Just because you excel at the NCAA level does not transfer to success at the NBA level.
There for your 5 NCAA coaches that are way better than Jackson is really moot.
But please, name them.
This is not a knock or anything like that. Did you ever play HS or College sports?
I wasn\'t saying that NCAA level success translates into NBA success. I was stating that when it comes down to the game, the real game of basketball, i think there are NCAA coaches that have been better than Phil Jackson. I feel like NCAA basketball is basketball in its purest form.
And no i did not play HS or College sports. I went to a highly competitive high school when it came to sports. I lost desire to play after freshman year because of a personal tragedy in my life, if you must ask. My sports of choice to play were tennis and softball.
Had i not had a loss at 14, i would have probably went on to play hs and then college sports.
But i have been a sports fan since i could walk.
And now as you have all demanded, my 5 NCAA coaches (past and present) i consider better coaches than Phil Jackson.
#1 John Wooden - my facts say he won 10 Championships with UCLA (7 in a row!)
#2 Bobby Knight (even with all his chair throwing)
#3 Dean Smith (as much as I dislike the Tarheels)
#4 Geno Auriemma (this will be highly controversial to you all since he coaches Women, but you can\'t deny that he creates true basketball magic up there. Why did I pick him over Jim Calhoun? Its in the stats)
#5 Pat Summit (this will all make you flip i\'m sure. Not only is she a woman, she coaches women. But 8 Championships??? Come on!)
Sorry to get you guys all riled up, but i seriously was sick of listening to all this Phil Jackson dick sucking. He isn\'t the greatest basketball coach of all time.
Sorry you had to hear it from a girl
Well your Basketball knowledge is very suspect but why don\'t you go ahead and back that ridiculous claim.
Oh and that\'s an idiotic statement about seeing Phil win w/o a super star.
Name a coach that has.
Oh wait you can\'t.
You may think my knowledge of basketball is suspect, but its not. I\'ve been a basketball fan since 1984..... my peak years of obsession 1988-1999. I\'ve recently gotten back into my love of it.
Name a coach who has won without a superstar??
Easy (but it all depends what YOU categorize as a super star)
San Antonio Spurs 1999 Championship......
Coach: Gregg Popovich
I don\'t consider David Robinson a Super Star. I found him highly overrated.
and again in 2003 Championship.........
I also don\'t consider Tony Parker a Super Star.
Not that I think Pop is the greatest coach in basketball history.....i do give him more credit, and possibly consider him a better coach.
tim duncan has been the best big man for the last 10 years. i wouldn\'t consider him a superstar in the sense that he\'s not very flashy, but he has been first team all nba for like a decade straight.
the 2004 pistons won without a superstar and i\'m not even sure who their coach was...take that for what it\'s worth.
Actually, you beat me to it, Zuke. I was saving that in case Leith came back saying the Spurs weren\'t a good enough example
Pistons won in 04 and their coach was Larry Brown (right before he went to the Knicks for that horrible year)
