That said, out of the choices, only Woodson was able to wring out a #2 seed and homecourt in the playoffs with an ever changing roster the whole season.

Woody's the pick for me.

IronWillGiroud wrote:Karl

This is my reason for Karl:

he does not have a superstar,

to my mind, Woodson cannot win coach of year because he has a superstar,

teams with superstars HAVE to win 50 games, at least, this is the minimum,

but Karl took a team of rag tag role players and made them into something like 54 or 55 game winners in the WESTERN conference, not even the Eastern,

at the same time, i am rooting for Woody, but i don't think he has a shot

VCoug wrote:Had to go with Mark Jackson. I thought that team was garbage going into the season, like, one of the 10 worst teams in the league. Instead, they've won 45 games, are tied for the 6th best record in the West, and the 10th best record in the league. And this is after finishing 3rd worst in the West and 7th worst in the league a year ago with a 23-43 record.

Mark Jackson has a crap load of talent on that team, even with Steph Curry missing time early in the season. He didn't have to manage anywhere close to the injuries and issues Woodson had to go through. Every week it seems Woody had to mix and match just to put enough healthy to somewhat healthy bodies on the floor.

Both coaches had to go through a ridiculous amount of injuries.

DurzoBlint wrote:

VCoug wrote:Had to go with Mark Jackson. I thought that team was garbage going into the season, like, one of the 10 worst teams in the league. Instead, they've won 45 games, are tied for the 6th best record in the West, and the 10th best record in the league. And this is after finishing 3rd worst in the West and 7th worst in the league a year ago with a 23-43 record.

Mark Jackson has a crap load of talent on that team, even with Steph Curry missing time early in the season. He didn't have to manage anywhere close to the injuries and issues Woodson had to go through. Every week it seems Woody had to mix and match just to put enough healthy to somewhat healthy bodies on the floor.

the Warriors have been losers for so long though that Jackson has to get credit for getting everyone believing they have what it takes. I agree they had/have talent but A Bronx Tale kind of made the wasted talent argument already

Credit the coach and when you have good players that actually play it helps!

Thibs should get credit. Is there another coach that could have done a better job with the reconstruction of his bench and losing a former MVP in his prime and still making the playoffs as a 5th seed? Hell of a job!

Not sure why spolestra is not on the list. .800 winning %, 64 wins with 2 to go. Since its the regular season and they have done that and had the second longest winning streak in the history of the game, I think consideration should be heavy and would be my pick. They have the best record in the NBA. To me the streak puts him over the top.

"but they are stacked"!!!!! Yes, good teams generally have really good rosters. We have seen good rosters fall way short too.

I think Woodson deserves consideration with the others mentioned. Woody did a great job this year.

I'd go Spolestra, Karl, Woodson, Pop as my top picks. Brooks deserves to be there also but I just don't know where. I think Karl did more with less than any other coach but Spolestra gets it because he coached a team that had the most wins.

Relax playa2, the playoffs don't count!

Interesting the way they pick them.

How PJax only one once! Riles wins 3 times with three different teams!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_Coach_of_the_Year_Award

IronWillGiroud wrote:

IronWillGiroud wrote:Karl

This is my reason for Karl:

he does not have a superstar,

to my mind, Woodson cannot win coach of year because he has a superstar,

teams with superstars HAVE to win 50 games, at least, this is the minimum,

but Karl took a team of rag tag role players and made them into something like 54 or 55 game winners in the WESTERN conference, not even the Eastern,

at the same time, i am rooting for Woody, but i don't think he has a shot

My reasons for Karl are very simple....

vs OKC = 3-1
vs Spurs = 2-2
vs Clippers 2-1
vs Grizzlies 3-1
vs GSW 3-1
vs Rockets 4-0
vs Lakers 3-1

That's their record against teams in the Playoffs from the Western Conference....DUH WINNING!!!!!!

VCoug wrote:

DurzoBlint wrote:

VCoug wrote:Had to go with Mark Jackson. I thought that team was garbage going into the season, like, one of the 10 worst teams in the league. Instead, they've won 45 games, are tied for the 6th best record in the West, and the 10th best record in the league. And this is after finishing 3rd worst in the West and 7th worst in the league a year ago with a 23-43 record.

Mark Jackson has a crap load of talent on that team, even with Steph Curry missing time early in the season. He didn't have to manage anywhere close to the injuries and issues Woodson had to go through. Every week it seems Woody had to mix and match just to put enough healthy to somewhat healthy bodies on the floor.

Andrew Bogut played 31 games and Brandon Rush played 2 games. As many injuries as we've had this year Melo, Tyson, and JR played 67, 66, and 80 games. The only players who've missed real, extended time are Amare, Camby, Thomas, and Sheed none of whom are critical to our success.

And again, the Warriors had a .348 winning percentage last season and are currently sitting at .543, that ain't nothin'.

I think when Sheed was playing the Knicks were 16-4. I would say that having front court depth is critical to having more success for the Knicks.