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But the reverse is also true. Great players do not make great coaches. (IMO, of course) Stephen Jackson was a great, internally motivated player who played on lousy teams for lousy coaches. As have other great players in league history, he toiled in vain on a poor team and he could do little to raise that team's ceiling.
Running backs rarely if ever RFL, that's not a good example.
See Dallas Cowboys and Barry Switzer or the Niners and George Seifert.
The list of examples is long.
I might also add Jordan, Pippen, Kobe and Shaq to the Phil Jackson mystique.
His latest stint has certainly tarnished the perception.
I was tracking with you until you mentioned Phil Jackson. He was a great coach; he's an awful front office executive.
What he did in NY was not coaching.
I do think I'm leaning your way on valuing great players above great coaches.
Well I along with many others in the sports field are now questioning that.
Did you know that Phil refused to accept a coaching job where HOF type players weren't in place?
He's coached 4 of the top 50 greatest players in the history of the NBA.
If you actually watched him coach he didn't do much in-game coaching.
He ran a Tex Winter offense and let the players figure it out.;
I'm aware of the difference between front office exe and coach, but there is a perception that there is a correlation.
I'm inclined to agree because I have always questioned his coaching ability.
Greg Popovich, now there IS a gr8 coach.
Best,
Laram
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/15/2017 02:18PM by laram.
