George Karl (?) Named Coach of the Year

[niko]

Denver Nuggets head coach George Karl is the recipient of the Red Auerbach Trophy as the 2012-13 NBA Coach of the Year, the NBA announced today. Under Karl’s stewardship, the Nuggets finished with a league-best 38-3 (.927) mark at home and the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference Playoffs.

Read more: http://www.insidehoops.com/blog/?p=13217

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Terrible.

[KOBE143]

Coachbe not in the top 5? :facepalm

Horrible

[JerryWest]

weak era of coaches :durantunimpressed:

[Kaspah]

I don't buy it.

If this is true,

That's fcked up. Karl was terrible in the grand scheme of things when considering the other coaches around the league. :wtf:

[Clutch]

"Coach of the year" coached his team out of the playoffs once again and there's no Melo and J.R. to blame them for that anymore.

[Dagouch]

Wow if true that's is just bad. :coleman:

No offense to Karl but Thibs maximized that Team to the fullest. And If you take Thibs out I would have Pop and Woodson before Karl.

[SpurrDurr]

Hes been exposed again in the playoffs, this cant be true :biggums:

[maybeshewill13]

Thank god Brooks isn't there..

[Bosnian Sajo]

WHERES MIKE D'ANTONI?!??!

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[chains5000]

Don't coaches of the year always get fired after they get the award?

[kurple]

this is a ****ing joke

would this be the first time a coach wins COY and gets fired the same summer? it should happen

[rwfletch22]

Thibs wasn't even in the top 5 in voting.....Horrible



:facepalm

[macmac]

this is a ****ing joke

would this be the first time a coach wins COY and gets fired the same summer? it should happen

Sam Mitchell and mike brown got the boot shortly after

[(e)]

I think Karl is an okay choice, it's a regular season award.

It's obvious now, that Thibs deserves it though. Pop and Thibs are the best coaches in the league.

[3peated]

honestly during the regular season he did great. that's where they vote from, not playoffs. i still find it hard not to give it to pop again or thibs, those 2 make more of less every year.

[Shepseskaf]

Once more the Curse of the COTY award will get a coach fired soon after receiving it.

[Xiao Yao You]

"Coach of the year" coached his team out of the playoffs once again and there's no Melo and J.R. to blame them for that anymore.

It's a regular season award though.

57 wins, 3rd seed in the west with no stars or a go to guy. No brainer.

[White Mamba]

Bernie Bickerstaff was robbed for Coach of the Year.

[chazzy]

It's not based on the regular season and first round. Nuggets were great in the reg season, franchise high 57 wins

[AintNoSunshine]

So he took his non-all-star team to the third seed in the west, I don't see how that's a horrible choice. Remember it's an award for the regular season, so the playoffs disappointment isn't really a factor there

[cos88]

in the last 14 years he missed the playoffs 1 time and was eliminated 11 times in the first round. ow, and with players like ray allen, glen robinson, sam cassell, michael redd, kenyon martin, carmelo anthony.


hope he enjoys his award he is used to having free time in early may.

[willds09]

:biggums:

[triangleoffense]

career achievement award

[Haymaker]

Thibs won that shit. What a robbery.

[BoutPractice]

The fact that Thibodeau was eighth in the voting is simply laughable.

Anyway, I'm surprised. I thought it would be Mark Jackson.

[Mr. NBA]

Lionel Hollins had a midseason trade that brought in 3 new rotation players while trading ther leading scorer. People say Memphis was fhrough. Some experts had Denver as a top 4 seed anyway so its not ike he exceeded expectations.

[Solefade]

It's a regular season award and Denver overachieved during the regular season. I'm ok with it.

[Mr. I'm So Rad]

Sam Mitchell and mike brown got the boot shortly after

Mike Brown was still there for another season before he got fired though. I don't of any coach who fired the same summer they won it.

[AngelEyes]

Thibs is the coach of the year, finishing 8th is a joke. This guy has players dropping like flies... Luol Deng is clinging to life.

[theBIGjabroni]

horrible coach. he sucks and always chokes in the playoffs. can never outcoach anyone

[TheMarkMadsen]

How Thibs isn't coach of the year is beyond me.

What a joke

[AngelEyes]

How Thibs isn't coach of the year is beyond me.

What a joke

The guy has half of his players in the infirmary with the Ebola virus.

[Clifton]

Wow. Surprising.

I thought it was going to Mark Jackson or Vogel.

There are a lot of guys right now who aren't great coaches, but who are good coaches, and whose teams surprised everyone. Karl is one of them, and is probably the best coach of the bunch, but Jackson, Vogel, Thibs, Hollins, and Woodson all could have won it.

I guess the voting took place before Denver's utter collapse in the playoffs.

For those saying Thibs without any regard for how good a coach he actually is, simply because that chicago group overachieved without their star: All Thibs did is get his guys injured by playing them too much. That team was led by its spirited players like Noah and Boozer outworking the opposition. They would have done that with anyone at the helm.

[NugzFan]

Lionel Hollins had a midseason trade that brought in 3 new rotation players while trading ther leading scorer. People say Memphis was fhrough. Some experts had Denver as a top 4 seed anyway so its not ike he exceeded expectations.

Who had us top 4?

[The_Yearning]

Wow. Surprising.

I thought it was going to Mark Jackson or Vogel.

There are a lot of guys right now who aren't great coaches, but who are good coaches, and whose teams surprised everyone. Karl is one of them, and is probably the best coach of the bunch, but Jackson, Vogel, Thibs, Hollins, and Woodson all could have won it.

I guess the voting took place before Denver's utter collapse in the playoffs.

For those saying Thibs without any regard for how good a coach he actually is, simply because that chicago group overachieved without their star: All Thibs did is get his guys injured by playing them too much. That team was led by its spirited players like Noah and Boozer outworking the opposition. They would have done that with anyone at the helm.

You're an idiot. Do you think players would play that hard for a guy like VDN or Spol?

[bluechox2]

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[Xiao Yao You]

For those saying Thibs without any regard for how good a coach he actually is, simply because that chicago group overachieved without their star: All Thibs did is get his guys injured by playing them too much. That team was led by its spirited players like Noah and Boozer outworking the opposition. They would have done that with anyone at the helm.

They wouldn't have done it in the west though. Karl did what he did in the much superior conference. Chicago would be in the lottery if they were in the west.

[bdreason]

Well deserved.

[Crafty]

57 wins with no superstar, 15 game winning streak and 3rd seed in the West. Well deserved

[coin24]

I hope this means Denver are stuck with Karl for a few more years:lol

[ChrisKreager]

It's a regular season award, not playoffs. Go back to 2010- Scott Brooks got the award on an 8 seed team, but I'm sure some of you would have been saying give it to Doc Rivers for what he did in the playoffs.

Thibodeau had some nights where Chicago got blown out of the building- Chicago's regular season can't just magically be forgotten just because of the playoffs. They were a 5 seed because they had really bad nights.

If anything, I'm more dissappointated with McHale not even in the top 5.

[niko]

Do people watch games? How many people watch the Nuggets day in and day out and say "wow George Karl is really responsible for this team's success". Basically reporters decided Denver overachieved (based on apparently their low expectations). I'm not saying Karl shouldn't be in the top few based on the regular season (although it's a stretch) but he's not the best. How could you call him the best?

This "Denver has no star" has been incorrectly interperted as "Denver has no elite players". They have a shitload of talent, it's just not concentrated. His rotations suck, he always has players underachieving as much as he has those overachieving, and the Denver fans often complain about defense, etc.

He's not the reason they were good, and he shouldn't be coach of the year.

[OldSkoolball#52]

It's obvious now, that Thibs deserves it though. Pop and Thibs are the best coaches in the league.


Adelman and Carlisle are both in that top tier as well.

[TheReturn]

Just ridiculous. They were sort of name dropping him for this award all season, so it's no surprise right now. But when you look at it realistically, there's probable 5 guys more deserving.

[TheReal Kendall]

I don't think he deserves this award at all. I would've given it to Thibs or Pop. The Bulls are in the 2nd round of the playoffs and playing they are meant to be there and they don't have any stars or superstars. That's all coaching. Just look at the D they play. Nate said it in an post game interview they play how the coach act.(not exactly what he said but close) The Nuggets are a home team. They can't win without being in Denver. The NBA is a joke with these awards.

[chips93]

kosta koufos, corey brewer, and (to a much lesser extent) anthony randolph are all guys who were on the very end of their respective benches, before getting to denver. karl found a way to turn them each into productive rotation players.

lawson, iggy, gallo, farried, are all really good players, but to get them all to play cohesively, with a real identity.and an identity that plays to their strengths as a group.

most coaches wouldnt have been able to do the job karl has.

its a really unique group, and he got them playing really well together this regular season.



i think thibs did a better job this year, but karl getting it isnt some travesty. he did a great job this year.

[305Baller]

Props to Karl. Denver really did overachieve.

[It's A VC3!!!]

thibs should have won it hands down. he did the most with the least. without rose and your team getting 45 wins. karl would be like 3rd. erik and scott don't count, give me a break. they have the best rosters in the league. my grandma who doesn't speak english could lead the heat and thunder atop their conference.

[G-train]

Not many here or anywhere thought Thibs would have won at the end of the season, it's only since the Nets lost to the Bulls that people are now saying he should have won.

This award should have been Spoelstra's, his team was a machine all season and it was much more than having the MVP.

[G-train]

thibs should have won it hands down. he did the most with the least. without rose and your team getting 45 wins. karl would be like 3rd. erik and scott don't count, give me a break. they have the best rosters in the league. my grandma who doesn't speak english could lead the heat and thunder atop their conference.

Are you a troll or a dumbass? I can't tell from any of your posts. :confusedshrug:

[kurple]

Props to Karl. Denver really did overachieve.
:facepalm :facepalm :facepalm

[d.bball.guy]

Wow I was expecting either Thibs/Pops/Spo. Anyway, it's a regular season award so Karl kinda makes sense. Still, not the COTY.

[SacJB Shady]

GK deserved COTY and that just shows how good of coach Preacher Jackson is

[305Baller]

:facepalm :facepalm :facepalm

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[Odinn]

CoY shouldn't be taken seriously. This award is not given to the best coach there is. This award is given to the coach that his team overachieved with some unexpected/extraordinary things. I was expecting Spo due to the 2nd longest W streak in the game of history. But George Karl was my other choice.

[knickswin]

he sucks. they just run and gun during the regular season. if he were so great, he'd have some answers during the playoffs

[Y2Gezee]

This is so ****ing dumb.

How are people going to say he overachieved, when this ****ing team was predicted to be a top 2 seed prior to the season?

The GM is going to win Exec of the Year tomorrow, and he it was predicted that he would get that award even before the year (though Grunwald should've been and should win it).

Oh...he won 57 games with no all star (they were predicted for 60+).

They're super deep and talented team, and there's no excuse as to why they shouldn't be in the 2nd round at least. Yeah they lost Gallo, but that's the beauty of being deep...he's nothing but a non-star scorer really and a very inconsistent one.... and that's not why they lost.

I mean Karl had a lot to do with their success, but his schemes suck overall, but I can't buy this award if you say because he didn't have an all star...that's like hinting that he didn't have talent. He had what most people believed was the most talented team top to bottom in the league....Nugz fans claiming they had the sickest 1st 2nd and even 3rd units ever combined.

In fact, I don't even care that he got the award....whatever. I care that it should protect him from clearly deserving to be fired.