Cassius wrote:There really needs to be a salary cap for coaching… or they need to get rid of the second apron. Teams cry poor when it comes to player salaries and dead cap numbers, but they’re more than happy to pay three or four coaches at a time and are never penalized for it.
The point of a salary cap is to level the playing field... so is there a strong correlation between the head coach and winning?
(Is there any correlation?)
I would guess not a strong one.
e.g.
Bud, Malone, Vogel, your Nurse, Doc, Carlisle are all championship coaches who have struggled and been mediocre based on the variance of rosters/situations.
Look how bad Popovich has been since his big 3 retired and Leonard left -- he has averaged almost 50 losses per season since the last playoff appearance.
Spurs were bad with and without Pop post stroke.
Similarly, the Suns were bad with both Vogel and Bud and they will be terrible with whomever comes next.
In Milwaukee:
Bud got fired in after winning 58 games & losing in the first round.
Then they fired Griffin at the mid point when he was *exactly* on a 58 win pace too (& they still lost in the 1st round with Doc).
Now down to 48 wins with Doc and almost surely going to lose in the 1st round again.
What advantage does a rich team have by dismissing any of these guys and replacing them with someone else?
It's a players league.