Andrew
flamboyantly righteous!
He won't get fired, count on that.
FTFYYou have a split team. You have the guys who want the up tempo and DA style and you have the other that is old school inside out half court. It was doomed to fail when D'Antoni left but you kept his players instead of bringing in guys that could execute & fit with what Porter was brought in here to do. Now that Shaq found his fountain of youth it made the situation only worse. Porter made the choice (right or wrong) to go the Shaq way and Nash and Amare are not geared to play that style and are unhappy about it. How is that Porters fault? No more so than if he played the up tempo and Shaq whined like he has on previous teams. It's a no win situation just as it will be for any new coach. Whatever the choices the management and coach make, it's on the players to buy in and give it their all. That is what a professional does. Blame the coach all you want, but he can olny lay down the foundation. If the players refuse to buy in or give the effort, it clearly lies on their shoulders.
no way Kerr fires him. That would make him look like a bigger fool than that video when the drafted Tragic and they were celebrating like they just won the Larry O'Brien trophy.
if Sarver's got any kind of intelligence/cares about the team, he rides this out and dumps both Kerr and Porter at the end of the year and gets a GM who knows what he's doing in here to clear up his mess.
3 horrible losses isnt enough?Tank Four More Games And Porter Is Definitely Out
Here's a scary thought... Kerr takes over the HC position. If Gentry is salivating at the thought of stepping up I imagine he'll get the call but he might not want the job. If he doesn't I could see Kerr taking a shot at it - who knows, he might have hired Porter so he could ride to the rescue... like Isiah did for the Knicks.
I suppose Kerr might not have the 'huevos' to dump him this quick but when it gets this bad, its time to cut your losses. I agree that its not all on Porter - it was a Hellish situation - but he's shown me so little that I'm not interested in him being the coach. I sure as the devil don't want him presiding over, or having a significant role in, a destruction and rebuild.
One thing from Kerr's POV, he looks bad dumping his own man so soon but he could look a lot worse if he tries to ride it out, he could go down with him. He's probably smart enough to see that as a distinct possibility. On the other hand, it wouldn't be painful for most of us to have him gone, too.
I have no problem with canning Porter tomorrow as long as Nash goes too.Let's do it, now!