Terry Stotts must be laughing

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Somewhere, at this very moment, Terry Stotts must be having a good laugh on the Blazers. He’s probably shaking his head over being replaced by a guy who can’t coach his way out of a paper bag and can’t even beat a team 11 games under .500 on his own court.
 
I was kinda thinking this, too, given that Billups is getting so much heat after Stotts was let go.

Maybe it's not the coaching.
 
OneSport3 said:
With all due respect, but who gives a shit about Stotts? He wasn’t the problem, but he wasn’t the solution either. There’s a reason he’s sitting on his couch watching this game and out of the league.
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I kinda understand this point. However, does this mean if he does get another job, you are going to then say he was/is a good coach? If you apply the criteria one way, you have to apply it equally with the other way.
 
blazerfan11 said:
Stotts was fired because Olshey wasn't going to fire himself, which is what should have happened.
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Nailed it.

And I will say, this was one of Olshey's most logical moves in his decade in Portland. He ran out of ways to spin his poorly constructed roster (and losing an all-star for nothing), so putting the blame on the coach was his last chance to buy some more time.
 
Tince said:
I kinda understand this point. However, does this mean if he does get another job, you are going to then say he was/is a good coach? If you apply the criteria one way, you have to apply it equally with the other way.
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What are you even questioning? I have NEVER EVER said Stotts was a good coach. I have always maintained that he was a mediocre coach.
 
OneSport3 said:
With all due respect, but who gives a shit about Stotts? He wasn’t the problem, but he wasn’t the solution either. There’s a reason he’s sitting on his couch watching this game and out of the league.
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Agreed, no coach had ever had that long of a run with a team without getting them to the finals. So it was time for Terry to go but the results weren't his fault. He really was just a non factor as a coach. I don't know what Chauncey is yet but things aren't going too well.
 
OneSport3 said:
What are you even questioning? I have NEVER EVER said Stotts was a good coach. I have always maintained that he was a mediocre coach.
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You glossed over a key word of the post you're responding to.

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OneSport3 said:
The NBA is full of coaching retreads. IF he does get another job, it doesn’t then mean he is a good coach by any means.
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But you understand why that logically undercuts your point that him not being in the NBA is evidence that he's not good, right? I think that's what Tince was pointing out.
 
Ed O said:
But you understand why that logically undercuts your point that him not being in the NBA is evidence that he's not good, right? I think that's what Tince was pointing out.
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No, it doesn’t. The fact that there are terrible retreads all over the league justifies my logic. If all coaches that are currently in the league were good coaches, then that would undercut my logic. But that’s definitely not the case.
 
Terry is getting millions to stay home with his wife and dogs...he doesn't need to work another day in his life and he's in his 60s....I think Terry has been laughing since he got bought out by Olshey actually. He'd sure as hell be better than Scott Brooks on the coaching staff.
 
OneSport3 said:
What are you even questioning? I have NEVER EVER said Stotts was a good coach. I have always maintained that he was a mediocre coach.
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I was seeing if the logic you were using was something you actually believed or if you were just throwing it out there meaninglessly. You answered the question though.
 
Tince said:
I was seeing if the logic you were using was something you actually believed or if you were just throwing it out there meaninglessly. You answered the question though.
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Yup. I had another response typed up but... I'm just gonna let this one go. :)
 
Ed O said:
But you understand why that logically undercuts your point that him not being in the NBA is evidence that he's not good, right? I think that's what Tince was pointing out.
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Nailed it.

However, we will see some sort of spin that either outcome (him not getting another job or getting one) is somehow proof that he wasn't a good coach despite the obvious conclusion being that a coach getting a job (or not) doesn't mean anything. Certainly there have been good coaches who got fired and never got another chance, just like there have been coaches who did suck and got second chance.
 
No I don't think Terry Stotts is laughing at all. I think he watches the games and is pulling for Dame to be successful. I think he is as upset as most of us at seeing this team go through a tough stretch. I also think he is experienced enough to know that all teams go through tough stretches and knows this team can play better.
 
Tince said:
I kinda understand this point. However, does this mean if he does get another job, you are going to then say he was/is a good coach? If you apply the criteria one way, you have to apply it equally with the other way.
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Trying to hold internet posters to any level of logic is typically a lesson in futility! (not sure about this specific poster)
 
OneSport3 said:
Who gives a shit about Stotts? He wasn’t the problem, but he wasn’t the solution either. There’s a reason he’s sitting on his couch watching this game and out of the league.
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Not necessarily. There’s been a big push to hire more black head coaches in the NBA, which puts guys like Stotts at a disadvantage.
 
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