20 Greatest All-Time Coaches #14 -- break the tie

Post #1 » by **penbeast0** » Thu Jun 4, 2009 11:09 am

The 20 Greatest NBA Coaches Poll
1. Red Auerbach
2. Phil Jackson
3. Pat Riley
4. Greg Popovich
5. Larry Brown
6. Chuck Daly
7. Red Holzman
8. John Kundla
9. Alex Hannum
10. Bill Sharman
11. Jerry Sloan
12. Don Nelson
13. Rick Adelman

Lenny WIlkens 32 years (8 with Seattle) / 1x Coach of the Year / 1 championship (Seattle)
Career NBA 2487 1332 1155 .536

Bill Fitch 25 years (9 with Cleveland) / 2x Coach of the Year / 1 championship (Boston)
Career NBA 2050 944 1106 .460

George Karl 21 years (7 with Seatlle) / no championshipos
Career NBA 1575 933 642 .592

Jack Ramsay 21 Years (10 with Portland) / 1 championship (Portland)
Career NBA 1647 864 783 .525

Mike Fratello 16 years (7 with Atlanta) / No championships
Career NBA 1215 667 548 .549

Doug Moe 15 years (10 with Denver) / 1x Coach of the Year
Career NBA 1157 628 529 .543

Hubie Brown 15 years (5 with ATL/NYK) / 1 championship (Kentucky ABA)
Career TOT 1087 528 559 .486

Slick Leonard 14 years (12 with Indiana)/ 3 championships (Indiana ABA)
Career TOT 1107 573 534 .518

Rudy Tomjanovich 13 years (12 with Houston)/ 2 championships (Houston)
Career NBA 943 527 416 .559

K.C. Jones 11 years (5 with Boston) / 2 championships (Boston)
Career TOT 858 552 306 .643

Billy Cunningham 8 years (all in Philly) / 1 championship
Career NBA 650 454 196 .698

Bill Russell 8 years (5 in Seattle) / 2 championships (as player/coach in Boston)
Career NBA 631 341 290 .540

Anyone else that people feel strongly enough about to vote for as their choice for one of the greatest coaches of all time?

Wilkens has the longevity, Billy C has the win %, Slick Leonard has the most rings . . . I will go with Slick Leonard here, 3 rings of course but more, he made his franchise an oasis of stability and consistency in the midst of the chaos and confusion that was the ABA and integrated George McGinnis into a veteran, winning team without bruising any egos apparently. I'd like someone who won in multiple situations and was tempted by George Karl but of the guys with the single run with rings, Leonard had the most impressive championship run (more than KC Jones and in a similar talent situation).

Harison · Post #2 » by **Harison** » Thu Jun 4, 2009 11:18 am

Harison wrote:
pancakes3 wrote:KC Jones?

+1

2 championships in 11 years (reached finals 5 times). Career wins .643 (quite impressive too). Helped Bill Sharman with Lakers, including 33 wins run.

The Explorer · Post #3 » by **The Explorer** » Thu Jun 4, 2009 8:47 pm

I would give it to Rudy t if it wasn't for the failed Lakers stint.

I'll go with Leonard as well.

PDXKnight · Post #4 » by **PDXKnight** » Fri Jun 5, 2009 7:33 am

I'm going to go with Jack Ramsay with my second choice being Rudy.

Mean_Streets · Post #5 » by **Mean_Streets** » Fri Jun 5, 2009 2:28 pm

Jack Ramsay

Post #6 » by **penbeast0** » Sat Jun 6, 2009 1:46 pm

Ramsey 2
Leonard 2
KC Jones 1

We need someone to push us to 3 votes for one of the candidates

Harison · Post #7 » by **Harison** » Sat Jun 6, 2009 2:04 pm

Changing my vote for Leonard to break the tie.

Roger Murdock · Post #8 » by **Roger Murdock** » Sat Jun 6, 2009 8:31 pm

I vote for Ramsey to make it a tie again.