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Sons I got to thinking the other day just how useless an NBA coach really is to a team, moreso than any other sport. This is because the NBA is so much more of a superstar league than any other. Only 5 guys on the court and anybody can touch the ball whenever they want to.
There's only 3 ways to get a superstar.
-Be an attractive city and draw big name free agents
-Be the lucky franchise that drafts a once in a generation type player (OKC)
-Be able to trade for better players because you have the above two.
So if a coach doesn't have these things then the only way a team can be a contender is if he implements some philosophy where players have to make sacrifices. And that will never happen since all these spoiled millionaires have to "get theirs" so they have a better chance at pulling Shaniqua at the club later that night. So basically his job is useless. IMO, whoever the is coaching the Bobcats right now should just stay there for the next 20 years until they draft the next superstar because they're stuck until that happens and there's no point in having a revolving door of coaches
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Superstars are nice to have but they are not enough. Look at Miami last year, or the Lakers before Phil came along. On the flip side look at the Detroit Pistons of the mid 2000s. They were devoid of a true superstar, but had great coaching. There are several teams in the NBA right now that I think could be doing much better than they are if they had better coaching.
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Also tennis commentators. Andy Rod said truth about them once.
No, NBA coaches are almost completely useless. People blaming or praising a coach for their teams' successes or failures is re ed. Like OP said its a superstar's league.
Tbh baseball managers are less important than NBA head coaches
Baseball s always say "managing a baseball game is extremely difficult
Tbh even baseball managers are more important imho. They have to manage 25 players and late in games is where they make their name, dialing up the right hitting/pitching matchups that ultimately decide the game.
The NBA coach's job is to basically tell leroy and jamal to pass the ball, defend their man, and put the ball in the basket. Tough job tbh
They only "dial the right hitting or pitching" matchups to a certain extent. Aside from choosing a pinch hitter no more than a few times a game, they submit a lineup before the game and chew on sunflower seeds for the next 3 hours.
Ron Washington managed to be a successful manager while also being a coke head.
Coke enhances your job performance unless you're len bias. Lawrence Taylor did rails in the huddle before snapping qb's legs in half, but i digress.
The point is they're both practically useless but nba coaches are just completely unnecessary except for motivation. Just listen to any nba huddle during timeout. Its just a coach shouting cliches and generic bull that any re would know.
You guys are just regular bums. Lol @ talking about something you know jack about.
"Mike McDermott's" case against BUMP's hypothesis...
Why do you think the same five guys make it to the final table of the World Series of Poker EVERY YEAR? What, are they the luckiest guys in Las Vegas?
imho even though baseball managers hardly do jack during the game, stuff like hit and runs at a crucial parts of the game can be the difference between winning and losing.
I agree that their job is also extremely overrated in terms of difficulty.
I agree to an extent, but not completely, tbh..
NBA coaches with good systems make a significant difference IMO..x's and o's play a minor factor, as well..
There are usually only around 5 or 6 good coaches the NBA, though, and the majority of the other coaches usually harm their teams more often than help, usually by over-coaching IMO..
Ultimately, superstars are the difference, especially with winning les, but I don't think NBA coaches are useless..MLB coaches are much less important IMO..
I'd still love to hear what NBA coaches do other than yell "That's a foul!" for 48 minutes.
They have the least impact of any coaches on a sport. Subs ute, run 1 of only a handful of offenses, play man or zone on d, and call timeouts...Rinse, repeat. Some people think it's great coaching when you're demonstrative on the sideline and waving your hands like a madman. Sure, I guess.
If you want to make an argument that NBA coaches actually do something, then it's probably because the NBA has far and away the dumbest players (as a whole) of any of the major sports. They are typically uneducated, underprivileged african americans who probably can't spell their own names or understand basic plays--thus it appears like great coaching when they can execute a pick 'n roll or a double-team.
At the end of the day your superstars either show up and make their shots, or they don't.
Well now I know you're one of two things; A fool or a troll.... an idiot either way.
Oh, hi. Sorry you were ignored the first time around, hopefully this will help you understand why...
I now know you're one of two things; Someone who can't answer the OP's question or dispute the responses in this thread...or an insecure kid who feels the need to impress random strangers with meaningless quotes in his sig so he can justify the 50 grand daddeh s ed out for his psych degree.
A bland poster with no takes worth reading either way.
This is why I think being an NBA head coach is harder than an MLB manager. NBA head coaches have to make sure their players actually show up to the game sober and make sure they aren't hung over.
Another overrated job is when an NFL head coach has two beast coordinators so he doesn't have to do jack , Raheem Morris being the best example of this. All he did was scream African battle cries during the huddles and Tampa's front office eventually realized he wasn't doing anything to actually help.
Mike Tomlin too, imho. He'll just stare at players with googly eyes when they screw up. Having a great playmaker at QB in Big Ben, and an elite defense led by LeBeau is the reason the Steelers have been great the last few years.
Nobody's worse than Jim Caldwell though. I still don't know what contributions he made to the Colts.
Coaches like Popovich, Larry Brown(until he stops giving a ),Phil Jackson(until he stops giving a ), etc, do make a difference IMO..they all have specific systems in place, that are proven at the NBA level..
There is a clear difference between those coaches, compared to guys like Mike Brown, for example..
The example of coaches that "scream and motivate" is true, I don't believe those coaches make an impact..tbh, these are mostly Black coaches like Doc Rivers and Byron Scott..
Does Phil Jackson win rings without Jordan, Pippen, Shaq and Bryant?..no, but I don't believe those teams win as many rings with Mike D'Antoni or Mike Brown at coach..
basically all the black NFL head coaches suck and don't do anything.
Exactly tbh, Doc Rivers is an extremely overrated coach. Every huddle ESPN has where he's mic'ed all he says is, "ENERGY! DEFENSE!"
White coaches actually have contributions to make.
Unless you're Stan van Gundy, and just raving like a bat crazy lunatic while chunks of baked potato fly out of your mouth
If your Joe Girardi, you have a computer do all that for you.
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