Re: Don Nelson's coaching abilities

On Apr 21, 6:39=A0pm, "Don't Taze Me, Bro!" <No2Exis...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> It appears that everywhere the man goes, he suddenly turns the team
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> and then they either get to their peak in the playoffs and never to the
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> 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
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e
> bloody end? Maybe he knows basketball, but cannot direct it from the
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> (i.e. his invention of the point forward)?
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> If you look at his history... he did a lot of interesting things. I
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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.
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> I know his coaching record suggests he is a great coach, but that is a
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> of wins, not to have a champion****p to show for it (outside of his
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> career).
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> Out of the top 3 winningest coaches... I would take Pat...
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> Any thoughts?
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> --Boycotting the 2008 China Olympic Games--

He does the best he can with his teams. He pretty much is consistent
with what he does. No unpredictability, unlike George Karl. How can
you change your philosophy. He goes from being one of the best
defensive minded coaches to one that doesn't even think defense.
Pretty strange to me.