Re: Don Nelson's coaching abilities

"Don't Taze Me, Bro!" <No2Exists1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> 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 champion****p 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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I think which is why he was bypassed for the Hall of Famer recently.
One of the post stated it well though, it will depends on the state of
your 
team.

We can see Pat does particularly well on teams with talents.  But if you 
have a non-playoff team who's best to turn it around than Nelson?
Maybe it's a two step process.  You get Nelson in here to lay the plan and

have Pat or Larry Brown to take you to the promised land.
I may even have Phil inherit this team if he can take the Lakers to the 
final this year.