Scott Brooks is bad

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1. He’s just a bad coach
2. You can’t have a Beta male coaching a group of Alpha males, they’re not going to respect you.

Brooks is a Gamma male...

You think?

I don't know if he is gamma. I think he's more delta. He's a worker bee thrust into a leadership role. Ted Leonsis is probably more of a gamma.

You think you become a billionaire by being a gamma male?

For that matter, do you really think you can do what Brooks has done in life as a delta?

Plus, these terms really only work to describe the way people relate within a group. In fact, "a group of Alpha males" is a phrase that doesn't make sense given what Alpha means. There won't be more than one "Alpha male" among the players.

For that matter, the alpha male on the Wizards (John Wall, surely) isn't Alpha when he hangs around with LeBron! He's Beta -- knows it & accepts it.

[nate33]

Brooks is a Gamma male...

You think?

I don't know if he is gamma. I think he's more delta. He's a worker bee thrust into a leadership role. Ted Leonsis is probably more of a gamma.

You think you become a billionaire by being a gamma male?

For that matter, do you really think you can do what Brooks has done in life as a delta?

Plus, these terms really only work to describe the way people relate within a group. In fact, "a group of Alpha males" is a phrase that doesn't make sense given what Alpha means. There won't be more than one "Alpha male" among the players.

For that matter, the alpha male on the Wizards (John Wall, surely) isn't Alpha when he hangs around with LeBron! He's Beta -- knows it & accepts it.

Fair point about Brooks. I'm less impressed with Leonsis. I think he just got lucky by being in on AOL at the right time.

EDIT: Actually, I'm talking out of my ass. I don't know these men at all. Forget I mentioned it.

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Brooks obviously lucked into a number of great coaching gigs and didn’t totally botch them no matter how hard he tried.

He had Durant, RWB, Harden and Ibaka on his roster and made it to the finals once, losing 4-1 when OKC was favored by Vegas going into the series. He sucks.

His coaching skill appears to be that he is very meek and agreeable, which makes it so that neither the players nor front office personally hate him. This is not that valuable of a skill.

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You think you become a billionaire by being a gamma male?

For that matter, do you really think you can do what Brooks has done in life as a delta?

I don’t really know what any of this means after Alpha and Beta but the answer is probably yes. PIF you’re the numbers guy, right? Variance plays a role in every facet of life

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You think?

I don't know if he is gamma. I think he's more delta. He's a worker bee thrust into a leadership role. Ted Leonsis is probably more of a gamma.

You think you become a billionaire by being a gamma male?

For that matter, do you really think you can do what Brooks has done in life as a delta?

Plus, these terms really only work to describe the way people relate within a group. In fact, "a group of Alpha males" is a phrase that doesn't make sense given what Alpha means. There won't be more than one "Alpha male" among the players.

For that matter, the alpha male on the Wizards (John Wall, surely) isn't Alpha when he hangs around with LeBron! He's Beta -- knows it & accepts it.

Fair point about Brooks. I'm less impressed with Leonsis. I think he just got lucky by being in on AOL at the right time.

EDIT: Actually, I'm talking out of my ass. I don't know these men at all. Forget I mentioned it.

LOL...!

Actually, I'm the one who has repeatedly described Leonsis as one of those people the wind has blown high in the tree & who concludes from this that he knows how to fly!

You're right, tho. Neither of us knows either of these guys. &, these categories -- "alpha," etc. -- have very narrow meanings. E.g., being the "Alpha" doesn't mean you are responsible for the success of your organization in any special way.

If you think about the early history of Apple, for example, Steve Jobs was certainly the "Alpha," but it was Steve Wozniak, who fits the description of an "Omega" to a T, who actually thought up, designed, & built the product that made that company.

&, no one would describe Bill Gates as an "alpha male" either. He just had a colossally perfect idea (to supply the OS for IBM's then-new Intel-based PC) & made one equally brilliant strategic move (to license it rather than sell it to them).

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You think you become a billionaire by being a gamma male?

For that matter, do you really think you can do what Brooks has done in life as a delta?

I don’t really know what any of this means after Alpha and Beta but the answer is probably yes. PIF you’re the numbers guy, right? Variance plays a role in every facet of life

See my post just above. Obviously, notions of this kind are approximate short cuts & not really all that descriptive. Still, the term "delta" for example was thought up to describe someone who doesn't become head coach of the team at any level. That's baked in.

But, the question isn't really about Brooks; it's about the terms & their limited value.

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Actually... the story about how Bill Gates, & his then tiny company Microsoft, wound up supplying the operating system for the IBM PC is extremely funny. Too much typing for right now, but I'll try to remember to write it up for those who'd be interested. (Along w/ the story of my attempt to become the GM of the Warriors 40 years ago -- when I was even more of an idiot than I am now!).

[trast66]

This man should not escape blame for what’s going on with this franchise. They don’t even try on defense.

[AFM]

yeah he's a bad coach

but he's like a bad ingredient in a poopoo sandwich

ernie and ted have to go first

ultimately it doesn't matter when management is so Fing bad

promote PIF from G Wiz mascot to GM immediately!!!!!!