Ranking Pat Riley, Greg Pop and Phil Jackson in different categories

[Purch]

Offensive schemes:
Defensive schemes:
In game adjustments:
Rotations:
Developing young talent:
Managing egos:
Adjusting to aging rosters:
Calling plays out of a time out in crucial situations:

[FKAri]

Mike D'Antoni >>>

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[Jolokia]

Offensive schemes: Phil
Defensive schemes: Riley
In game adjustments: Phil
Rotations: Greg
Developing young talent: Riley
Managing egos: Riley
Adjusting to aging rosters: Greg

[Mr. Jabbar]

Originally Posted by Jolokia

Offensive schemes: Phil
Defensive schemes: Riley
In game adjustments: Phil
Rotations: Greg
Developing young talent: Riley
Managing egos: Riley
Adjusting to aging rosters: Greg

Its funny cause what phil did there was nothing, and it worked like a charm

[1987_Lakers]

Phil is the zen master that uses spiritual methods
Riley is the cool dude who is a master motivator
Pop is the military general who gets his players playing on order

[Horatio33]

Originally Posted by 1987_Lakers

Phil is the zen master that uses spiritual methods
Riley is the cool dude who is a master motivator
Pop is the military general who gets his players playing on order

Riley wasn't cool, he was really, really intense.

[talkingconch]

anyone remember phil the last year he almost never got up from the bench except for when calling a timeout lmao.

[1987_Lakers]

Originally Posted by Horatio33

Riley wasn't cool, he was really, really intense.

His slick back hair & the way he talked made him cool, but I agree he was very intense.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGjVNVxT2NY

[Mr. Jabbar]

Originally Posted by talkingconch

anyone remember phil the last year he almost never got up from the bench except for when calling a timeout lmao.

I remember. Irritating.

[Odinn]

Offensive schemes: Phil Jackson
Defensive schemes: Tie between Gregg Popovich and Pat Riley
In game adjustments: Gregg Popovich
Rotations: Gregg Popovich
Developing young talent: Gregg Popovich
Managing egos: Pat Riley
Adjusting to aging rosters: Gregg Popovich

I wrote down Gregg Popovich so many times but it doesn't make him a better or greater coach than Riley or P-Jax.

I believe Pat Riley is the most versatile of these 3. He was the coach of arguably the goat offensive team and I can imagine him coaching a team like the mid '00s Spurs leading to the title.

And people whom saying P-Jax always had a loaded team should hand it to him. In his 20 year coaching career, he coached a contender team 16 times, got to the NBA Finals 13 times and won it all 11 times. The guy had the best winning formula.


In my goat coaches list, top 3 is like this;
1. Phil Jackson
2. Pat Riley
3. Gregg Popovich

[PJR]

Getting franchise players in their prime at a discount rate - Pat Riley

[Big#50]

Larry Brown>

[ShaqAttack3234]

Offensive schemes: Phil (though Pop has to be up there)
Defensive schemes: Riley (though Pop has to be up there again too, and Phil was very good)
In game adjustments: Phil
Rotations: Pop
Developing young talent: Pop
Managing egos: Phil
Adjusting to aging rosters: Pop

I have them ranked like this overall.

1.Phil
2.Pop
3.Riley

All great, though, and I believe they've all shown how important coaching is. People who diminish coaching diminish one of the great things about the game, and sports in general.

[caliman]

Originally Posted by Odinn

Offensive schemes: Phil Jackson
Defensive schemes: Tie between Gregg Popovich and Pat Riley
In game adjustments: Gregg Popovich
Rotations: Gregg Popovich
Developing young talent: Gregg Popovich
Managing egos: Pat Riley
Adjusting to aging rosters: Gregg Popovich

I pretty much agree with this, although I would put PJ in a tie for managing egos. The guy had to deal with some of the most head strong, frustrating, diva like players that have ever played the game and he thrived.

[Purch]

Originally Posted by Mr. Jabbar

Its funny cause what phil did there was nothing, and it worked like a charm