no
There is some evidence that he is...
Discuss...
Insightful...thanks.
Red
Phil
LB
Rudy
Name me a 5th one
yeah, definitely pat riley
pop has a chance to become top 5, but he's gonna need more championships
Most NBA Championships by coach:
9- Red Auerbach and Phil Jackson
5 - John Khundia and Pat Riley
3 - Gregg Popovich
On that list he is...he's also been a defensive innovator and his teams are consistent, excellent defensively, disciplined and good on the road(All signs of great coaching).
Honestly its too soon to tell. Pop still has quite a bit of gas left in the tank.
Thing is...I know Pop is definitely a better GM than a coach...but his coaching resume in the important categories is becoming pretty impressive.
I don't think Pop makes great adjustments and he can definitely be obstinate...but those are about the only things wrong with his coaching.
I would take that into consideration moreso than ships, but I'm not disregarding les all together, but I mean that you can't just be a one shot le and sink after that.
pop can game plan like a crazy man for one game - the varied game plans he has had for phoenix over the last few years have been outstanding. over a series his lack of adjustment in game can be disturbing.
how much of it is pop, as opposed to Duncan?
Also, Pop is fairly liberal when it comes to players. Most coaches are conservative and will stick with the old tradition of picking players out of college. Pop has seen other talent and molded into NBA s om with the right coaching and habits; which gives him another thing to add to his list, but that would be more in the GM/Scouting, but he did COACH them into what they are today.
Jerry Sloan has to be on this list...No coach gets a team to execute better and consistently play for the high % shot.
He may not have any les, but he's def a top one of all time.
The Spurs with Duncan, Tony, Manu, Bruce win les with many guys at head coach.
Popovich is a top 5 GM of all time, dont think he is as a coach.
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HOW MANY RINGS DID ANY COACH WIN WITHOUT A MVP CANDIATE
AND WHAT IS PHIL JACKSON DOING WITH A MVP CANDIATE WITH KOBE THIS YEAR
SLOAN HAS THE JAZZ SLUMBING IN APRIL
Sorry not all coaches can be blessed with the looks of colonel sanders, i mean phil jackson.
christ laker trolls, go to the Suns boards, your playing them.
I was thinking of adding Sloan, but I went back to the Stockton/Malone years and thought if Pop were in that position could he have beat the Bulls? That's a tough one.
Name me one team Jackson won a championship with that had less talent than the best team Pop's won with.
Either way I think POp is good. Maybe one of the greatest, but I would like to see how he does when there is no Tim Duncan on the team. Like Jerry Sloan and what he does for Utah...
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