Side beard wrote:If Phil, Pop or any other well respected coach would do that, people would say they are doing good job for calling them out for bad play.
1. Not having enough fingers to wear all your championship rings means you can say whatever you want, because you have the experience and first hand knowledge of winning in the NBA.
2. Phil (not sure about Pops) while being critical, has never said one of his star players don't deserve their money. That's a very low blow, a cheap blow. Max players who don't deserve max are guys like Rashard Lewis. It's a terrible comparison to make.
3. Phil was smart enough to level criticism publically only to players who could take it and use it as fuel to play better. But if the player was sensitive to it, he moderated his approach.
But underneath such alpha male traits lies a player with plenty of insecurities, according to former Lakers coach Phil Jackson. Namely, that Bryant doesn’t always take kindly to criticism.
“He’s very sensitive,” Jackson said Wednesday to ESPN Radio’s Colin Cowherd. “I had to be really careful in criticizing him. I learned immediately as I started to deal with him as a young man how sensitive he was in particular if it was done in a group setting. My criticism was best done if it was in my office or alone.”