One Year Later: Coaching Hire

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Knowing what you know now: Who do you wish Portland hired last year?

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Tince said:
I have no issue with Billups, but I'm a bit surprised so many people are voting for Billups over Ime. I'm guessing Billups wouldn't get one vote if this poll was given to Boston fans. Heck, Billups probably wouldn't get a vote from Dallas fans either. I guess that's what being a homer is all about!
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Of course they wouldn't. Why would they?

They are in the finals. We are gonna see what we have in our coach.

Why be surprised about a result you should have known anyway? It's common sense.
 
Strenuus said:
Of course they wouldn't. Why would they?

They are in the finals. We are gonna see what we have in our coach.

Why be surprised about a result you should have known anyway? It's common sense.
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Common sense that fans love their coach? That hasn't always been the trend around here. Typically after year 2-3 the trend is actually the opposite.

I'm surprised that people saw enough from Billups this year that they think he was the best choice of the 3. That's not to say he can't be a great coach either.
 
Here’s how I’d equate it: Just because Frank Vogel won a championship doesn’t mean I’d want him as our coach, including in his championship season. Also just because Steve Kerr had a terrible season (when the warriors got smacked with injuries) doesn’t mean he sucks as a coach.

And I’m sure the Lakers were happy with Vogel as their coach when he was in the NBA finals.

So of course the Celtics are happy with their coach. They made the NBA finals.

As Blazer fans, most of realize the Celtics have a really, really good roster - and they probably benefited quite a bit from injuries to other teams - so it’s impossible to say “Ime is clearly a great coach and Billups is not” when the rosters weren’t even in the same universe. (just like the Vogel comparison above).

I think a number of us even said Boston was the #1 job open last season due to that roster being loaded.

If anything, I actually think Kidd proved he’s the best of the bunch so far; did really well with an average (at best) roster and seemingly corrected the major issues he had with the Bucks.
 
Predator said:
Here’s how I’d equate it: Just because Frank Vogel won a championship doesn’t mean I’d want him as our coach, including in his championship season. Also just because Steve Kerr had a terrible season (when the warriors got smacked with injuries) doesn’t mean he sucks as a coach.

And I’m sure the Lakers were happy with Vogel as their coach when he was in the NBA finals.

So of course the Celtics are happy with their coach. They made the NBA finals.

As Blazer fans, most of realize the Celtics have a really, really good roster - and they probably benefited quite a bit from injuries to other teams - so it’s impossible to say “Ime is clearly a great coach and Billups is not” when the rosters weren’t even in the same universe. (just like the Vogel comparison above).

I think a number of us even said Boston was the #1 job open last season due to that roster being loaded.

If anything, I actually think Kidd proved he’s the best of the bunch so far; did really well with an average (at best) roster and seemingly corrected the major issues he had with the Bucks.
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I mostly agree with your logic. Though I can assure you that Laker fans were bitching about Vogel the year they won the championship and Warrior fans are even bitching about Kerr this year, let alone the two years they were tanking.

I would be worried Boston fans would rather swap our Ime with Kidd/Billups given their current situation. Same with Dallas fans wanting a Billups/Kidd swap given they had more succcess. I think Billups did a fine job this year, but if I had a time machine, I'd prefer we hired Ime of Billups. Having said that, I don't think either hire makes a huge difference.
 
Tince said:
I have no issue with Billups, but I'm a bit surprised so many people are voting for Billups over Ime. I'm guessing Billups wouldn't get one vote if this poll was given to Boston fans. Heck, Billups probably wouldn't get a vote from Dallas fans either. I guess that's what being a homer is all about!
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It's not about being a homer, it's more an incomplete grade or wait and see.

Both Kidd and Ime were terrible up until the point the Blazers started tanking. If you did this poll around the 30-40 game marks both Dallas and Boston fans were hating them. Both turned around dumpster fires. Billups started bad too but wasn't given the same chance to turn around that start like the other two were.

Could still go either way with Billups, good or bad.
 
hoopsjock said:
It's not about being a homer, it's more an incomplete grade or wait and see.

Both Kidd and Ime were terrible up until the point the Blazers started tanking. If you did this poll around the 30-40 game marks both Dallas and Boston fans were hating them. Both turned around dumpster fires. Billups started bad too but wasn't given the same chance to turn around that start like the other two were.

Could still go either way with Billups, good or bad.
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To your point, it's always going to be incomplete until all 3 coaches are done with their careers.

I agree the poll would likely have different results one year ago, 6 months ago, and 5 years from now. The poll is meant to gauge peoples preferences, right now, with all the knowns and unknowns out there. I suspect Billups is far less likely to win this poll 5 years from now, simply due to the fact that fan bases typically start calling for the head of their head coach after 3-4 years.

The homer factor is real unless you think you'd get these same percentages from Dallas and Boston fans, which I think nobody thinks would happen. Those fans would likely think their coaches is the one they'd rather have.
 
I wonder how different these polls results would be today...
 
Not exactly a lame duck situation but Billups seemed completely flat in the pregame talk just now........hard to hide the 'what's the point' vibe around the team, no matter how hard the broadcast crew polishes the turd.

I admit I'm pretty disappointed with what I've seen from the coaching staff so far but I guess there is one more kick at the cat after this coming summer and the many blockbusters that are coming our way from the front office.

Pass me the vodka and the handgun.
 
When you're in the bottom of the league in defense...you might want to change your defensive coordinator and when it comes to finishing games you might want a coach with a great playbook...we currently have neither.
 
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