The Detroit Pistons have fired coach Mo Cheeks

[Boob-No-More]

Well, the Mavs were really good. We were the 8th seed. They were the first seed. Dirk was basically unguardable at that point.

WTF you talkin' bout???? Dallas was the 3rd seed and the Blazers were the 6th seed (tied with the Lakers for 5th best record in the West). Yeah, Dirk was Dirk, but remember Dallas started Raef LaFrentz and Shawn Bradley, who combined to give them about 7 points a game in that series. Hardly an all-NBA front court. Considering we had Sabonis, Sheed, ZBo and Dale Davis (yeah, I know, but he was still better than LaFrentz and Bradley), we should have KILLED them.

It took Cheeks 3 games of dicking around before he finally realized they didn't have anyone who could guard ZBo. Given that Dallas was staring three-7-footers, and was using Dirk at small forward, why the fuck did it take him that long to realize he should also be going with a big line-up of Sabas, Sheed (guarding Dirk) and ZBo? I was at Game 6, and that was the line-up that DESTROYED the Mavs and held Dirk to 4 points. And, even in that game, he didn't start Sabas, but he came of the bench to score 16 points and grab 8 rebounds in 12 minutes.

Cheeks was/is a terrible head coach. He was always in way over his head and refused to listen to his more experienced assistants. Detroit was stupid to hire him and got what they deserved.

BNM

 

[ponderguy]

I don't care who coaches that team, it was going to be a disaster. They should have never gone after Josh Smith unless they were going to trade Monroe right away. Cheeks may not be the best coach but its crazy to blame him for this team. Dumars is the one who should be fired. He brought in two of the worst chuckers in the league in Smith and Jennings, they needed a PG who could get good looks for all their big men and Jennings is not a ideal fit for that role. Smith is a good player but he has to play at the 4 to be effective. He is too happy to sit back and take wide open mid range Js all day when he is out on the perimeter.

 

[blue9]

^^^Yes & no. It's a flawed team, but a good coach could make it work. Mo shouldn't get a pass just because Dumars put together a less-than-ideal roster. There's enough talent there to be in the middle of the Playoff pack in the East! Mo just sucks.

 

[Hobbesarable]

^^^Yes & no. It's a flawed team, but a good coach could make it work. Mo shouldn't get a pass just because Dumars put together a less-than-ideal roster. There's enough talent there to be in the middle of the Playoff pack in the East! Mo just sucks.

The owner should have fired Joe D as well.

 

[blue9]

The owner should have fired Joe D as well.

If for no other reason than hiring Mo Cheeks!

 

[Hobbesarable]

If for no other reason than hiring Mo Cheeks!

Wasn't Phil Jackson brought in as a consultant for that head coaching search?

 

[Natebishop3]

WTF you talkin' bout???? Dallas was the 3rd seed and the Blazers were the 6th seed (tied with the Lakers for 5th best record in the West). Yeah, Dirk was Dirk, but remember Dallas started Raef LaFrentz and Shawn Bradley, who combined to give them about 7 points a game in that series. Hardly an all-NBA front court. Considering we had Sabonis, Sheed, ZBo and Dale Davis (yeah, I know, but he was still better than LaFrentz and Bradley), we should have KILLED them.

It took Cheeks 3 games of dicking around before he finally realized they didn't have anyone who could guard ZBo. Given that Dallas was staring three-7-footers, and was using Dirk at small forward, why the fuck did it take him that long to realize he should also be going with a big line-up of Sabas, Sheed (guarding Dirk) and ZBo? I was at Game 6, and that was the line-up that DESTROYED the Mavs and held Dirk to 4 points. And, even in that game, he didn't start Sabas, but he came of the bench to score 16 points and grab 8 rebounds in 12 minutes.

Cheeks was/is a terrible head coach. He was always in way over his head and refused to listen to his more experienced assistants. Detroit was stupid to hire him and got what they deserved.

BNM

Eh, I was going off memory. I thought they were a #1 seed, but either way I knew we didn't have HCA. I do remember Nick Van Exel torching us in that series. We could live with Dirk, but Nick hit some major daggers.

 

[H.C.]

I was pretty young when Mo was the coach of the blazers. But what I remember of him is this



I don't care if he cant coach. Great Portland moment.
Stop trashing the Man.

edit - but that team was messed up all the way... Remembering right now a player playing 6ish mins in the first half because of foul trouble... Then watching him and another player laugh about it on the bench before halftime. Yeah -.-

 

[maxiep]

Great guy. Decent assistant coach. Terrible head coach. How he got another shot is beyond me.

 

[Draco]

How much money and guaranteed years did Cheeks have? Could be a very successful job for him in that regard. Work for 4.5 months get paid $10 million.

 

[ponderguy]

I was pretty young when Mo was the coach of the blazers. But what I remember of him is this



I don't care if he cant coach. Great Portland moment.
Stop trashing the Man.

edit - but that team was messed up all the way... Remembering right now a player playing 6ish mins in the first half because of foul trouble... Then watching him and another player laugh about it on the bench before halftime. Yeah -.-

that will always be the first thing I think of when I think of Cheeks. A true class act

 

[BBert]

Yeah, the anthem incident bought Cheeks an extra year on the bench and cost me another year of misery.
Worst Blazers coach ever.

 

[ponderguy]

Yeah, the anthem incident bought Cheeks an extra year on the bench and cost me another year of misery.
Worst Blazers coach ever.

At least he's not as inept as a Vinny Del Negro.

 

[Boob-No-More]

I was pretty young when Mo was the coach of the blazers. But what I remember of him is this



I don't care if he cant coach. Great Portland moment.
Stop trashing the Man.

edit - but that team was messed up all the way... Remembering right now a player playing 6ish mins in the first half because of foul trouble... Then watching him and another player laugh about it on the bench before halftime. Yeah -.-

I don't think anyone is trashing the man. Everyone here that has said anything at all about his character has said he's a great guy. What we're trashing is his ability to be a head coach at an NBA level. He's a GREAT guy who happens to be a HORRID NBA head coach.

But hey, he's parlayed that ineptitude into three head coaching assignments and millions of dollars in coaching salary. Wish somebody would "trash" me like that for being bad at my job.

BNM

 

[H.C.]

I don't think anyone is trashing the man. Everyone here that has said anything at all about his character has said he's a great guy. What we're trashing is his ability to be a head coach at an NBA level. He's a GREAT guy who happens to be a HORRID NBA head coach.

But hey, he's parlayed that ineptitude into three head coaching assignments and millions of dollars in coaching salary. Wish somebody would "trash" me like that for being bad at my job.

BNM

To continue with trashing his ability to coach is disrespectful. I had to turn off court side when M&M started to say how bad he was.
Reminds me of last year when the Blazers after a win, were saying how bad the Kings organization was. Was just getting family members to watch the Blazer's and their after shows. Then the Blazers representatives go off and spew hateful UN-uplifting words about another organization.
Karma.
I'm sure I'm not the only one in Oregon that doesn't enjoy people spewing hateful words towards someone/another organization.

Last thing. anyone on this forum who thinks they could have done a better job is delusional.

Here comes the

 

[VanillaGorilla]

To continue with trashing his ability to coach is disrespectful. I had to turn off court side when M&M started to say how bad he was.
Reminds me of last year when the Blazers after a win, were saying how bad the Kings organization was. Was just getting family members to watch the Blazer's and their after shows. Then the Blazers representatives go off and spew hateful UN-uplifting words about another organization.
Karma.
I'm sure I'm not the only one in Oregon that doesn't enjoy people spewing hateful words towards someone/another organization.

Last thing. anyone on this forum who thinks they could have done a better job is delusional.

Here comes the

Can't speak the truth because it might be taken as disrespectful by some people?

 

[H.C.]

Can't speak the truth because it might be taken as disrespectful by some people?

Well I could throw out what today's world says. No you can't. Seen what Jonathan Vilma said? Point made.
But really I don't agree with everything that is in the world today.

 

[jlprk]

Honkicracker sounds like a nice guy. I like him.

Beware, Honkicracker. They'll get you. Look what The Man done to me.