When Canzano Asked Bayless..........

[ABM]

...........which Blazer player might make the best coach......who do you think he pointed to?

 

[Eastoff]

Dre

 

[ABM]

Dre

Nope.

 

[Blazer_Hippie]

Howard?

 

[ABM]

Howard?

Nada.

 

[Blazer_Hippie]

My last guess... Blake

 

[ABM]

My last guess... Blake

Ding!.....Ding!.....Ding!.....Ding!.....Ding!.....Ding!.....Ding!.....Ding!.....Ding!.....

I was surprised.

 

[THE HCP]

WHo would make the best coach out of all of us? I vote for myself!

 

[oldmangrouch]

WHo would make the best coach out of all of us? I vote for myself!

Coach no...overstuffed couch, maybe.

 

[ABM]

WHo would make the best coach out of all of us? I vote for myself!

Hate to break it to ya, but good coaches don't boast rhino, bubba.

 

[handiman]

Makes sense. The hard working, limited talent, vocal, scrappy gym rat variety probably makes for a better coach on average than the guy that things come easy for or who keeps mostly to himself.

 

[THE HCP]

What interesting is you rarely see star players turn into good coaches. It's the journeyman/ role players that tend to succeed.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Makes sense. The hard working, limited talent, vocal, scrappy gym rat variety probably makes for a better coach on average than the guy that things come easy for or who keeps mostly to himself.

Exactly true. Rick Adleman, Pat Riley, Phil Jackson, Scott Skiles, Vinnie Del Negro... all decent players in the gym rat mold, but better coaches. Clyde Drexler? Great player, lousy coach.

I expect Blake will probably coach one day. And the Blazers fans will wonder why he won't play Brandon Roy Jr. more.

 

[ABM]

What interesting is you rarely see star players turn into good coaches. It's the journeyman/ role players that tend to succeed.

How many former NBA players turned current NBA head coaches can you name?

I'll drop a few


PJ, Adelman, Sloan, Nate, Nellie, Dunleavy, Doc, Carlisle

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Wes Unseld is probably the best player-turned-coach of the bunch.

 

[THE HCP]

Isaih Thomas, Bird

 

[ABM]

Wes Unseld is probably the best player-turned-coach of the bunch.

What about Riley?

 

[andalusian]

Skiles

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Isaih Thomas, Bird

I think both are examples of great players who become lousy coaches, to be honest. Kevin McHale and Bill Laimbeer are probably better representatives of their respective teams.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

What about Riley?

I meant that Wes was the best player of the group that became good coaches (though Wes might not have been a very good coach... my memory's fuzzy). Without checking stats, I think Unseld was the better player... Riley was certainly the better coach.

EDIT: Yeah, Wes was a pretty lousy coach based on record, and is a HOF player, so he's in the latter group of greats who aren't so good at coaching.

 

[THE HCP]

I think both are examples of great players who become lousy coaches, to be honest. Kevin McHale and Bill Laimbeer are probably better representatives of their respective teams.

I was just naming 2 great players who sucked as coaches.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Oh, and BTW about Pat Riley: http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/rileypa01.html

7th pick, with those stats? Webster-sized BUST!

 

[BlazerCaravan]

I was just naming 2 great players who sucked as coaches.

Oh good... I agree in that case.

 

[ABM]

I was just naming 2 great players who sucked as coaches.

Magic, Baylor, Russell, McHale.

 

[andalusian]

I was just naming 2 great players who sucked as coaches.

Bird sucked as a coach? He took a team with Reggie Miller and lots of role-players to the finals...

* 1998: 58–24, Eastern Conference Runner-Up
* 1999: 33–17, Central Division Champions, Eastern Conference Runner-Up (note: season was shortened due to lockout)
* 2000: 56–26, Eastern Conference Champions, NBA Finals Runner-Up

 

[magnifier661]

I wouldn't be surprised. He knows B-Ball and what he lacks physically, he makes up with his B-Ball IQ. I bet he knows every play like the back of his hand too.

 

[MickZagger]

How many former NBA players turned current NBA head coaches can you name?

I'll drop a few


PJ, Adelman, Sloan, Nate, Nellie, Dunleavy, Doc, Carlisle

George Karl, Del Negro, Skiles, Scott Brooks, Rambis.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Bird sucked as a coach? He took a team with Reggie Miller and lots of role-players to the finals...

Didn't that team have Jermaine, though?

 

[andalusian]

Didn't that team have Jermaine, though?

You may be right. Or, not? Was it not before the Jermaine trade? He had the two Davis's, didn't he?

 

[THE HCP]

Bird sucked as a coach? He took a team with Reggie Miller and lots of role-players to the finals...

* 1998: 58–24, Eastern Conference Runner-Up
* 1999: 33–17, Central Division Champions, Eastern Conference Runner-Up (note: season was shortened due to lockout)
* 2000: 56–26, Eastern Conference Champions, NBA Finals Runner-Up

He inherited that squad. SHit, I could have coached that team. It's just like when people look at Avery Johnson's coaching record and claim he was a great coach. He also was handed a talented roster.