PhillyPhilly wrote:Sixerscan wrote:PhillyPhilly wrote:
If Kerr was so organised how do you explain the warriors losing several games even when they had steph, d-lo and green on the court? You've also mentioned Stevens again so you were more impressed with his organitional skills than Lue's ability to adapt when Boston had a 2-0 lead, Plus home court advantage when all Lue had was Lebron and a bunch of jags in the 2018 conference finals? Or was the game seven win in Brad's owm building just all Lebron again and Lue deserves no credit?
Jags includes Lebron's head coach in this case.
I've explained the coaching points several times, your turn to actually explain some sort of coaching aspect that Lue exceptionally good at and not just say "well Lebron carried every other person in the entire organization besides the guy I happen to like"
What have you explained? Brad and Kerr's organizational skills and Spol doing a few different things so what else? I look at results, personnel and the situations coaches excelled in. Lue went head to head with your guy Brad Stevens and quite frankly had his number both in the regular season and in the playoffs...and if you want to suggest that Brad is still better than Lue because Lue had Lebron...then by that Logic Brad is better than Spol and Pop seeing as they too won titles with legendary players on their rosters.
Pop won 5 titles with multiple different rosters across a 15 year span.
Pop also went out and signed Avery Johnson as his first move as GM. And he also drafted Tim Duncan, who was a Center, knowing full well he would ask Duncan to play PF in the NBA.
His first title was with the twin towers and a roster he built before taking over to coach it.
Then, he worked with RC Buford to scout and eventually draft Tony Parker 28th overall, and in his 2nd year as a 20 year old PG, Pop trusted him enough to start him every game and play him 34 minutes per game.
He also, by the way, scouted and drafted Manu something like 57th overall? And brought him over to the US 3 years later to come off the bench, which he then increased Manu's minutes to where he was a rotational player and was key to the Spurs winning a 2nd title.
He also went out after Robert Horry was awful for the Lakers, missing every shot he took it seemed, and signed Horry that very offseason, and simply played him fewer minutes which ended up unlocking Horry for when they needed him to help win their 3rd title.
I could go on and on but for the sake of time and everyone reading this far, I'll stop.
My point is, Pop's name should not be in this conversation because he's on a different planet than all these other coaches.
..and if it's not about rings then what it is about? I could understand if Lue had gone to another two teams and stunk...but he's not even had another chance yet.. unless folks are judging him on those six games he had last season? If so then i guess we've got to judge Steve Kerr on what he did last season too.
