Re: Don Nelson's coaching abilities

On Apr 22, 12:42 pm, Ken Cheng <kench...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> One of Nelson's coaching disciples, Del Harris, also follows a similar
> pattern.  Harris was pretty good at taking a rebuilding team and
> making them competitive (i.e. the turnaround he did with the Lakers in
> '94-'95), and it's good to have him at the helm when you're rebuilding
> and don't have a realistic shot at winning at all.  When you're team
> is seriously contending, however, it's time to replace Harris with
> someone proven on the champion****p level.

Another Nelson disciple is Popovich, who obviously can take a team to
the next level.  Interesting that his forte' is defense.

Rizzo