Comments on: The Utah game — what happened?

By: Phil Hirl

Phil Hirl — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 01:25:26 +0000

Not sure who all of you who respond here, but I am sure enjoying it.

Dwight Jaynes is a premier sports columnist. Shades of LH Gregory and Geo Pasero, I do not think Big O has had a good one since he left. They have let the best writers get away Eggers, Frei, Kelly, Haight.

Brian Meehan was one who I enjoyed, but.. sorry he is gone.

I sort of like Goe and hope Big O gives him some room.

By: Ricky Bobby

Ricky Bobby — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 22:44:29 +0000

Kilntym,

Also, since you are into correcting, don’t hold your breath, not breathe.
There are good point guards that are drafted every year, maybe we will get one down the road. Maybe we get a steal like Denver did with Billups, I think he would look great in a Blazer uni. Go back and read my post, I don’t think you read it in the right context.

By: Ricky Bobby

Ricky Bobby — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 22:39:13 +0000

kilntym….why be so personal? I merely stated an observation, I even said I don’t want Blake traded. You did answer your own question, we don’t have michael jordan, therefore I don’t find validity in your arguement. I didn’t mention Bayless at all. Please don’t associate me with things that go on in the O-Live forum. I actually do have some experience in what I am talking about but by no means an expert. I simply stated an opinion.
I think you can look at the Celtics last year and say Rondo was not elite, but Pierce had the ball and had Allen and Garnett too. Honestly, would our team be better with Paul, Williams etc? Sure. I also understand those guys don’t fall from trees. What I did say is I don’t think the full potential could be reached without an elite type PG. Opinion period. I am a big blazer honk, season ticket holder and was there on Broadway back in the day.
Nate is the right coach for this team. I don’t think people realize until they are in a postion to coach a team what the stress is like and how the personalities are difficult at times to manage. I can’t imagine what it is like on the pro-level.
Again, people need to be patient and let things develop. I would have been pumped by 12-12 after the first 24. I think fans got a little greedy/spoiled by the success.

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 22:04:35 +0000

maybe blazermvp can take over for Nate and coach this team to the #1 seed in the west this year

By: RipCityBlvr

RipCityBlvr — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:30:20 +0000

blazermvp- how can you possibly know what McMillan is doing to coach the team. Do you think the players are able to execute what the coach dictates 100% of the time. McMillan did try and change the tempo of the game by going to our uptempo second unit who had a horrible game by their normal standards.

It’s just very difficult for a team to execute when they’ve played too many games in too few nights and have been out on the road over 60% of the season.

This team is way overachieving considering it has the second youngest roster in the NBA (it is the youngest active roster if you take Raef’s 34 years off)and the most brutal schedule of any NBA team thus far this year. How is a coach that has that team overachieving not a good coach. Plus all the talking heads (the basketball expert type) in the national media who say McMillan is one of the best young coaches in the game probably know what they’re talking about.

By: kilntym

kilntym — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:55:41 +0000

BlazerMVP- please read my post on the PG situation and substitute COACH in where it says PG.

What coach are the Blazers supposed to bring in to replace Nate. Keep in mind, you will need a coach that has +10 wins each season for the last 3 seasons. (and who also has a gold medal to boot).

Who is available? Please post your “solution” when you think of it, and please justify why you would fire a coach with a 15-9 record, who went 8-8 on the road and 7-1 at home, and who’s team, if they continue at their current pace, will make the playoffs.

By: kilntym

kilntym — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:49:16 +0000

Who was the starting PG on the Chicago Bulls 1995-1996 season where they won 72 games and a championship? Steve Kerr? Would any of you put him in the group of “elite” point guards?

I just left the Oregonlive blog because of all of the ridiculous talk about needing a better PG and how Bayless should get more minutes. Then I come here to find the same garbage being spewed, albeit in a more intelligible manner.

I call it ridiculous for a couple of reasons. First, going back to my original question (would Kerr be at the top of your list of elite PGs), the Blazers have a very good PG in Steve Blake. No, he is not an elite PG, and no, Brandon Roy is not Michael Jordan, but my point is that Steve Blake serves this team very well.

The second reason I find all of the talk about finding an elite PG so ridiculous is where, exactly, do you intend on finding said PG? I read a lot about what people think the team needs, but there are very little solutions to getting that elite PG. Nash? Too old. Lebron? Yeah, right. CP3? Keep dreaming. In order to get any of these guys, the Blazers would have to mortgage their entire future. Who would you be willing to give up in order to get this elite PG you treasure so much? Keep in mind, it must be equal value.

Post it once you have figured it out. I won’t be holding my breathe.

By: blazermvp

blazermvp — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:41:28 +0000

Same story different day.

The Blazers were not hitting their shots. We couldn’t figure out their interior trap, after 3 full quarters of struggling with it. (Do I seriously need to coach these guys to tell them how to exploit that?)

Also, neither of the PG’s had it going on, but why not drop Bayless in there?

To me it was a team loss last night, everyone shot poor…. but the COACH can change the tempo, style, etc of the game! He made no movement.

Hands down, the most overrated coach in NBA History who must be removed before the Blazers are truly successful….NATE MCMILLIAN.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:21:25 +0000

Skeptic- they played hard last night. They had fire. Roy and Aldridge fought until the end. These guys have played every other night since the season started. They’ve played an ultra tough schedule that includes 16 road games. That’s twice as many road games as home games. This has all been documented before. It’s well known to most that no team has ever played a schedule tougher than theirs to start a season in the history of the league. The have already played 40% of their road games for the season and they are only in the second month of the season! They are 15-9 after all of that! They are WAY ahead of the curve.

By: Skeptic

Skeptic — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:13:25 +0000

I’m not impatient – the Blazers just aren’t improving as fast as I expect them to! I believe they learned from the Celtics game that they are a long way from being a championship team and they subsequently resigned themselves to having a mediocre season. Where was the leadership last night? Where was the fire in the belly? I sure didn’t see any. The Blazers looked as flat as Wile E. Coyote after the roadrunner tricked him into getting run over by his own steamroller.