What do y'all want in a head coach?

with the GM….much like tonight’s opponent, pop and buford.

I want a coach that makes every player on the team feel valuable.

I want a coach that demands respect because of WHO HE IS as a person.

I want a coach who coaches for the whole season and the big picture and not merely game to game. He coaches so that his team peaks come playoff time.

I want a coach who never throws his players under the bus with the press unless his name is Phil Jackson and he is expert at coaching through the press.

I want a coach who CARES about his players as people.

I want a coach who balances tactical chops with excellent communication skills.

I want a coach who can be completely in the game while maintaining self-composure.

I want a coach that we, the fans, would defend and side with over ANY player.

…is the fact that our assistant coaches’ average age is over 54 years old (and this number is skewed quite a bit due to Kaleb Canales’ age. Without Canales, the average age is 61).

I cannot help but wonder if the 30/40-year age gap between players and assistant coaches is a problem. I hope it isn’t, but I cannot help but think that it is. It seems to me that we have one of the oldest collection of coaches in the NBA.

Respect these years.

I want a coach that understands the game and can communicate it with both the players and fans. I want to actually learn something I don’t know from the coach’s pressers. I want a coach that every few games tries something creative. I want to see players that work hard and show promise rewarded with playing time and increased responsibility, regardless of age/contract. I want a coach that’s wise enough and confident enough to hire assistants smarter than he is about certain aspects of the game.

is the willingness to incorporate young players into the mix, acclimate them to the NBA, and allow them the chance to make a mistake or two without it being the end of their night.

The roster is still my priority though

just what is happening.

I’d also like a coach with a track record of developing young players.

But I would like one that can recognize when a younger guy is better than a current player getting more minutes. And one that won’t pull a player that’s on fire out of the game. And one that will bench wing players that aren’t looking to feed LaMarcus every play. And one that doesn’t want to add guys like Crawford just because he’s not afraid to chuck the ball at any and every chance.

1. Experience developing a point guard in Mike Conley
2. Won a playoff series in his first trip to the playoffs
3. Defense oriented
4. His offense is based on an inside-out attack, starting with his two big men Gasol & Randolph. Out to Conley/Gay/Mayo on the perimeter.
5. He was drafted by Portland and played for one of the best teams of all time, the 77’ Blazers

Because this may determine who is on the coaching staff, right?

Identifies his player’s strengths and weaknesses and gives them set roles.
Can gain a mutual respect with his players.
An offensive system with more ball movement
a strong defense with less switching

I’d want an elite defensive tactician first and foremost. I’m a believer that defense is much more about coaching relative to players than offense, so I want offensively skilled players and a coach with elite defensive acumen.

better record and better prospects than Blazers management.

Excellent chess, not middling checkers player.

Gives nothing away for free while playing great D. Has whole team playing fundamentally sound, hard, smart basketball. Able to get out of the way and coach up superstar players.

Probably Tom Thibadeau or Gregg Poppovich.

Nate needs to chill out. One quality I liked about Phil Jackson was the fact he just chilled out and let his boys play. Nates probably got ulcers and full gray hair by now from all the stress he causes himself. Hes always marching up and down the sidline lookin all pissed off. I never see him give any body 5 when they come back to the bench, no back slaps, nada. He needs to loosin up IMHO. I like a coach who is more mellow.

who act like professionals. Come to work in shape, play ball, and quit crying to the media ? Then, an owner who isnt dazzled by flashy guards, and wants new ones every year ?
Offense sells tickets, defense wins games.

I was raised by a Sarge, I handle it, and I’m a girl. Nates job is to win games, not babysit grown men and answer the same stupid questions year after year.

Man up and play already sissies !!

minus a couple of his weird tendencies. Like his clear hatred of anyone good who is young and his inability to bring the bench in during blow out games.

One is a scout for the Lakers, the other is the emperor in Miami so he won’t come.

He has the added bonus of hating all the guys he finds on a roster when taking over, so at least he’d be definitely doing some rebuilding no matter if the GM and owner really intended that or not.

And kisses that go deep in the mouth and last all night long.

So Nate’s been working for me.

But I think Monty was a great assistant. I would really like to see something like a coaching staff with Budenholzer/Monty/Ron Adams on it. Would be pretty impossible though seeing as they would all want to be the head coach. That would be one great team though.

that’s my number one priority . . . . .

Lionel Hollins. The problem is it’s going to be harder to get him now.

Only with a longer beard.

and, I’m open to the idea. I’m curious, just what do you see in him that you don’t see in Nate? His career stats aren’t terrific. Bear in mind that I’d almost settle for Mo Cheeks again at this point….

And, since Chad B. is saying that the Blazers are looking at all options to improve the team, one would hope that includes giving Nate the old heave ho. Of course, I’d be absolutely shocked (and delighted) if that happened this season, and only a little less shocked (but still delighted) if it happens before his contract is up. Even then, it seems like we’re stuck with “Sarge” indefinitely…