http://www.basketball-reference.com/coa ... do01c.html
Here's a reference. In his Milwaukee seasons, what did Nelson accomplish? He started with a stagnant, guard-oriented team, eventually brought them up to 60 wins (losing in the 1st round that year) and kept the Bucks hovering in the 50 win area.. They got to the Eastern Conference Finals twice, getting worked by Boston both times. MIL then went on the same 40 game win seasons they had pre-Nellie, a hell we know all too well. Jack Sikma was the best C they had... at 35.
After 7 years of the 50 win garbage, he left MIL and then joined GS, which was a stagnant, guard-oriented team. He got us up to 55 wins, and led us to a 9-15 postseason record. Our only good big man at the time (Webber) was run out of town by Nelson, and he acquired Guggliotta and Donyell. Once the cupboard was bare and the novelty worn off, he ran to NY for a disaster of a season.
Comes back to DAL 2 years later, on a pathetic, guard-oriented team. Spends a couple seasons on them and eventually turns them into a 40-50 win guard-oriented team. The team in 2002 was at its peak, with ideal players for his style and all sorts of favorable conditions, and they still couldn't crack the Finals. After a lesser year with a convincing loss to the Kings, Nellie hands over the reins to Avery Johnson, as a team thats still lacking an inside presence, which was extremely obvious against the Heat.
Whats's the connection? Nellie just keeps trying HIS style of ball that never gets results. Teams keep allowing him to do so because Nellie is a marketable coach - fans will come out to see 50 win teams. But so long as that team is getting print and notoriety, Nellie hangs around. When the novelty grows old or the cupboard starts looking bare, he bolts.
If he's here in 08-09... it does not look good for our future
