Nate does.

With the same players? In any case, I have no idea how this was a response to what I said. Had I said, "McMillan is an awesome coach, he wins games," it would make some sense. What I said was that advocating to fire someone when it's unclear who you'd like to replace them is not a very robust position. All it boils down to is "I don't like McMillan," which is fine but a pretty one-dimensional position. I don't like Marks as a player, but that's not a very useful observation if I have no solutions to replace him.

That is not to say McMillan should be retained...if Cho and the front office have someone they believe would be better, by all means replace him. If they're a good front office, they'll be right. If they're a bad front office, the team is screwed anyway.

 

[bodyman5001]

I think I was saying we needed to get Tom Thibodeau last year when this question popped up. Luckily, that didn't happen. Has Chicago even won a game?

I seriously think most of the fans here are worried about what name sounds better as opposed to actually finding a good coach and maybe just maybe letting him make a name for himself.

 

[Pinwheel1]

Not necessarily. I mean Mo Cheeks is a shitty coach, but he has a better winning % as a Blazers coach than Nate does.

I hate the question because it's unanswerable. When Dr Jack left, we promoted Adelman, and I remember people talking about why we didn't bring in someone more proven. Adelman turned out to be a great choice. You simply can't answer "who would be better". Laimbeer, Auriemma, Budenholzer, Adelman all could be better, and all could be worse. Larry Brown is a future HOF coach that just got shit canned. PJ was an outstanding college coach that seemd like a good hire, but wasn't. You just never know how a team will react to a coach. Nate gets a lot out of this team, but his offense will always be an anchor for them in the playoffs. Another coach might get us blown out when we are this unhealthy, but win us a title, or getus deep in the playoffs if sorta healthy.

Yes he was, yet a very large percentage of Blazer fans wanted to see a change when they fired him. They said he couldn't when the big one. That he just rolled the ball out and let them play. That he could only coach veteran players. etc etc etc.
Would we have been better off to keep him? Hell yes. But neither Paul nor many Blazer fans knew what the fuck they were talking about..............

 

[Nikolokolus]

Yes he was, yet a very large percentage of Blazer fans wanted to see a change when they fired him. They said he couldn't when the big one. That he just rolled the ball out and let them play. That he could only coach veteran players. etc etc etc.
Would we have been better off to keep him? Hell yes. But neither Paul nor many Blazer fans knew what the fuck they were talking about..............

Rick at least got his team to 2 finals appearances and 3 WCFs in his 5 year tenure. What does Nate have to hang his hat on? Sub .500 record (not all his fault) and two first round exits? At some point it's just time for a change ... this might be one of those times.

 

[Pinwheel1]

Rick at least got his team to 2 finals appearances and 3 WCFs in his 5 year tenure. What does Nate have to hang his hat on? Sub .500 record (not all his fault) and two first round exits? At some point it's just time for a change ... this might be one of those times.

Just saying that's exactly what we said when we got rid of Rick. "Time for a change"

 

[Nikolokolus]

Just saying that's exactly what we said when we got rid of Rick. "Time for a change"

OK, but my feeling is that this is more like when Shuler needed the boot, not Rick.

 

[Pinwheel1]

OK, but my feeling is that this is more like when Shuler needed the boot, not Rick.

A few of the players may not be enamored with the Nate's offense, but I think for the most part they like and respect him. Not the case with Schuler. The players were ready to rebel against Mike.

 

[Nikolokolus]

A few of the players may not be enamored with the Nate's offense, but I think for the most part they like and respect him. Not the case with Schuler. The players were ready to rebel against Mike.

I think Brandon likes playing for Nate (and who wouldn't like tons of isolations and high screen and rolls called for them) but for the past 4 or 5 years, you really think everybody has been OK with their role and what he's done as a coach? I don't.

 

[jlprk]

Do not hire that whiner Larry Brown.

If you don't count Roy (which you shouldn't this year), we are the only current Western Conference playoff team without an all star. That's not easy for any coach.

Under a different coach, Aldridge would be an All-Star.

 

[illmatic99]

I was all for LB before reading about what he did in CHA where he forced the front office's hand in personnel decisions on many occasions, and played favorites with players that aren't very good.

 

[Pinwheel1]

Do not hire that whiner Larry Brown.

Under a different coach, Aldridge would be an All-Star.

Not sure LMA can play much better than he is now. Whether he makes it or not is often political (Or geographical) but I think the point guard is more of a factor than the coach. And the chemistry between Miller and LMA has helped. (You put him with Deron or CP3 and there would be no question) But it still comes down to LMA making more shots this year. The easy baskets have helped (from Miller) but he is getting the ball in the same spot down low. This year he has a few more moves and better touch. He continues to play this way for the next 3-4 weeks and he should make it this year.

But we can blame it on Nate if it helps.

 

[Pinwheel1]

I was all for LB before reading about what he did in CHA where he forced the front office's hand in personnel decisions on many occasions, and played favorites with players that aren't very good.

This isn't the first time that has happened with Brown.