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It's not like Pop acquired via lopsided trade three HOFers. He built them from ashes of the late pics, all save one, built them up did he.
Strong case for Mike Brown, tbh.
It's not like Pop acquired via lopsided trade three HOFers. He built them from ashes of the late pics, all save one, built them up did he.
I can never understand how people rank the best coaches in the league...what are you basing that on? Unless you actually attend practices and understand the systems they run, you really have no idea what you're talking about. And besides, great coaching alone has never won anything. Coaches need players to win games. So it's really difficult (if not impossible) to decipher who the best coaches are, much less to rank them in a particular order. It's just arbitrary.
Pop is a case in point. We can't even agree among Spurs fans whether Pop is a good coach or not. Obviously most of us think he is, but there's always a few who dissent and say he's not really great, he's just lucky to have great players, etc... Now, I'm not saying those people are right - but technically, you can't prove them wrong, either. So both positions are basically unfalsifiable.
Yep, he certainly did, mate.
Though he really didn't want to draft TP back then, and thinking of trading him that summer 2003. Thx God for RC Bufford stubborness (sp).
Pop has his own faults, especially falling in love with certain questionable talent, and his adjustments (or lack of) during playoff series can be debated.
But in a league where you see teams that used to be elite not that long ago become bottom feeders, the fact that he's still maximizing what his old declining stars give him, and still sustaining an unbelievable winning percentage year after year is pretty amazing. And the team keeps doing most of the upgrades through the draft.
This is a regular season award, and frankly, I think Pop is definitely tops there. Not that Mark Jackson or Thibodeau are not worthy.
For me D`Anthony. He`s helping Lakers to hang under.500, and it means a lot for me.
Chris Paul!
You said the Bulls system of coaching was more effective. It hasn't given them a championship, and it's the CotY award, not Coach of the Decade. The Warriors were a ~.350 team last year.
They're also playing in a MUCH tougher conference.I'm not downplaying the Warriors success. I just think Thibs as a "coach" is doing a far better coaching than Jackson. The Warriors players however are a better talent than the Bulls roster, so its no coincidence that they're playing a little bit better.
Maybe, maybe not. Predicting exactly how a coach will do with any given team is pretty unrealistic. Larry Brown struggled with teams and he was a great coach. Regardless, the Warriors improvement this year is amazing, especially without their best post defender.Given the situation, Thibodeau is doing more with less talent. I value this because it shows his ability as a coach and that was my bottom line.
Can you imagine the Warriors under Thibs? They'll probably a better team. Can you imagine the Bulls under Mark Jackson? I do, lottery in the East. They have contrasting styles but the beauty of Thibodeau's system is he knows how to make his team work. It's no surprise that under him, Boston played their best defense and won a le the same year.
Tibo???
the guy who kept Rose in garbage minutes when his leg exploded?
Most overrated coach in the history of sports, tbh.
Monty Williams
Tom Thibodeau is an overrated coach who's never winning jack the way he runs his starters into the ground
Thibodeau is a fantastic coach. What he does with his players is genius; I never would've thought playing players 46+ mins a night, every night, then acting shocked when the players all get injured at the end of the year.
I don't get why people are knocking Thibs for playing his players a ton. MIA does it and OKC too and they were both healthy and in the finals..
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season is about over
who is COTY ??
D'Antoni
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