If you listen to the Tuesday edition of the Blazer's Edge Podcast regularly, you'll know that one of the recurring themes of the spring and summer has been the worth of Portland Trail Blazers Head Coach Terry Stotts. My co-host, Phil Naessens, has been especially militant in his praise of Stotts and for the most part I have agreed. Stotts has done quite well during his Portland tenure.
It's important to discuss these things now because Stotts' win-loss record with the Blazers is likely to take a beating this season. Even if you know that you're undermanned and outgunned going into a season, the temptation to blame coaching becomes nearly unbearable as the loss total approaches 50.