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Terry is a very good coach and like everyone else - he is not perfect - but honestly, anyone that thinks it would be simple to find someone as good as him is fooling themselves, sure it can happen - but it is just as likely that a replacement will not be anywhere as good. The players are happy, the team made it to the WCF without their 2nd best or 2nd most important player and lost to one of the greatest teams in the history of the team while being the 2nd youngest team in the playoffs after the Nuggets.

Good on the Blazers.
 
BlazerBeav said:
Do you actually have to fire your current coach to look out and see what's available? Are you sure we hadn't done that? Also, Brad Stevens - I didn't see him coaching in the Conference Finals - but Terry Stotts was.....
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He coached in the last conference finals when he didn't have to worry about his "leader" fucking shit up.
 
andalusian said:
Terry is a very good coach and like everyone else - he is not perfect - but honestly, anyone that thinks it would be simple to find someone as good as him is fooling themselves, sure it can happen - but it is just as likely that a replacement will not be anywhere as good. The players are happy, the team made it to the WCF without their 2nd best or 2nd most important player and lost to one of the greatest teams in the history of the team while being the 2nd youngest team in the playoffs after the Nuggets.

Good on the Blazers.
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I can respect that opinion, kind of disagree, but I understand what you're saying, and you may be right.
 
kjironman1 said:
Exactly. You extend him and hope he continues to produce. If he doesn't you fire him later. An extension is just that. An extension of the contract.
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An extension means after you fire the coach, you're paying that coach to either vacation, or coach another team.
 
TorturedBlazerFan said:
I can respect that opinion, kind of disagree, but I understand what you're saying, and you may be right.
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That's fair. Just an opinion and I do not fool myself to think that I am always right - but I honestly think he is a very good coach and I believe the results speak for themselves.
 
oldmangrouch said:
Kanter, Hood, Curry, and (my opinion only) Aminu are goners - with no way to replace them. How do you lose that much depth and get better? If Nurk misses any amount of time or struggles upon his return, we're boned.
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I'm thinking we end up with two of the four you mentioned, maybe.
After last season was over many didn't think we'd make the playoffs.
 
dviss1 said:
An extension means after you fire the coach, you're paying that coach to either vacation, or coach another team.
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Yeah, I sure hope they could afford that.....the amount of Stotts contract is less than the guys at the end of the rotation. I think we could overcome.
 
Hoopguru said:
The team has gotten better each of the last 4 years, and will improve again next year, I think.
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I disagree with that. I think they will lose one of Hood/Kanter and lose Curry. And they might let Aminu walk. And Nurkic will likely miss half of the season and take till the next season to be back to where he was. Hard to see them not taking a step back next year
 
oldmangrouch said:
If you are going to argue that Stotts did the best anybody could with a flawed roster - how can you not advocate firing Olshey for putting that flawed roster together?:dunno:
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I get the point you're trying to make but injuries to both of our bigs played a role too. Before the Nurk injury the roster was finally getting closer to balanced.
 
This is one of those weird situations where Stotts both deserves an extension and deserves to be fired. No matter what your argument is you're right in my opinion. He is the coach of a WCF team and should get an extension for that if life is fair. We all know that life isn't fair and he completely fucked up any chance we had of advancing further and probably only got as far as he did because of Dame and CJ stepping up in earlier series. He also should've been fired last off season.

I'm going to try to say this without laughing/crying but maybe Terry will learn from this post season.
 
e_blazer said:
I'll admit that I was losing my mind last night and yelling for Stotts' head for leaving Evan Turner in the game at crunch time. I still don't know what he was thinking, but I can just imagine how the Blazers would look around the league for firing Stotts:

GM No. 1: "The Blazers fired Terry after getting to the WCF? What the...? Nobody expected them to be in contention for anything beyond maybe 8th seed in the West."

GM No. 2: "Yeah, but a bunch of guys on a Blazers' forum thought he was the reason that they didn't beat the freakin' Golden State Warriors so Olshey caved and fired his ass."

GM No. 1: "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! What a clown show in RIP City. Good luck getting a good coach to join that mess."
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What?

He should be let go for his flaws, as the GM should be able to notice him. I guess you're right in that the GM shouldnt have to have us point them out for him.
 
wizenheimer said:
I disagree with that. I think they will lose one of Hood/Kanter and lose Curry. And they might let Aminu walk. And Nurkic will likely miss half of the season and take till the next season to be back to where he was. Hard to see them not taking a step back next year
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sure thats possible, but I would think management will be trying to offset what ever players they lose.
Im still expecting team that'll finish the season in the top 4 in the WC.
 
TorturedBlazerFan said:
I watched the clips / warriors and warriors/blazers. GS honestly slept walked quite a bit through both series' and they just kind of knew they could win. I never questioned the clips effort in that series' I did question Portlands at times, jogging back, not picking up the ball in transition, effort...
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Fair enough.

We were on fumes after denver, and then ran into one of the greatest teams of all time.
 
To be fair to Stotts, I don't blame him for losing or the fact that GSW swept. GSW is an all-time great team that was simply the better team.

However, I do blame Stotts for not putting the team in the best position to have a chance at winning. His ridiculous Game 1 PNR coverage on Steph Curry, his stubbornness to continue to trot out Aminu and Harkless in the starting line-up, his curious sub patterns and his inability to adjust to Draymond Green flying down the floor without anyone covering him was inexcusable.
 
Orion Bailey said:
Fair enough.

We were on fumes after denver, and then ran into one of the greatest teams of all time.
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Man, that is such a lame excuse OB. We were up 17 in the 2nd half of the last 3 games. The one game we didn't have a 17 point lead was because our coach thought we would be fine if we just left Curry wide open. This wasn't about being tired or running into a better team, we choked.
 
OneSport3 said:
To be fair to Stotts, I don't blame him for losing or the fact that GSW swept. GSW is an all-time great team that was simply the better team.

However, I do blame Stotts for not putting the team in the best position to have a chance at winning. His ridiculous Game 1 PNR coverage on Steph Curry, his stubbornness to continue to trot out Aminu and Harkless in the starting line-up, his curious sub patterns and his inability to adjust to Draymond Green flying down the floor without anyone covering him was inexcusable.
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I don't disagree with some of this but the changing of the lineup i do.
When has any team in the conference finals who was losing change 2/5ths of their starting lineup without it being die to injury?

I just don't think that would have helped and think it might have been even worse and if done earlier, maybe not beat denver.
 
Stotts can stay minute more as long as we get rid of Aminu, Harkless, Turner. 1 of the first 2 can stay to ride pine/backup. Meyers I think has earned the right to ride out his contract plus we need a big until Nurk gets back. Unfortunately in order to get rid of ET we might have to bundle up CJ I doubt 2 firsts will get rid of that contract. ET has to go or there will be no change to this roster that we desperately need 3/4 position. This team was put together through Lotto picks and failed lotto picks. It is like digging through the trash for 6 fuckin years and making a million dollars on ebay after taxes so yeah I think he can have an extension. This might have been in his deal with PA too you know if I make WCF with the shit you give me, you have to extend my contract. So before our heads start spinning and we start puking pea soup lets wait to see what happens and enjoy our year.
 
OneSport3 said:
To be fair to Stotts, I don't blame him for losing or the fact that GSW swept. GSW is an all-time great team that was simply the better team.

However, I do blame Stotts for not putting the team in the best position to have a chance at winning. His ridiculous Game 1 PNR coverage on Steph Curry, his stubbornness to continue to trot out Aminu and Harkless in the starting line-up, his curious sub patterns and his inability to adjust to Draymond Green flying down the floor without anyone covering him was inexcusable.
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I find it ironic that after having supported Stotts all these years, now that we've finally made the WCF with him, after watching these playoffs, I'm totally ready for a coaching change.

Of course, there is no way ownership or management was going to cut ties with a coach who made the WCF, even if the players did it in spite of him.

:cheers:
 
Speaking of Aminu.

Don't let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya.

As the saying goes.

As for Turner, we may have to roll him up in a carpet and drop him off a pier.

:cheers:
 
hoopsjock said:
Man, that is such a lame excuse OB. We were up 17 in the 2nd half of the last 3 games. The one game we didn't have a 17 point lead was because our coach thought we would be fine if we just left Curry wide open. This wasn't about being tired or running into a better team, we choked.
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I explained that already though.

When on fumes you don't lose your initial explosion, you lose your endurance and ability to maintain it.
We are a great team when clicking and full of energy but couldn't maintain it because we are on a long haul aNd gassed out.

Im also not saying we didn't also choke.
Im saying it should, and in my opinion, must also be considered a factor in it all. Many things came into play, but this portion is all but dismissed by everyone and i think that isn't fair. I think it played a bigger part than some give it credit for.
 
Congrats to Coach Stotts! My favorite Blazer coach really since Adelman. In my view very well earned extension...glad to see stability in the franchise and not turning into the revolving coaching door of many big market teams these days....extending the franchise player and the coach is a classy move...I look forward to the next chapter and an improved roster with a healthy Nurk back! Go Blazers! This is a staff and roster of guys I can cheer for up and down the ranks!
 
hoopsjock said:
Man, that is such a lame excuse OB. We were up 17 in the 2nd half of the last 3 games. The one game we didn't have a 17 point lead was because our coach thought we would be fine if we just left Curry wide open. This wasn't about being tired or running into a better team, we choked.
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Also. Choking goes hand in hand with one of the greatest teams of all time just knowing when to step on the gas.
 
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