Should Stotts be fired if the Blazers lose the series?

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Should Stotts be fired if we lose the series?

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Charcoal Filtered said:
Is anyone else going to make a backcourt of CJ and Dame work?

I would split those two up before getting rid of the coach.
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A decent SG is much harder to get - and much more valuable - than an average coach.
I'm not against trading CJ, but I'd rather have a system in place before doing so, so that we know what sort of player to target in a trade.
And with Dame's defensive improvement, combined with Nurk and Collins, I don't think it's out of the realm of possibility that a Dame/CJ back court could get us to contention.
 
e_blazer said:
True, BUT PJ was also not used to working with NBA athletes and that caused him all kinds of problems, not the least of which was almost getting choked out by Sprewell.
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By the time that happened, PJ had already been an NBA head coach for 3 years, so I'm hesitant to blame that on inexperience. Seems to me that was more a result of his personality and coaching style.

Either way, I don't think we should let that prevent us from pursuing a guy who appears to be one of the best coaches out there. We're not the destination franchise that can wait for a guy to prove himself elsewhere and then poach him. We have to identify someone who's ready to elevate both himself and our franchise, and take a big swing.
 
blue9 said:
A decent SG is much harder to get - and much more valuable - than an average coach.
I'm not against trading CJ, but I'd rather have a system in place before doing so, so that we know what sort of player to target in a trade.
And with Dame's defensive improvement, combined with Nurk and Collins, I don't think it's out of the realm of possibility that a Dame/CJ back court could get us to contention.
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Who is this miracle coach?

I would talk with Atlanta about Kent Bazemore. Atlanta might be willing to trade him and their pick (if they do not get top 3) for CJ plus other considerations.
 
Strenuus said:
There's a real argument to say that injuries played a part in that. Sure, the 13 game win streak helped, but I would need to look at who was injured during those games + other west' teams being injured.
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First, injuries are a fact of life and part of the game. Don;t recall many giving the Blazers any excuses when we have had injuries.

Second, How many wins did other teams benefit from injuries to players? Way too many variables to say we benefited more than other teams.
 
HCP said:
I don't think he was handed much talent to be honest and got us to the #3 seed in the tough West. Props to him for this season. Name a better replacement.
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We've got two of the best guards in the league and we have a top 10 center. That is plenty of talent. It's not my job to name a better replacement. That is the front office's job. The way we played Saturday was flat out embarrassing. It was a complete meltdown.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
By the time that happened, PJ had already been an NBA head coach for 3 years, so I'm hesitant to blame that on inexperience. Seems to me that was more a result of his personality and coaching style.

Either way, I don't think we should let that prevent us from pursuing a guy who appears to be one of the best coaches out there. We're not the destination franchise that can wait for a guy to prove himself elsewhere and then poach him. We have to identify someone who's ready to elevate both himself and our franchise, and take a big swing.
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I doubt Wright is interested in coaching the pros as he has a pretty much lifetime sweet job right now and the pro game is much different than the college game. For every Brad Stevens there are 10 college coaches who have failed transitioning to the pros
 
tlongII said:
We've got two of the best guards in the league and we have a top 10 center. That is plenty of talent. It's not my job to name a better replacement. That is the front office's job. The way we played Saturday was flat out embarrassing. It was a complete meltdown.
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We played as bad as you can and they played a fantastic game and we lost by 2. Breath.
 
CupWizier said:
I doubt Wright is interested in coaching the pros as he has a pretty much lifetime sweet job right now and the pro game is much different than the college game. For every Brad Stevens there are 10 college coaches who have failed transitioning to the pros
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He has a chance to be the next coach K.

I wonder how much he likes recruiting though.
 
HCP said:
We played as bad as you can and they played a fantastic game and we lost by 2. Breath.
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I agree. Amazing how quickly people turn on the coach, the players and/or the team after one game.
 
SIeepwalker said:
Actually I have a mom, I just wanted to fuck with you
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You'll need to buy him dinner first. Can you afford a couple burritos at Taco Bell?

barfo
 
If they ultimately lose, I would say firing him should probably come down to how they lose. If there's a lot of breakdowns and "Keystone Kops" bullshit, then absolutely. If AD just goes HAM and destroys the Blazers, what can you do? Sometimes it's just a terrible match-up.
 
Stotts should only be let go if there is a cant miss coaching prospect that happens to be available. Stotts gets so much crap when he loses, but the reality is that he's an awesome coach that usually gets the absolute most out of his players (and is capable of developing younger players into useful rotation pieces). He doesn't run his players into the ground like thibs and actually understands the x's and o's of the game (unlike a lot of coaches in the league). We have a great coach, a great front office, a bunch of studs playing for us, and a pretty damn good culture under the leadership of dame... we just need a bit more raw talent (preferably on the bench and perhaps in the starting 3 spot). The blueprint is there for us to make a real run at this.
 
If we lose in the first round, we have to make some change... IMO trading CJ is the right move... but if you want to keep CJ then making a coaching change would be the next logical decision. A coach who will hold players more accountable and is not so player friendly might help Dame/CJ work, if Neil is dead set against breaking up that duo
 
It's certainly something they would have to think about.
 
You know a coach who's looking really good right now? The coach of the Pacers! Their GM's looking good, too.
 
Yes, let's fire the coach who dragged a team of one star to the #3 record in the most competitive conference (probably) in history, because he lost to a team with a better star and better supporting cast.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
When people say "name a replacement," I immediately think Jay Wright. Of course, he is universally understood to be THE college coach who is going to get all the attention this offseason from multiple franchises.

That said, which NBA team with a coaching opening is a better situation that what Portland would be were they to fire Stotts?
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Tony Bennett is another college coach that's been discussed in multiple threads on this forum.
 
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Hobbesarable said:
Tony Bennett is another college coach that's been discussed in multiple threads on this forum.
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He's the other guy that comes immediately to mind for me as well, although after being the first guy to ever lose to a 16, I doubt he's the guy we'd want to bring in to replace a guy fired for underperforming in the playoffs...
 
KingSpeed said:
And if we win the series?
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If team wins the series then you don’t change anything and let team grow... but losing to a team you should beat, with home court advantage, and with their second best player out, in first round is not acceptable IMO
 
Gronk Brady said:
If team wins the series then you don’t change anything and let team grow... but losing to a team you should beat, with home court advantage, and with their second best player out, in first round is not acceptable IMO
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I don't know. We only won 1 more game than them in regular season. And they've played better without Cousins. It's a close matchup. The good news is they haven't played that great at home and we can win there.
 
KingSpeed said:
I don't know. They only won 1 more game than us in regular season. And they've played better without Cousins. It's a close matchup. The good news is they haven't played that great at home and we can win there.
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They actually lost one more game than the Blazers.
 
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