Who would you trade Nate for??

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  • Nate is still the man!

    Votes: 4 9.5%

  • Jeff Van Gundy

    Votes: 17 40.5%

  • Mike Fratello

    Votes: 2 4.8%

  • Eric Musselman

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Lenny Wilkens

    Votes: 2 4.8%

  • Avery Johnson

    Votes: 3 7.1%

  • Kevin Pritchard

    Votes: 1 2.4%

  • Other

    Votes: 13 31.0%
  • Total voters
    42
None of the available coaches interest me all that much. I guess there's a reason that they're available.

A few coaches that would interest me if Portland could lure them away at some point: Phil Jackson, Rick Adelman, Larry Brown or Flip Saunders. Jackson, Adelman and Saunders, especially, seem very good at integrating a group of players into a cohesive offense that maximizes their talents.

Actually, among available coaches, Kevin McHale would be somewhat interesting, I guess. He had some success coaching Minnesota and he seems like a good person to work with Oden.
 
Minstrel said:
None of the available coaches interest me all that much. I guess there's a reason that they're available.

A few coaches that would interest me if Portland could lure them away at some point: Phil Jackson, Rick Adelman, Larry Brown or Flip Saunders. Jackson, Adelman and Saunders, especially, seem very good at integrating a group of players into a cohesive offense that maximizes their talents.

Actually, among available coaches, Kevin McHale would be somewhat interesting, I guess. He had some success coaching Minnesota and he seems like a good person to work with Oden.
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McHale was actually a decent coach for the TWolves. Terrible GM.
 
OSUBlazerfan said:
He whined that he cant coexist with miller, and that blake knows where to be all the time, and that he needs the ball in his hands to be succesful, etc.

You got your money, now nut up and play, and stop shooting 40% from the field all-star

Just think he has gotten a pompus attitude lately
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Seriously? That's how you interpreted his comments?

Wow.
 
Seriously though, i wouldn't be against seeing what Monty Williams could do as an interim head coach for the rest of the season.
 
Minstrel said:
None of the available coaches interest me all that much. I guess there's a reason that they're available.

A few coaches that would interest me if Portland could lure them away at some point: Phil Jackson, Rick Adelman, Larry Brown or Flip Saunders. Jackson, Adelman and Saunders, especially, seem very good at integrating a group of players into a cohesive offense that maximizes their talents.

Actually, among available coaches, Kevin McHale would be somewhat interesting, I guess. He had some success coaching Minnesota and he seems like a good person to work with Oden.
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Larry Brown would be a perfect coach for us. He is one of the best at getting the best out of the craziest personalities.
 
I have to agree with this even though I voted JVG only to see plenty of people destroy that idea in the thread. Thibbedeau is probably the best coach that is potentially available. I honestly think Demopolous or Monty would be better. Nate is killing this team.
 
Anyone know what the scoop is on Poppovich? Is he locked into a contract for all time? Anyone have details on this?
 
Other - any poster criticizing Nate in the "WTF Were You Thinking, McMuffin" thread. They all seem to have some big ideas on how to win games. Let's give one of them a chance to escape anonymity and put their sure-fire ideas into practice. I'll throw in the originator of this thread as well. He seems a reseasonable enough fellow.
 
magnifier661 said:
Well for the record, T-mac, with more talent in Orlando didn't either. The coach builds chemistry, identity and will help keep the team focused, but the players win your ball games.
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What more talent? An injured Grant Hill is more talent?

No matter who that Orlando team had - they did not have anyone on Yao's caliber there.
 
magnifier661 said:
Well for the record, T-mac, with more talent in Orlando didn't either.
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The Orlando teams McGrady played on were some of the least-talented teams ever, outside of McGrady. The other star they recruited, Grant Hill, was unavailable or ineffective due to injury the entire time. Who else on that team was a good player? A broken down Darrell Armstrong? Andrew DeClerq? Pat Garrity? The only other decent player I recall off-hand was Mike Miller, who was only there for two seasons.
 
PapaG said:
Other - any poster criticizing Nate in the "WTF Were You Thinking, McMuffin" thread. They all seem to have some big ideas on how to win games. Let's give one of them a chance to escape anonymity and put their sure-fire ideas into practice.
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Works for me. After 7 years of coaching youth basketball, I'm available and ready to move up the coaching ranks.

Thanks for your support. It means a lot to me.

BNM
 
Boob-No-More said:
Works for me. After 7 years of coaching youth basketball, I'm available and ready to move up the coaching ranks.

Thanks for your support. It means a lot to me.

BNM
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:cheers:

Good luck. I'll back your hire!
 
PapaG said:
:cheers:

Good luck. I'll back your hire!
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Thanks, my teams have always peaked at the right time and excelled in the post season where they have routinely beaten teams with more individual talent.
 
I think this team will get it together enough to save Nate for the rest of this season. But if they don't, my idea would be to put the interim tag on Monty Williams. Let him finish the season and if he does well. Remove the interim tag. If not go into the offseason with no other target than Greg Poppavich. Then do whatever you have to do to get him here.
 
RoyIsClutch07 said:
If not go into the offseason with no other target than Greg Poppavich. Then do whatever you have to do to get him here.
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I don't see Pop leaving San Antonio until Duncan retires. Sort of like when Phil left the Bulls when Jordan retired (the second time).
 
RoyIsClutch07 said:
I think this team will get it together enough to save Nate for the rest of this season. But if they don't, my idea would be to put the interim tag on Monty Williams. Let him finish the season and if he does well. Remove the interim tag. If not go into the offseason with no other target than Greg Poppavich. Then do whatever you have to do to get him here.
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And quite honestly, I would suspect many coaches would die to have Nate's job right now. I suspect there would be a pluthra of new candidates available.
 
magnifier661 said:
And quite honestly, I would suspect many coaches would die to have Nate's job right now. I suspect there would be a pluthra of new candidates available.
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I think you are right. Quite the difference between coaches wanting to coach this team to the coaches that didn't want anything to do with the babies the earlier part of this decade.
 
Boob-No-More said:
I don't see Pop leaving San Antonio until Duncan retires. Sort of like when Phil left the Bulls when Jordan retired (the second time).
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Maybe so Boobs. And to add to that, I would think he would want to take a year off before starting a new challenge.

Having said that. This team or the spurs? One teams window is on life support. One hasn't begun. A youthful twin tower tandem or an aging Timmy D? A broken down Ginoboli, Tony Parker or Brandon Roy?

Even more, I have to believe he has en ego. That he would like to compete with Phil an Red for total amount of titles won. The team is young enough and good enough here in Portland for him to win titles and many of them. By the time he was done here, he may be up there with Phil and Red.

I would think it would be a no brainer.
 
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Jeff Van Gundy won 50 games 4 times in 11 seasons as an NBA coach, with three of those seasons being 50, 51, and 52 wins.

Too bad this isn't a public poll. I'd like to know what Van Gundy brings that makes him the leader in this poll.
 
PapaG said:
Jeff Van Gundy won 50 game 4 times in 11 seasons as an NBA coach, with three of those season being 50, 51, and 52 wins.

Too bad this isn't a public poll. I'd like to know what Van Gundy brings that makes him the leader in this poll.
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I feel his teams severely underachieved in regular season.

BTW, what did he do for Houston? Adelman was a upgrade.
 
RoyIsClutch07 said:
I feel his teams severely underachieved in regular season.

BTW, what did he do for Houston? Adelman was a upgrade.
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JVG has a career playoff record of 44-44 and flamed out in the first round in his last four appearances.
 
The Blazers need to run some wildcat.

And yes, I am a successful professional NBA head coach. Before anyone asks, sarcastically or otherwise.
 
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