Posted by Bippity10:
Posted by franco12:
Posted by Bippity10:
Doesn't every champion tend to have the best player in the league? Outside of Detroit recently are there any recent champs without Top 50 players on them? I know the guy had Jordan and Shaq that is a definite advantage but you still have to win. If you win a million rings you are a great coach. Yes, you can argue that maybe he's not the greatest coach of all time, but you really can't take anything away from what he's done. Winning is winning.
if phil jackson had been our coach this season iinstead of mda, who would have a better record? and, does that mean one coach is better than the other? sure, there is style of play fitting roster, but great coaches adapt to their personel, or they LB themselves out of a job.
I don't understand the point you are trying to make?
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I think MDA real strenght with this group is that he has gained their trust by benching the malcontents and those that don't put the effort. Isiahs team had plenty of talent but no chemistry or trust in the coach or each other.
The "gimmick" works because we are playing our athletic guys and letting them run.
I think Phil and the triangle would not work so quickly with this group as the triangle is a bit complicated and you have to believe. Kind of like Larry, phil wants it done a certain way and there is no compromise. Even if you pile up the losses. MDA ball is cool but not sustainable without all the proper pieces.
MDA is a good fit for this group, but its "this" group because of the coach.
Regarding Phils legacy, the guy won 2 rings and is a big follower of Red Holzman and believes in defense. He won as head coach of the CBA Albany Patroons.
I think what gets lost on some are not that Jordan was great, which he was, but how he coached Michael that helped him become legend. Same with Kobe. Any coincidence these guys basically have had the same coach during the most important formative years as a pro? ANd achieved HOF like success both individually and as teams.
Took guys like Cartwright, Longley, Purdue, Horace grant, Rick freakin Fox, Harper, Kerr, etc and molded them into a unit behind pippen and Jordan, or Kobe/shaq?
What were all those guys career's before? Kobe many times was almost traded as he was uncoachable, even by Jax! Jax wrote a book about it!
While Kobe should get the most credit for his maturity, not many coaches would suck up the ego and make it work with a player to move forward as he has done with Kobe. They both get credit.
Auerbach is seen as great but naturally its assumed with that roster how can you go wrong. But it was the roster that won championships that get remembered.
Wilt only won two rings and was seen as the best player of his generation but seen as a dissapointment for many many years.
12/19/2008 12:41 PM