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

[Money 23]

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

[rmt]

Don't agree with posters regarding rotations and Pop. He had man-love for Finley (over Hill) and Bonner/Blair (over Splitter). PJ and Riley played their best players in crunch-time instead of leaving them on the bench until it was too late.

I think the only category where Pop stands out from PJ and Riley is developing young talent. He has done a masterful job on Parker and to a lesser extent Hill and Leonard. PJ takes the cake on managing egos.

OT: Do you think Riley is sanctioning Spoelstra's small ball line-ups? You'd think he would have to be - but it just goes against the image of Riley/defense.

[Xiao Yao You]

What sets Riley apart is that he didn't rely on a system. He built the system around his players from showtime In LA to the defensive teams in NY and Miami to Wade's rookie year when he ran the offense through him Odom and Butler and got to the 2nd round of the playoffs to the Wade dominated championship team with the great defensive bench.

[kkb_12]

Offensive schemes: PJ
Defensive schemes: Pop
In game adjustments: Pop
Rotations: Pop
Developing young talent: Pop
Managing egos: PJ
Adjusting to aging rosters: Pop
Stupidly smiling in any situation: Spo

[TheBigVeto]

Phil is overrated.

Riley and Pop are great coaches.

[PJR]

Not quite sure why dudes are automatically putting Phil in the managinig egos category.

Remember the 2006 Heat? I remember articles from Ric Bucher and Marc Stein lambasting Riley for his off-season trades and trasactions, and how it would never work with all those personalties.

You had Shaq, Zo, White Chocolate, Gary Payton, Antoine Walker. Stan Van Gundy couldn't take it, as he was constantly getting under on the bus by those veterans, Riley stepped right in and it all meshed together.

[Purch]

Intresting forgot to put this up there, how would you rank them when it comes to calling plays out of a time out in crucial situations?

[Money 23]

Originally Posted by PJR

Not quite sure why dudes are automatically putting Phil in the managinig egos category.

Dude, I agree with you all the time. You're a very underrated poster, pretty great even. Enjoy reading your basketball opinions. I really do. But you have GOT to be kidding me.

PJ didn't have to manage egos in Chicago, because there was a clear cut alpha dog in the locker room, a pecking order, and role players who knew not to start ish if they wanted to keep winning games (Horace Grant excluded)

But what PJ did managing Kobe Bryant, a diva with personal agendas for virtually his entire career should be absolutely applauded as the case in point of the best manager of egos.

He handled Kobe Bryant AND SHAQUILLE O'NEAL, the biggest petulant child of all time on the same team, and got them to not only co-exist but build a dynasty in the early 2000s. These guys had the gloves off and PJ managed to channel their personal war into on court success. Even for the first time in his career he had the laziest gifted player of all-time, actually motivated (Shaq in 2000 season)

The only other time Shaq was motivated was by Riley, yes, going into that 2005 season to prove a) he wasn't done and b) LA made a mistake picking Kobe over him. But he didn't get 3x rings out of Shaq, or multiple years of at least being in some what elite condition. You have got to be kidding me.

There is no better coach at the professional level for managing egos than Phil Jackson. By the way, these are easily the three best professional coaches I've ever seen. Thibs is up there as well trailing these three mega accomplished coaches.

These three are the best by far. Phil for managing egos, Riley for motivating, and Pops for x's and o's.

[Purch]

Originally Posted by Money 23

Dude, I agree with you all the time. You're a very underrated poster, pretty great even. Enjoy reading your basketball opinions. I really do. But you have GOT to be kidding me.

PJ didn't have to manage egos in Chicago, because there was a clear cut alpha dog in the locker room, a pecking order, and role players who knew not to start ish if they wanted to keep winning games (Horace Grant excluded)

But what PJ did managing Kobe Bryant, a diva with personal agendas for virtually his entire career should be absolutely applauded as the case in point of the best manager of egos.

He handled Kobe Bryant AND SHAQUILLE O'NEAL, the biggest petulant child of all time on the same team, and got them to not only co-exist but build a dynasty in the early 2000s. These guys had the gloves off and PJ managed to channel their personal war into on court success. Even for the first time in his career he had the laziest gifted player of all-time, actually motivated (Shaq in 2000 season)

The only other time Shaq was motivated was by Riley, yes, going into that 2005 season to prove a) he wasn't done and b) LA made a mistake picking Kobe over him. But he didn't get 3x rings out of Shaq, or multiple years of at least being in some what elite condition. You have got to be kidding me.

There is no better coach at the professional level for managing egos than Phil Jackson. By the way, these are easily the three best professional coaches I've ever seen. Thibs is up there as well trailing these three mega accomplished coaches.

These three are the best by far. Phil for managing egos, Riley for motivating, and Pops for x's and o's.

It's amazing that Thibs ends up being better than Doc, in terms of coaching abilty

[Money 23]

Originally Posted by Purch

It's amazing that Thibs ends up being better than Doc, in terms of coaching abilty

I think Thibs was a bigger contributor to those Boston teams from a coaching perspective than Doc himself.

[Graviton]

Originally Posted by Purch

It's amazing that Thibs ends up being better than Doc, in terms of coaching abilty

That's because Doc is massively overrated and clueless about offense/defense. Him being a good "player coach" and motivator overshadows his team's actual performance on the court. What other coach will keep getting mentioned with Pop as best coaches with his team below .500 in the freaking Eastern Conference.

What Thibs is doing with the current Bulls roster is amazing, he is terrible at managing minutes but he gets the most out of his players. He is a great "player coach" on top of being the best defensive coach and implementing an efficient offense focused on team ball movement and unselfishness.

Only thing Doc knows how to do is give the ball to Rondo and let him do whatever. No wonder after Thibs left, Boston has never been the same team. Thibs was the real factor behind that 2008 Celtic defense and their championship.

[Purch]

Originally Posted by Graviton

That's because Doc is massively overrated and clueless about offense/defense. Him being a good "player coach" and motivator overshadows his team's actual performance on the court. What other coach will keep getting mentioned with Pop as best coaches with his team below .500 in the freaking Eastern Conference.

What Thibs is doing with the current Bulls roster is amazing, he is terrible at managing minutes but he gets the most out of his players. He is a great "player coach" on top of being the best defensive coach and implementing an efficient offense focused on team ball movement and unselfishness.

Only thing Doc knows how to do is give the ball to Rondo and let him do whatever. No wonder after Thibs left, Boston has never been the same team. Thibs was the real factor behind that 2008 Celtic defense and their championship.

He has improved as a coach though. I remember back in the day, Bill Simmons wrote an article about Rivers making him seem like the worst coach in the nba

[Money 23]

Originally Posted by Purch

He has improved as a coach though. I remember back in the day, Bill Simmons wrote an article about Rivers making him seem like the worst coach in the nba

He didn't get better. He just had KG, Pierce, Ray Allen, and Rondo on his team ... and a defensive guru in Tom Thibadeau who came from a Pat Riley lineage of talented defensive basketball minds.

[Purch]

I'm not sure you can just credit his improvements as a coach, to simply having a better Roster. He wasn't ever as great as fans made him out to be, but he was significantly better than he was in 06.

[Da KO King]

Offensive schemes: Greg Popovich, Phil Jackson, Pat Riley
Defensive schemes: Greg Popovich, Pat Riley, Phil Jackson
In game adjustments: Greg Popovich, Pat Riley, Phil Jackson
Rotations: Phil Jackson, Greg Popovich, Pat Riley (the second toughest category)
Developing young talent: Greg Popovich, Pat Riley, Phil Jackson
Managing egos: Phil Jackson, Pat Riley, Greg Popovich
Adjusting to aging rosters: Greg Popovich, Pat Riley (the toughest category)
Calling plays out of a time out in crucial situations: Greg Popovich, Phil Jackson, Pat Riley