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[hasoos]

I would love Adelman, but I dont think its happening.

Maybe because he just signed an extension with Houston like last year? You can pretty much write off all coaches who are coaching on a team currently. Because your chances of them being let go, are slim, and even then it does nothing for us mid season. Want Adelman? Well he isn't going to be available when you fire Nate at point X.

 

[Chuck Taylor]

Firing nate without a replacement in mind would be fucking stupid. Really fucking stupid.

This organization has shown that doesn't bother them: i.e. firing Pritchard at the draft.

 

[NWDJ]

I don't think shutting Roy down makes a difference. He can't "heal" because his problem is that his knees are permanently damaged. Sitting him out won't grow back menisci.

This is true. With that in mind then, at some point you have to start looking at the future at 2 guard. Matthews? Fernandez? or a player not on the roster yet.

 

[Nikolokolus]

This is true. With that in mind then, at some point you have to start looking at the future at 2 guard. Matthews? Fernandez? or a player not on the roster yet.

I don't think Rudy is any happier to be here than he was at the beginning of the season. So I guess it's probably Wesley because of the fact that he's under contract for the next 5 years unless he's traded. Really though? it's not just about looking at a position, it's about looking for elite talent EVERYWHERE up and down this roster. Cho's got his work cut out for him.

 

[jlprk]

What I want to know is when did Nate decide to go to an ISO heavy offense? Was that what Valvano ran at NC St? Did he learn it from Bickerstaff when he was a young Sonic? I know he didn't learn it from George Karl. Did he decide to go with it when the Blazers got Roy?

His Sonic teams always seemed to be really big penetrate and kick teams. They also had a lot of good shooters on that team and great offensive rebounders, which was ideal for that system. It can't be all he knows, can it?

Under Bickerstaff, Nate could pass to Tom Chambers or Xavier McDaniel, but his primary option was Dale Ellis, a great catch and shoot SG who couldn't dribble, so he couldn't isolate. That wasn't an iso team.

As Sonic coach, Nate used a jump shooting system like here (very few set plays going inside). His Roy and Aldridge were Ray Allen and Rashard Lewis. It's all he knows as a coach, but now, Bickerstaff is filling in McMillan's memory gaps from his playing days.

 

[Stevenson]

I like Nate and vote Nate.

That said, dos it seem strange to anyone else that Terry Porter is a sideline reporter here this year? Seems like an odd fit.

Maybe he is actually a coach in waiting? He's watching the team every day, he's a legend here, and he's an ex-head coach.

Terry Porter - the obvious choice.

 

[illmatic99]

That said, dos it seem strange to anyone else that Terry Porter is a sideline reporter here this year? Seems like an odd fit.

Maybe he is actually a coach in waiting? He's watching the team every day, he's a legend here, and he's an ex-head coach.

Terry Porter - the obvious choice.

He's also failed miserably as head coach everywhere he's been.

 

[Stevenson]

He's also failed miserably as head coach everywhere he's been.

Your not gonna find any Adelmans or Phil Jacksons mid-season bro

 

[PtldPlatypus]

He's also failed miserably as head coach everywhere he's been.

You think he failed miserably in Milwaukee? I respectfully disagree.

 

[MickZagger]

Maybe because he just signed an extension with Houston like last year? You can pretty much write off all coaches who are coaching on a team currently. Because your chances of them being let go, are slim, and even then it does nothing for us mid season. Want Adelman? Well he isn't going to be available when you fire Nate at point X.

I think he wants to stay as far away from his drunkard kids as possible.

 

[illmatic99]

Your not gonna find any Adelmans or Phil Jacksons mid-season bro

Which is why I clearly asked for "interim" choices until the end of the year.

You think he failed miserably in Milwaukee? I respectfully disagree.

He had a fairly talented team at the time: Both Redd and KVH in their primes with a lot of depth, http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/MIL/2004.html, and only managed 41 wins. I think MIL firing him after just one year is telling.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

He had a fairly talented team at the time: Both Redd and KVH in their primes with a lot of depth, http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/MIL/2004.html, and only managed 41 wins. I think MIL firing him after just one year is telling.

Van Horn played 25 games that year. Tim Thomas was one of the better players on that team (which says a lot), and he only played half the season. TJ Ford was the best point guard on that team--as a rookie--and he missed 1/3 of the season. That team wasn't very good, had a lot of injuries, and they still went .500 and made the playoffs.

And MIL didn't fire him after one year. He was there in '05 too, when the roster was even worse (no Ford, no Thomas, crappier KVH, Dan Gadzuric as starting center). He did about as well as most coaches would have in that situation.

 

[illmatic99]

Hm... maybe I should have done some more research on his time with the Bucks. I confused that PHX fired him after one year, not MIL.