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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.
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.
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It's obvious now, that Thibs deserves it though. Pop and Thibs are the best coaches in the league.[/QUOTE]
Adelman and Carlisle are both in that top tier as well.
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.
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.
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.
Props to Karl. Denver really did overachieve.
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.
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.
[QUOTE=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.[/QUOTE]
Are you a troll or a dumbass? I can't tell from any of your posts. :confusedshrug:
[QUOTE=305Baller]Props to Karl. Denver really did overachieve.[/QUOTE]
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Wow I was expecting either Thibs/Pops/Spo. Anyway, it's a regular season award so Karl kinda makes sense. Still, not the COTY.
GK deserved COTY and that just shows how good of coach Preacher Jackson is
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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.
he sucks. they just run and gun during the regular season. if he were so great, he'd have some answers during the playoffs
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.