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Stevenson said:
Olshey probably did this because Stotts’ players love him, he maximizes talent, he develops players, his teams are fun to watch, he’s the western division coach of the month for the past three months, his teams keep winning, his teams always exceed expectations, and he just coached us to the WCF.

Maybe that has something to do with it.
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We need to transition from "maximizing talent" and "developing players" to competing. Sure, thats helpful, but his flaws are a detriment in the post-season and one run doesnt change that (its funny how last year it was circumstances but this year it isnt...).
 
HailBlazers said:
Played at 24 after work. My team had been hot from deep but we got tired and let the opponent back within striking distance. All we needed was one point for a series closing win. I took the ball out, on the right was our two leading scorers, on the left our 4 on the wing and 5 on the block. Second the ball was checked I passed it left and we fed our big like I'd hoped - solid post move FTW.

Olajuwon is one of my top three favorites players ever. Love post play, especially when opponents know its coming but there's no way to stop it. Personally love playing with guys who have stellar post games (like yourself big dog), personally hate when guards don't feed them, throw horrible entry passes, or don't dish to a big who's run the court, especially after a defensive play.

You aren't going to out back-court the Warriors, try as D'Antoni might (no rockets presser yet?). You have to attack the basket and own the paint to own the Warriors. We got murdered on the boards, could not score inside, and couldn't stop them from doing so themselves.

Looney was amazing, made all the right plays (two years ahead of Zach), and benefited from Green's school of foul free hacking. Meanwhile Collins couldn't jump straight up without being whistled. Kanter was Aamazing against the Blunder, both sides of the ball. But by the time he got to the WCF, thanks to his separated shoulder and fasting, was literally worthless. No beast = no chance.
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Whack ass basketball if youre playing.
 
hoopsjock said:
Okay, yeah, this thread is literally about coach Stotts so of course that is coaching.


I'm sorry but that is the lamest excuse for a poor performance I've ever heard. They hit a wall in the locker room? That wall is called Terry Stotts and his lack of coaching.
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When you say they choked and we choked, since its plural, i can only assume you meant the team and not stotts.

Your opinion is its lame. My opinion is it happened.
Ive seen this wall hit before.

Thoroughbred race horses have some of this same issue.

After such a long season the endurance runs out. Cant go as long. Still start each race out strong but cant finish.

Players cool down at half time. These guys are human man. Not machines. Yes. I 100% believe it was a hell of alot harder for them to turn it back on again going into the third quarter.

You call it lame, i call it logical.
 
Orion Bailey said:
When you say they choked and we choked, since its plural, i can only assume you meant the team and not stotts.

Your opinion is its lame. My opinion is it happened.
Ive seen this wall hit before.

Thoroughbred race horses have some of this same issue.

After such a long season the endurance runs out. Cant go as long. Still start each race out strong but cant finish.

Players cool down at half time. These guys are human man. Not machines. Yes. I 100% believe it was a hell of alot harder for them to turn it back on again going into the third quarter.

You call it lame, i call it logical.
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So many excuses...
 
Stevenson said:
Olshey probably did this because Stotts’ players love him, he maximizes talent, he develops players, his teams are fun to watch, he’s the western division coach of the month for the past three months, his teams keep winning, his teams always exceed expectations, and he just coached us to the WCF.

Maybe that has something to do with it.
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Well none of that stuff really matters though. I mean what do real experts/players that actually play and work with the guy know?
 
BonesJones said:
Hes interviewed elsewhere. We need to snatch him up.
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Sounds like the Cavs interviewed him but are seemingly more interested in Ime Udoka?
Raptors talked to him but chose Nick Nurse.
Seriously the word out is there are huge holes in his defensive coaching abilities. I'm interested in Messina. But the fact that he continues to either get passed over or he declines the situation makes me wonder?
 
TBpup said:
To be fair, the Warriors seemed to have no problems turning it on going into the 3rd quarter.
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Exactly. I've said multiple times that I believe there were multiple reasons why things went the way they did. One of them is hitting a wall. Some seem to think that is ALL i'm saying.
 
Orion Bailey said:
Exactly. I've said multiple times that I believe there were multiple reasons why things went the way they did. One of them is hitting a wall. Some seem to think that is ALL i'm saying.
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I just didn't see a wall being hit. I saw a team that simply was happy they got to the WCF and were satisfied with at least making it tough on GS a few games but didn't believe they could actually win. What you perceive as tired I perceived as a lack of passion and desire.

Kerr made adjustments at halftime, Stotts didn't. After the 3rd time in a row witnessing it you'd think Stotts would learn a lesson but he didn't.

In every game in this series there was a moment in the 3rd quarter where I thought "Why doesn't Stotts take Dame out now since he is struggling and maybe he can come back in the 4th and take over?" But no, Stotts has to play Dame the entire 3rd quarter no matter what is actually happening on the court. If you're correct and Dame had hit a wall don't you think it would be better to play him in shorter shifts? I know one thing for sure, I don't think it's a good idea to play him for a whole quarter at a time if that's the case. If you're going to play Dame a full quarter wouldn't you want it to be the 4th? Stotts always plays him the entire 1st and 3rd.
 
hoopsjock said:
I just didn't see a wall being hit. I saw a team that simply was happy they got to the WCF and were satisfied with at least making it tough on GS a few games but didn't believe they could actually win. What you perceive as tired I perceived as a lack of passion and desire.

Kerr made adjustments at halftime, Stotts didn't. After the 3rd time in a row witnessing it you'd think Stotts would learn a lesson but he didn't.

In every game in this series there was a moment in the 3rd quarter where I thought "Why doesn't Stotts take Dame out now since he is struggling and maybe he can come back in the 4th and take over?" But no, Stotts has to play Dame the entire 3rd quarter no matter what is actually happening on the court. If you're correct and Dame had hit a wall don't you think it would be better to play him in shorter shifts? I know one thing for sure, I don't think it's a good idea to play him for a whole quarter at a time if that's the case. If you're going to play Dame a full quarter wouldn't you want it to be the 4th? Stotts always plays him the entire 1st and 3rd.
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See I think if that were the case, we wouldnt have built a lead to begin with if we were satisfied.
 
Stevenson said:
Olshey probably did this because Stotts’ players love him, he maximizes talent, he develops players, his teams are fun to watch, he’s the western division coach of the month for the past three months, his teams keep winning, his teams always exceed expectations, and he just coached us to the WCF.

Maybe that has something to do with it.
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I actually like Stotts, but he struggles to adjust and to keep up with other coaches. We saw it during the second and third round of the playoffs. He’s a good coach, but I’m unsure whether he could take a team to the next level. I’m not saying to get rid of him, but I’d have liked to see what we did next year, even for the first-half of the season, before giving him an extension.
 
Orion Bailey said:
See I think if that were the case, we wouldnt have built a lead to begin with if we were satisfied.
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Would you agree that the 1st half leads were built primarily on guys other than Dame and CJ playing well? Dame had a good 1st quarter in game 4 but had one of the worst few seconds of any player ever at the end of the half to give GS 5 points when we should've had the last shot. CJ had a few good moments in the 1st half too but overall I'd say those 2 didn't play particularly well and we still had big leads right?
 
Orion Bailey said:
See I think if that were the case, we wouldnt have built a lead to begin with if we were satisfied.
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Okay, lets pretend you're right and they hit a wall. Why didn't coach recognize that and plan accordingly by the 3rd time it happened? It's not even clear if the guy knew Dame was injured.
 
hoopsjock said:
Would you agree that the 1st half leads were built primarily on guys other than Dame and CJ playing well? Dame had a good 1st quarter in game 4 but had one of the worst few seconds of any player ever at the end of the half to give GS 5 points when we should've had the last shot. CJ had a few good moments in the 1st half too but overall I'd say those 2 didn't play particularly well and we still had big leads right?
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I would, to an extent. I think the team as a whole hit a funk, but Lillard hit it the hardest. Not everyone on the team hit the wall with the same impact or the same exact time, because not everyone played the minutes our stars did in Denver.
 
hoopsjock said:
Okay, lets pretend you're right and they hit a wall. Why didn't coach recognize that and plan accordingly by the 3rd time it happened? It's not even clear if the guy knew Dame was injured.
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Maybe he did, but like others have asked that have not been answered, run plays for who else? Hood didnt play well at all this series and neither did Kanter. Run them for Hark and Aminu? Collins?

Sorry I understand the coach wanting to run things through our stars even when fatigued and spent, because its still a better shot than running plays for our scrubs.

Again, I'm not saying Stotts didn't make mistake. That Dame was sharp. I'm saying MANY factors come into play with all of this and hitting a wall because of being gassed SHOULD be one thing to consider in the equation. You keep coming back like they should go forever and being gassed had NOTHING to do with it.

Sorry. Not buying that.
 
Orion Bailey said:
Maybe he did, but like others have asked that have not been answered, run plays for who else? Hood didnt play well at all this series and neither did Kanter. Run them for Hark and Aminu? Collins?

Sorry I understand the coach wanting to run things through our stars even when fatigued and spent, because its still a better shot than running plays for our scrubs.

Again, I'm not saying Stotts didn't make mistake. That Dame was sharp. I'm saying MANY factors come into play with all of this and hitting a wall because of being gassed SHOULD be one thing to consider in the equation. You keep coming back like they should go forever and being gassed had NOTHING to do with it.

Sorry. Not buying that.
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The answer to who I've already answered in this thread.

I'm not saying they weren't tired. I'm wondering why we would run players into the ground if they were tired. I've given several suggestions to combat that and you keep coming back saying I'm not recognizing it.

It's a lame excuse.
 
dviss1 said:
FTFY...
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Don't forget Spencer Hawes, Dorrell Wright, umm, umm, Anderson Varejao, ummm, paying to get rid of Vonleh, ummmmm...I haven't had coffee yet, that's all I can think of.
 
I don't feel like making a new thread so I will throw this in here. Some cumulative stats from our series with GS. We shot 143 threes to their 127. Both teams shot a little over 36% on threes.
We took five more free throws, 92 to 87, but made the same amount 71.
They outrebounded us 197 to 163 and had 117 assists to our 97.
 
hoopsjock said:
The answer to who I've already answered in this thread.

I'm not saying they weren't tired. I'm wondering why we would run players into the ground if they were tired. I've given several suggestions to combat that and you keep coming back saying I'm not recognizing it.

It's a lame excuse.
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Ran them into the grtound because the team doesn't have anyone else half as reliable. I didn't see your suggestions quoted to me. Maybe I missed them in other posts. But even so, the suggestions have to be on the roster and the roster is well know. Your suggestions, whoever they are, are not reliable, as evidenced by many threads all year long saying we need better forwards, etc. So whoever you chose as an option has an asterisk because they have never been reliable.

I'm saying no one is admitting the team hit a wall. That's ALL I have ever really said. I have maintained several times that multiple factors in this. One of them is hitting a wall and fatigue that I have not seen anyone else point out and when I did, I was told lame excuse.

So what is it. You are saying they got tired, or i'm wrong? Aside from other factors, on this point, they either hit a wall or they didn't. If they were tired, then my point is valid, right?

And if so, then what are we going round and round about? I've admitted several times that Other mistakes also came into play, like decision making. Why cant it just be acknowledged that another factor was fatigue?

You call it Lame, I call it logical.

We can agree to disagree.
 
Expected the extension. It would look really bad on our organization to fire the coach that greatly exceeded expectations and got us back to back homecourt advantage in the playoffs then got us to the WCF after 19 years regardless of why. What good coach would want to come to the Blazers knowing that regardless of what they do an extension is never guaranteed. Last year was the year to fire Stotts and not get any backlash from it.
 
riverman said:
I'd love to see Terry offer Tom Thibideau a position as defensive coordinator or Bill Laimbeer a job as a big man coach...
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Oddly enough, defense is the least of our worries. It's our offense that's garbage.
 
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