Don Nelson's coaching abilities

It appears that everywhere the man goes, he suddenly turns the team around,

and then they either get to their peak in the playoffs and never to the
main 
event, they stay the same, or they falter. Maybe the guy is just really 
gifted at pulling talent together, but does not know how to coach it to
the 
bloody end? Maybe he knows basketball, but cannot direct it from the bench

(i.e. his invention of the point forward)?

If you look at his history... he did a lot of interesting things. I mean,
he 
tried to bring O'neal to NY in a trade that would involve Ewing and so 
forth. There is no doubt that the guy knows talent.

I know his coaching record suggests he is a great coach, but that is a lot

of wins, not to have a championship to show for it (outside of his playing

career).

Out of the top 3 winningest coaches... I would take Pat...

Any thoughts?


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