Ok, it's been fun ya'all...

[C_note]

Well you are both right.

I think Nate had a large voice in the matter. After all, he's the coach. BUT there's management guys that were obviously on his side.

My point in this thread is, they're all idiots and all of them should be fired. Start over. Yes, that move alone warrants all of them being fired.

 

[jlprk]

Management picks a coach, then accomodates his player needs. Most coaches can mold a system around the players they are given. But McMillan is helpless without a nonscoring high-rebounding C, clutch SG, PF who hovers outside, and PG who shoots 3s. Year after year, management tried to find just the right players to meet his requirements.

Everyone in the league thought that Andre Miller was a fine guard except McMillan. Now you say that some above McMillan agreed with him, so losing Miller is just as much their fault as his. Can you provide any link to who they are? Not one rumor of this has appeared on this board. I've never heard it before.

The point is, some posters carelessly spread blame off of our Teflon coach onto anyone they can think of. He'll be here next year if we cease the drumbeat to get him out, so I refocus their blame back onto him.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

At a certain point last night, the majority of Blazers' fans decided to switch their loyalty to the Timberwolves, because at least they could watch that exciting rookie Rubio play...

And then the inevitable happened.

 

[chris_in_pdx]

but this is pretty much the limit to my interest in this team.

Someone wake me when these guys have some dignity, or they fire the coach or something.

I can't be a fan of mediocrity. Scratch that, I won't be.

Till then all.

Wake me up when the Blazers are mediocre. Right now, this team is one of the worst in the league.

 

[STOMP]

The point of "hopefully whoever pushed that move through is out of the decision making loop" is that Stomp is saying that the moving force behind wanting to dump Andre Miller was someone unknown in higher management, when we all know it was McMillan, who is in the decision loop as much as ever

occasionally a blind squirrel finds an acorn. This isn't one of those times

STOMP

 

[MARIS61]

You guys aren't just dying to watch Williams, Babbitt, and N. Smith's progression over the rest of the year?

I'd prefer to watch their efforts 48 minutes every game over the dishonest play we've been witnessing, but I don't see it happening.

I can't have any respect for any player who tanks, regardless of their reasons. Liars (which they are) are unworthy of respect.

 

[MARIS61]

How can you not watch and support your favorite team regardless of how they are playing? Honestly curious. Thru think and thin......

Would you support the US military if it was discovered they were selling nukes to Iran and plotting to overthrow our government?

Would you support the catholic church if your son had been molested by your priest?

Would you pay for concert tickets if you knew the star was lip-syncing?

I'm supporting Nate, Joel, Wes, and the bench. I've seen honest effort from all of them.

I find it hard to believe the rest are not intentionally dogging it.

 

[jlprk]

occasionally a blind squirrel finds an acorn. This isn't one of those times

STOMP

Ah, grasshopper, but why search for worms high in the apple tree, when the worm is so close in the ground?

The hardest thing is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat.

--Confucius