tsherkin wrote:dhsilv2 wrote:tamaraw08 wrote:I remember Armstrong playing good enough defense though and that '99 Orlando team might be Doc Rivers' greatest coaching job guiding a bunch of role players to a pretty good 41 wins.
Some decent players like Wahad, Mercer, Gatling, didn't play many games either, it was freaking Bo Outlaw with no offense, John Amaeche, Monty Williams, Atkins
and both Wallace and Maggette weren't good yet.
Doc was always good with weak/young rosters. He did a great job that year with the clippers post CP3 and Blake. Sadly the league somehow sees him as a vet coach which is where he's the worst.
I think his real problem is that he isn't an Xs and Os coach, and doesn't have a good set of assistants (or perhaps the ability to defer to them). He's a good people guy, and he did just fine with the 08 Celtics. But he needs to develop a set of assistants who can cover for his deficiencies, which is common enough.
Thibbs came off his bench and built a defense. I think it is deeper. Just don't know exactly where the issues are. But yeah I don't think he's a bad guy with personality.