About Flip's "can't coah making shots". He can't coach making shots, but he can coach shot selection, offenisve sets, bench substitutions, and put players in good positions. He can also tell Rip to stop jacking which LB was adept at doing.

I'm never going to belive that coaching doesn't have a huge effect on players even from the standpoint of giving them confidence, and mental preparation (See; Hedo Turkoglu) If we can see Flip continually fall apart when things go south and have no answers, the players can too.

I don't how care talented you are; the team that's playing with essentially an arm tied behind their back will always lose.