s2jepeka;5890056 said:
Its fascinating. Its cliche, and it's 'talking sports out my ass' 101. Everybody knows 'Pop' is a great bball mind, so thats the low hanging fruit anyone can cling to w/out giving ANY details on what he can actually do
If Pop was the coach of the Lakers this year, it's a guarantee they wouldn't be the 8th seed...
Some coaches just demand more respect from players, play harder for their coach.... That's really the MAIN part...
Then you factor in better X's / O's, in game adjustments and shit your regular casual fan might not see (because we are not inside the huddle), of course a coach can have a big impact on a game, even more so than most players...
Perfect Example: Frank Vogel took out Roy hibbert in Game 1, Heat win.... What if Pop was the Pacers coach, and he left hibbert in, and they won? That's an X and O decision by the coach that can DIRECTLY affect the outcome of a game.... And these type of decisions happens hundreds of times in a series..... So don't be so quick to be dismissive of the power of a coach....
They make hundreds of adjustments... We don't know which ones and when and which worked... We only see ones that get highlighted, like Vogel leaving out Hibbert. Imagine hundreds more of those.... This leads to wins... this leads to championships (plural)... Shit a lot of coaches don't have.
Thus, all we can do is go based off his track record (win percentages and titles).
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