NBA Coaches

So, I was talking to my good friend Greg Schiefen at Brockport last weekend and we were discussing being a successful NBA Coach. Now I realize you may have to scheme once in a while to come up with plays to get your shooters open, discipline a player here and there. But honestly, how hard can it be to be a GOOD NBA Coach for a team stacked with talent?

Take Doc Rivers last year. He has Paul Pierce, Rajon Rondo, The Big Ticket and Ray Allen as four of his starting five. How can you not be "coach of the year" with that lineup? What coaching goes into teaching four perennial all-stars the secrets of basketball? Take Mike Brown with Lebron James. When the game's on the line, what the hell could he be writing on that clipboard when they huddle up? Something like, "get the ball to Lebron..." I'd assume.

Now this is in no way a diss on NBA Coaches. There are probably behind the scenes antics that hey have to deal with, the media and other external factors. But to be a good NBA coach, I just don't understand rewarding coaches who play on teams filled with All-Stars or the next Michael Jordan. Give it to a coach who took a mediocre team and made them something-maybe Mike Woodson from the Hawks or 76ers coach Mo Cheeks. They took a team of essential nobodies (if you consider Andre Iguodala or Joe Johnson superstars, yikes) and made them into playoff contenders. That's real coaching. Take it or leave it, kids.