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Originally Posted by Five-ofan
Will you admit that brown is ridiculously overrated when isiah(a bad coach) takes essentially the same players and wins more games?
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No.
Look, there is plenty to criticize about the job Brown did THIS year with the NYKs, although the whole season was complicated by management mistakes past and present. . And plenty not to like about the way Brown has left teams hanging in previous jobs. But to call him overrated---he's coached in 3 NBA Finals, winning one of them. (If you're gonna call Brown overrated, how do you describe Flip Saunders? ) And he has a record of making winning teams out of losing teams at every stop before NY. He also has a very strong record in the NCAA, where he also won a championship.
You may not admire him personally. But to say he's overrated as a coach just goes against a very established body of evidence.
I'd go so far as to say that Brown brought more to the NYKs as a coach, could have made MORE positive difference as a coach, than any three players currently on the roster will make as players. Further, you could dump the whole roster, fire Isiah, give Brown control of personnel decisions and he'd have them back in the playoffs within 3 years, STARTING FROM SCRATCH.