Stotts gets no love at all (COY)

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honkicracker said:
Aldridge and his improvement into the best Big in the league had nothing to do with the +20 wins either. Nope. Forget that garbage. Cut him.
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LMA didn't improve at all - he's the same player he's been for the past few years. His rebounding average went up because of Lopez, not because he finally learned how to box out and rebound. His FG% is a career low. So yeah - taking a career high FGA while shooting a career low FG% really helped propel the team forward.
 
blue9 said:
Couldn't disagree more. Both - in fact everyone in the Top 5 - are far more deserving than Stotts. Hornacek should definitely win it since it's not an MVP of coaches, in which case Pops would win it every single year.
I understand that the East sucks, but it's still quite remarkable that CHI, TOR, and CHA all did as well as they did.
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Toronto and Charlotte are in the East... If we were the Portland Maine...
 
blue9 said:
Going from Hickson/Nolan to Rolo/Mo, I think 20 wins sounds just about right.
Of course major improvement from Freeland factors in, along with Robinson's progression. But the lion's share goes to Rolo/Mo - those two positions went from (well)-below average to above average.
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I find that ridiculous. Every player on this team (especially the rest of the starters) improved from last year. That, coupled with the new additions is why we won 20 more games.
 
Just like a basketball game, Stotts this season coached a great 1st qtr of the season and a great 4th qtr, these awards are like Oscars though, they should give them to 4 coaches a year. Toronto made a huge leap this season. Homer vote goes to Stotts and I guess that's what I am.
 
riverman said:
Just like a basketball game, Stotts this season coached a great 1st qtr of the season and a great 4th qtr, these awards are like Oscars though, they should give them to 4 coaches a year. Toronto made a huge leap this season. Homer vote goes to Stotts and I guess that's what I am.
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His 3rd quarter sucked because his best player was out.
 
It would be ironic if he won coach of the year while his own team doesn't even have enough faith in him to pick up his 3rd year option.
 
I am still shocked Pops can coach his players how to be younger, that's some real coaching skill there.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Not in the top 5.
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You said no love AT ALL.

Also, not sure how Any of you can deny Pop this award. Pop is far and away the best coach in the NBA not close. His team was hurt all year and he sat some guys to rest them and they still got the best record I'm the NBA and it wasn't close. And in the tougher conference. Pop should be COY.
 
I mean THREE starters (Green, Lenard, and Splitter) missed major time, didn't they? No matter. 62 wins anyway. Better record than Pacers who got to play Philly and Orlando and Bucks all year long.
 
KingSpeed said:
You said no love AT ALL.

Also, not sure how Any of you can deny Pop this award. Pop is far and away the best coach in the NBA not close. His team was hurt all year and he sat some guys to rest them and they still got the best record I'm the NBA and it wasn't close. And in the tougher conference. Pop should be COY.
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You don't think it's a little sad that he didn't even make the top 5?
 
Natebishop3 said:
You don't think it's a little sad that he didn't even make the top 5?
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What's funny is the justification. "Well, he as two All-Stars, so what's the big deal?" Did it occur to anyone, they are two All-Stars because of their coach? It's like giving Jack Ramsay no credit for Bill Walton and Mo Lucas. Yes, they were great players, but he got them to take their games to a different level, perhaps not statistically, but in terms of playing winning team basketball. The same with Rick Adelman and Porter and Drexler.

And that doesn't even mention the step up the role players have made. Robin Lopez didn't accidentally just have his best year. Wes Matthews and Nic Batum didn't just fall into having great years. The coach had something to do with it.

Stotts created a system that fits these players very well. We play a beautiful brand of basketball where we're always making the extra pass to the open man. He is putting guys in positions to succeed and maximizing their potential. That's deserving of some COY love, IMO.
 
One of the great things about Stotts: Look at the camaraderie on this team. Just marvel at it. Observe how they come together after games. Watch how they clown each other when one is being interviewed post game, or any time there is a camera and in interview. These players are not drudging through a season waiting to CTC. They are not focused in individual glory or stats or 'getting theirs'. They are sharing, and caring (/Michael Holton), and they've got each other's backs. This is obviously a tight group that plays focused yet loose. The coach has something to do with that.
 
maxiep said:
What's funny is the justification. "Well, he as two All-Stars, so what's the big deal?" Did it occur to anyone, they are two All-Stars because of their coach? It's like giving Jack Ramsay no credit for Bill Walton and Mo Lucas. Yes, they were great players, but he got them to take their games to a different level, perhaps not statistically, but in terms of playing winning team basketball. The same with Rick Adelman and Porter and Drexler.

And that doesn't even mention the step up the role players have made. Robin Lopez didn't accidentally just have his best year. Wes Matthews and Nic Batum didn't just fall into having great years. The coach had something to do with it.

Stotts created a system that fits these players very well. We play a beautiful brand of basketball where we're always making the extra pass to the open man. He is putting guys in positions to succeed and maximizing their potential. That's deserving of some COY love, IMO.
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It's a dammed if you do-dammed if you don't kind of thing. Before the season, all the experts panned us and said we wouldn't even make the playoffs. Now they're all saying we should have done this well and that Stotts benefited from having two All-Stars. Pretty fucking ridiculous if you ask me.
 
BBert said:
One of the great things about Stotts: Look at the camaraderie on this team. Just marvel at it. Observe how they come together after games. Watch how they clown each other when one is being interviewed post game, or any time there is a camera and in interview. These players are not drudging through a season waiting to CTC. They are not focused in individual glory or stats or 'getting theirs'. They are sharing, and caring (/Michael Holton), and they've got each other's backs. This is obviously a tight group that plays focused yet loose. The coach has something to do with that.
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Great point. That tightness shows on the court. How many times have we seen a guy pass up an open shot to make the extra pass for a better open shot by a teammate? That has to go to Stotts and his staff.
 
Here is the exact game Stotts won me over

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With that tribute, I knew he was our guy.
 
Natebishop3 said:
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/page/ESPN-Forecast-COY-140415/coach-year

He isn't even in the running. Doesn't even make the top 5.

Do people forget that many pundits didn't even predict we'd make the playoffs? We finished 5th. Good grief. The man has his flaws, but it's amazing how little respect nationally he gets from the writers.
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National predictors thought that our long losing streak at the end of 2012-13 must have been because we sucked. All Blazer fans knew it was just a tank. So Blazer fans knew the national predictions for 2013-14 were low. So our beating bad predictions doesn't impress me.

Your link says that Stotts was #6 in the voting. Our final record was a tie for #5, 6, and 7 in the NBA. Stotts at #6 is perfect.

http://espn.go.com/nba/standings/_/group/1
 
Not a single player on the Spurs averaged 30 minutes, and yet the Spurs had the best record by 3 games, Popo or bust.
 
and they only finished as good as the Heat....

riverman said:
Just like a basketball game, Stotts this season coached a great 1st qtr of the season and a great 4th qtr, these awards are like Oscars though, they should give them to 4 coaches a year. Toronto made a huge leap this season. Homer vote goes to Stotts and I guess that's what I am.
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