OT Steve Kerr wins coach of the year

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Natebishop3 said:
But that's silly, because we might as well just give all the awards to the Warriors.

6th man = Iggy
MVP = Curry
DPOY = Draymond
COTY = Kerr
MIP = Curry

Just give them all to GS and call it a day because of what that team accomplished.

If we're actually going to look at who coached the best, I think Stotts should get this award. He took a team that lost 4/5 starters, a team that only returned 4 or 5 guys total from last year's team, and got them back into the playoffs.
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He got a very respectable 2nd. Above Pop! I'm not sad about it at all... Kerr was going to win it regardless, it was a fight for 2nd.... and Stotts won that.
 
blue9 said:
Unfortunately, yes. Hopefully only two years.
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First game, Doc out coached Terry, but the last three games, I think Stotts has been fine. Adjustments look good and the guys are buying in. Getting that confidence from the players is half the battle.

Not sure it's that unfortunate if he sticks around. I don't see anyone else better.
 
Natebishop3 said:
But that's silly, because we might as well just give all the awards to the Warriors.

6th man = Iggy
MVP = Curry
DPOY = Draymond
COTY = Kerr
MIP = Curry

Just give them all to GS and call it a day because of what that team accomplished.

If we're actually going to look at who coached the best, I think Stotts should get this award. He took a team that lost 4/5 starters, a team that only returned 4 or 5 guys total from last year's team, and got them back into the playoffs.
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If the Blazers had accomplished what the W's accomplished and Stotts was denied COTY, I would feel disrespected and snubbed. Stotts was the coach of a 73 win team and didn't win Coach of the Year? WTF? Not all of the awards are really team awards, but a coach is good because his team wins. Kerr's team won 73 games and while he wasn't on the bench for all of those wins, he is the head coach of the team. I understand that you think Stotts did a better coaching job than Kerr this season, and your point has merit, but I don't think you can ignore 73 wins. Stotts may have done a better job coaching than Kerr, but when a team wins 73 games you almost have to de facto award it to the head coach of that team. My opinion and apparently many of the voters' opinions too.
 
Sedatedfork said:
If the Blazers had accomplished what the W's accomplished and Stotts was denied COTY, I would feel disrespected and snubbed. Stotts was the coach of a 73 win team and didn't win Coach of the Year? WTF? Not all of the awards are really team awards, but a coach is good because his team wins. Kerr's team won 73 games and while he wasn't on the bench for all of those wins, he is the head coach of the team. I understand that you think Stotts did a better coaching job than Kerr this season, and your point has merit, but I don't think you can ignore 73 wins. Stotts may have done a better job coaching than Kerr, but when a team wins 73 games you almost have to de facto award it to the head coach of that team. My opinion and apparently many of the voters' opinions too.
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Lets put it this way:

Had Luke Walton coached this team the entire year because Kerr was out, Luke Walton would have won it as the interim head coach.
 
I don't get how you can give Kerr coach of the year. He missed 43 games. Kerr was handed this team and is overrated as a coach. These guys were already good when he got the job which is why when Luke Walton took over they still won a majority of their games. I think terry stotts deserved this hands down. Lost 4 starters, win 44 games. 5th seed in the playoffs, series with clippers tied. Sure you could of also gave it to pop but stotts dealt with so much shit here. Aside from cj and dame, the starters were bench guys their careers. Cj was too but he had his breakout year. I just don't get it. Yeah the Warriors had the best regular season in history but i don't give a ton of credit to Kerr for that
 
Cippy91 said:
I don't get how you can give Kerr coach of the year. He missed 43 games. Kerr was handed this team and is overrated as a coach. These guys were already good when he got the job which is why when Luke Walton took over they still won a majority of their games. I think terry stotts deserved this hands down. Lost 4 starters, win 44 games. 5th seed in the playoffs, series with clippers tied. Sure you could of also gave it to pop but stotts dealt with so much shit here. Aside from cj and dame, the starters were bench guys their careers. Cj was too but he had his breakout year. I just don't get it. Yeah the Warriors had the best regular season in history but i don't give a ton of credit to Kerr for that
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NBA Narrative > Logic.

It was a fight for second.

If Stotts was the coach of our team that had 73 wins, everyone would be outraged if he didnt win it.

Stotts got 2nd place. Any other year he gets 1st, so I'm not mad.
 
Stotts is the winner in my book
 
Kerr missed half the season....he should not be considered
 
Sedatedfork said:
If the Blazers had accomplished what the W's accomplished and Stotts was denied COTY, I would feel disrespected and snubbed. Stotts was the coach of a 73 win team and didn't win Coach of the Year? WTF? Not all of the awards are really team awards, but a coach is good because his team wins. Kerr's team won 73 games and while he wasn't on the bench for all of those wins, he is the head coach of the team. I understand that you think Stotts did a better coaching job than Kerr this season, and your point has merit, but I don't think you can ignore 73 wins. Stotts may have done a better job coaching than Kerr, but when a team wins 73 games you almost have to de facto award it to the head coach of that team. My opinion and apparently many of the voters' opinions too.
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Ahh, I remember when Rafael Palmeiro won a gold glove playing less than half his team's games in the field. Kerr should be disqualified because he coached half the season. I don't think any other argument should qualify him.
 
Paine Tablet said:
Ahh, I remember when Rafael Palmeiro won a gold glove playing less than half his team's games in the field. Kerr should be disqualified because he coached half the season. I don't think any other argument should qualify him.
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And I remember when Magic Johnson played in the NBA all-star game and won MVP despite never playing in any NBA game that season.
 
Strenuus said:
Wait, really? He won MVP?

Wow. I don't remember that.
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You don't remember it because it didn't happen.

He announced he had HIV in November of 1991. The 91-92 MVP was Jordan.

Magic's last MVP was in 89-90 and he played in 79 games taht season.
 
Natebishop3 said:
You don't remember it because it didn't happen.

He announced he had HIV in November of 1991. The 91-92 MVP was Jordan.

Magic's last MVP was in 89-90 and he played in 79 games taht season.
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MVP of the All-Star game not of the whole Season.
 
Natebishop3 said:
You don't remember it because it didn't happen.

He announced he had HIV in November of 1991. The 91-92 MVP was Jordan.

Magic's last MVP was in 89-90 and he played in 79 games taht season.
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All Star MVP and yes it did happen.
 
That would be awesome though if Magic Johnson was named MVP for the whole season and never played a game... :confused:
 
Well, Kobe Bryant only played in 66 games this year, and sucked balls in 65 of them, and was an all-star.

This happens when you let people vote for awards. The popular choice isn't always the right choice.

BNM
 
Why are they voting for the awards, such as coach of the year, BEFORE THE SEASON IS OVER?

That is like telling a coach the playoffs are not important in deciding who the best coach is, and it does not matter what he does in the playoffs. Or to a student, your final ranking in the class will be decided on your grades at spring break, and your finals tests scores do not count.

The NBA needs to change the timing of the voting until after the playoffs are over.
 
oldfisherman said:
Why are they voting for the awards, such as coach of the year, BEFORE THE SEASON IS OVER?

That is like telling a coach the playoffs are not important in deciding who the best coach is, and it does not matter what he does in the playoffs. Or to a student, your final ranking in the class will be decided on your grades at spring break, and your finals tests scores do not count.

The NBA needs to change the timing of the voting until after the playoffs are over.
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All of these awards have ALWAYS been for the regular season. That includes MVP, Rookie of the Year, Coach of the Year, 6th Man of the Year, Most Improved Player, All-NBA, All Defense, etc.

There is only one award in the post season that matters, that's winning a ring. The only other award for the post season is Finals MVP, but that almost always (Jerry West being the exception) goes to someone on the championship team.

BNM
 
Boob-No-More said:
All of these awards have ALWAYS been for the regular season. That includes MVP, Rookie of the Year, Coach of the Year, 6th Man of the Year, Most Improved Player, All-NBA, All Defense, etc.

There is only one award in the post season that matters, that's winning a ring. The only other award for the post season is Finals MVP, but that almost always (Jerry West being the exception) goes to someone on the championship team.

BNM
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Appreciate the thoughtful response. However, I still do not get it. Just because it has always been that way, does not make it right.

We have seen many players have great regular seasons, and then not show up for the playoffs. Cliff Robinson comes to mind when he was a Blazer.

And coaching strategy becomes much more important in a 7 game playoff series vs the regular season. We have seen coaches get outcoached many times in the playoffs; Nate McMillan comes to mind vs the Rockets. Heck, Stotts just outcoached Rivers with a more talented roster.

Voting after the playoffs would still leave the players/coaches on teams that do not make the playoffs, eligible for the awards. But the playoffs give everyone a better picture of the players/coaches abilities against stronger competition.

Voting before the playoffs does not make any sense, especially for coach of the year.
 
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