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Jason Quick came on Wheel's at Work around 12:15 and confirmed a rumor from last week that Buck Williams will indeed be an Assistant for Nate. I love this move and i hope his toughness will rub off on LA , Greg and the rest of the team. I believe we as fans will look back in a year and see this as the biggest move made outside of a Big trade that may or may not happen.

Welcome Back Buck ...... GO BLAZERS
 
Ripcity4life said:
Jason Quick came on Wheel's at Work around 12:15 and confirmed a rumor from last week that Buck Williams will indeed be an Assistant for Nate. I love this move and i hope his toughness will rub off on LA , Greg and the rest of the team. I believe we as fans will look back in a year and see this as the biggest move made outside of a Big trade that may or may not happen.

Welcome Back Buck ...... GO BLAZERS
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HELL YES!!! I freaking love Buck. This can only help the team!!!! YAY!!!! Great, GREAT choice. Defense and rebounding this should be our focus. We need to be San Antonio or Detroit circa 2004 only on steroids. Well I mean MORE steroids then Ben Wallace was taking. Ok, now that I think about that, scratch that it would probably kill an elephant to take that much. Still you know what I mean.
 
this is stupid, no expirience, i know people will love it (sentimental value) but not a smart hire
 
Does Buck have any coaching experience at all? Obviously, the last year, Lucas has been sick, but prior, i thought he was a mediocre coach. His toughness never rubbed off on guys, why would Buck be any different?
 
I think he had a position with the knicks right after he retired. I don't know how long it lasted.
 
Ripcity4life said:
Jason Quick came on Wheel's at Work around 12:15 and confirmed a rumor from last week that Buck Williams will indeed be an Assistant for Nate. I love this move and i hope his toughness will rub off on LA , Greg and the rest of the team. I believe we as fans will look back in a year and see this as the biggest move made outside of a Big trade that may or may not happen.

Welcome Back Buck ...... GO BLAZERS
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Aren't you too new to be starting threads? Anybody know the rules about this?
 
HCP said:
Aren't you too new to be starting threads? Anybody know the rules about this?
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Aren't you to old to be posting still?

:O
 
Ripcity4life said:
Jason Quick came on Wheel's at Work around 12:15 and confirmed a rumor from last week that Buck Williams will indeed be an Assistant for Nate. I love this move and i hope his toughness will rub off on LA , Greg and the rest of the team. I believe we as fans will look back in a year and see this as the biggest move made outside of a Big trade that may or may not happen.

Welcome Back Buck ...... GO BLAZERS
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Awesome news. Way to bring the solid content as a rook!
 
So wait...if we had hired Juwan Howard as an assistant coach, people (here and in the media) would've praised it to the skies as a great hire.

Terry Porter was hired as an assistant a few years ago (Sacramento? San Antonio? I don't remember) with zero experience.

And all the sudden this is a bad hire to some people? Jesus. How else is he going to get experience, but get experience?!
 
julius said:
So wait...if we had hired Juwan Howard as an assistant coach, people (here and in the media) would've praised it to the skies as a great hire.

Terry Porter was hired as an assistant a few years ago (Sacramento? San Antonio? I don't remember) with zero experience.

And all the sudden this is a bad hire to some people? Jesus. How else is he going to get experience, but get experience?!
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I can't speak for anyone else. I personally am not a fan of the hire because I feel/felt that the person who can most use a personal coach on our team is Oden, and I'd prefer someone with some experience and a successful history in that regard, as opposed to someone just cutting their teeth.

And everywhere I read, people thinks it's a great hire because Buck was tough. So was Lucas, yet everyone seems upset with the toughness of our guys. Just being tough doesn't necessarily mean you can teach someone to act the same.
 
I'm glad we are bringing back fan favorite Buck and giving him a shot as an Asst. Coach. He is one of many asst. coach's we'll have, so its not like he'll be the only guy instructing and helping our players develop. His toughness alone should help a great deal.
 
Do people with toughness always know how to teach others to be tough? Is it something that can be learned, over being born with that desire to play tough?
 
RR7 said:
I can't speak for anyone else. I personally am not a fan of the hire because I feel/felt that the person who can most use a personal coach on our team is Oden, and I'd prefer someone with some experience and a successful history in that regard, as opposed to someone just cutting their teeth.

And everywhere I read, people thinks it's a great hire because Buck was tough. So was Lucas, yet everyone seems upset with the toughness of our guys. Just being tough doesn't necessarily mean you can teach someone to act the same.
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Lucas basically had 1 half season to work with Greg. I'm not sure you can really put much into what he did or didn't do with Greg.
 
julius said:
Lucas basically had 1 half season to work with Greg. I'm not sure you can really put much into what he did or didn't do with Greg.
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I'm not saying Lucas did anything bad with him. I'm just saying I think he needs a good coach. And I don't see Buck as a good answer. He might turn out to eventually be good, but my personal prefernce would be he not cut his teeth on basically our franchise, and a HUGE part of us being able to win a championship.
 
julius said:
So wait...if we had hired Juwan Howard as an assistant coach, people (here and in the media) would've praised it to the skies as a great hire.

Terry Porter was hired as an assistant a few years ago (Sacramento? San Antonio? I don't remember) with zero experience.

And all the sudden this is a bad hire to some people? Jesus. How else is he going to get experience, but get experience?!
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Yeah, I don't get it either. We're not talking about the head coach, we're talking about an assistant. TONS of assistant coaches in the NBA are former players with ZERO experience. Sam Cassell being one of them.
 
RR7 said:
Do people with toughness always know how to teach others to be tough? Is it something that can be learned, over being born with that desire to play tough?
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yeah, I think this is true. That said, if he can teach LMA to get into the trenches, he will have more than earned his money. But if I had a tree that grew money, the republicans say the government gave it to me! :devilwink:
 
westnob said:
yeah, I think this is true. That said, if he can teach LMA to get into the trenches, he will have more than earned his money. But if I had a tree that grew money, the republicans say the government gave it to me! :devilwink:
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If you had a tree that grew money, you would quietly disappear and the tree would be moved into an undisclosed location.
 
I loved the way Buck played with the Blazers. He played the game the right way. He sacrificed his game and glory for the team. He played to win.

I don't know if that will make him a good coach, but I sure hope so.

"The construction business is in the toilet. Let's see, I guess I will go be an NBA coach."

Damn. I sure wish MY Fallback Plan was a gig in the NBA.
 
I love Buck, but I'm not overly thrilled about the hire. Just as I wasn't thrilled with Luke as the big mans coach.


Most everyone agrees that Oden holds the key to our future success, and the one thing he needs more than anything else is someone to help him with footwork. Buck was a rebounding stud and tough guy, but he wasn't known for his footwork down low.


Good hire, but meh
 
Mediocre Man said:
I love Buck, but I'm not overly thrilled about the hire. Just as I wasn't thrilled with Luke as the big mans coach.


Most everyone agrees that Oden holds the key to our future success, and the one thing he needs more than anything else is someone to help him with footwork. Buck was a rebounding stud and tough guy, but he wasn't known for his footwork down low.


Good hire, but meh
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I have similar concerns. For now I remain cautiously ... ambivalent.
 
I don't think he can teach "toughness." I don't think Oden needs toughness. Mostly what I want is someone who can teach Oden fluid post footwork and polish in challenging shots...veteran tricks that help avoid fouls when going for shot blocks. Maybe Williams can do the second (though, while he was a fine defender, he never struck me as a shot-blocker).

I have no idea about his abilities as a teacher. I just hope this isn't a sentimentality hire: reminding fans of the "good times." I want new good times based on hires that help the team now. ;)
 
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