The Phoenix Suns’ Monty Williams has been voted the NBA’s Coach of the Year for the 2nd time

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[SlyPokerCat]

Damn. Wish we had him. Always liked Monty. Even when he was a player.

 

[illmatic99]

It's not the official COY that he won. It's an award from the coaches' association.

but he'll prolly get the official award soon enough.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

We had him as an assistant for quite a while and the Pelicans fired him as a head coach.

 

[Driew]

It's not the official COY that he won. It's an award from the coaches' association.

but he'll prolly get the official award soon enough.

I mean the coaches association award is probably more meaningful to Monty than the media one lol.

 

[YamTastic]

When he left, so much got much worse so fast... you can really tell who was propping that coaching staff up.

 

[oldmangrouch]

Good for him.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

The Popovich coaching tree is amazing!

 

[Driew]

When he left, so much got much worse so fast... you can really tell who was propping that coaching staff up.

I think the same can be said for David Vanterpool when he left.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

It's not the official COY that he won. It's an award from the coaches' association.

but he'll prolly get the official award soon enough.

They’re both official.

 

[BlazerBeav]

When he left, so much got much worse so fast... you can really tell who was propping that coaching staff up.

Well his final season (2009-10), we lost in the first round. The next season, without him, we lost in the first round. We then missed the playoffs the next two years. I would argue, though, that dropoff was caused by losing Brandon Roy for most of the 10-11 season (and permanently after that), not an assistant coach.

Much like I would argue the turnaround in PHX has been because of CP3, and not the coach.

 

[Wade Garrett]

Well his final season (2009-10), we lost in the first round. The next season, without him, we lost in the first round. We then missed the playoffs the next two years. I would argue, though, that dropoff was caused by losing Brandon Roy for most of the 10-11 season (and permanently after that), not an assistant coach.

Much like I would argue the turnaround in PHX has been because of CP3, and not the coach.

NBA= A players league.
NCAA= Coaches league.
Bill Russell once said "A coach in the NBA cannot win games for you, but he can lose games for you."