Phil Jackson vs Pop

[juju151111]

Phil destroys him in 00,01,02,04, and 08. What's this nonsense about Pop being a better Coach.

[Foster5k]

In my opinion, they're two sides of the same coin. However, if you give Doc Rivers Tim Duncan, David Robinson, Tony Parker, Manu, etc, I'm sure he can win a few championships. If you give Rick Carlisle Jordan, Pippen, Kobe, Gasol, Odom, Artest, etc, he could win multiple championships. Both Phil and Pop have had great players to work with. Every coach is not so lucky.

It's more about the players than anything. However, great coaching is needed to keep everything glued together and form winning strategies.

[Lebronxrings]

phil jackson is superior. He is the greatest coach, who made his team better. Pop was always very good, duncan wouldn't have won a ring without him.

[BasedTom]

phil jackson is superior. He is the greatest coach, who made his team better. Pop was always very good, duncan wouldn't have won a ring without him.
You don't actually believe this.

[NumberSix]

I can't see Phil Winning a chip with a roster built exclusively of role players, which even Tim Duncan is at this point.

[played0ut]

every player on the Spurs is a bench player.

[J Shuttlesworth]

I always wonder if Pop would have 3 peated with the Shaq/Kobe Lakers, or if he could have 3 peated twice w/ Jordan... Not sure but he'd definitely have mad rings either way.

[Lebronxrings]

You don't actually believe this.
i swear i do. Hes taking a bunch of role players right now to the championship.

[allball]

you could make the argument Pop never won back to back, has been swept a couple of times and lost a few first rounds but he didn't have Jordan/Pippen or Kobe/Shaq either.

[juju151111]

What's Pop excuse in 08 . It was just Kobe and Gasol. He had his trio.

[played0ut]

I dunno. Phil has a longer reach, but Pop was a military man.


I'd say Pop due to experience.

[Odinn]

Phil destroys him in 00,01,02,04, and 08. What's this nonsense about Pop being a better Coach.
Lack of context.

- 2000; Tim Duncan was injured.
- 2001; only 15+ ppg Spurs (besides Duncan) Derek Anderson was injured.
- 2002; David Robinson was injured.
Especially in 2001 and 2002 the Spurs looked like they were contenders just because Tim Duncan was only 2nd to Shaq.

No point of bringing up 3peat seasons.

- 2008; despite being the defending-champs, the Spurs were really old besides the trio and the old ones produced nothing throughout the playoffs. Also saying it was just Kobe and Gasol is being disrespectful to Lamar Odom whom was 14/10/3/1/1 guy in the playoffs.


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I agree, P-Jax is the goat coach. But your reasoning is way too off. Straight up BS.
Riley is one of the major candidates for the goat coach title yet he got swept twice in the NBA Finals and his record in the Finals is below .500 (26-27). Yet nobody trashed him for that and tried to praise P-Jax or Pop.

Case closed.