B. Hill really looks like a shmuck, but he may be a good coach. I'm just not totally convinced right now.

He really let Dwight Howard, Darko, and Ariza play through some mistakes.

Brian Hill was terrible with a somewhat talented Vancouver team. I don't think he is an elite coach without a young Shaq.

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I was thinking about this... wouldn't NBA basketball be the easiest sport to coach in pro sports?

If you threw one of us in charge of the Heat next year, how bad would they do? You just tell them to do their thing and you take em out when they look tired.

If you put one of us in charge of the Lions, they proabably would go 0-16. It would be a total disaster of bad plays, illegal substitutions, missing players, etc.

Football has got to be the toughest. Probably follow that up with baseball, hockey, and bball in that order.

That is why I'm not sure whether B. Hill is good or not. Need more data.

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I disagree. Talent alone is not enough to win in the NBA. You need to have a cohesive team effort with talent.

The Magic are gathering a lot of talent, but I am not sure Brian Hill is a solid team builder. Xs and Os are not enough. Compare Don Nelson to Avery Johnson.

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Every monkey like to be, in my place instead of me, cause I'm the king of bongo baby, I'm the king of bongo bong
-Manu Chao

Maybe he has a young Shaq.

And in some ways, he is smarter than Larry Brown .

I could coach the Lions to 8 and 8
I got ideas.

I don't know if I'd call Dwight Howard a young Shaq even though he has been mightily impressive. I had him on my fantasy team and his rebounds were obscene but man Shaq was something special. I'm thinking just missing the playoffs again...only due to a pair of injuries. they lost some depth i thought. I am not looking for jj to be that great this year.

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@lazy - Dwight Howard could be really good, but he's no Baby Shaq. I would advise looking for some highlight's of O'Neal in his first 3 years. He was an absolute terror in the league.

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Momma was queen of the mambo, Poppa was king of the congo, deep down in the jungle, I start banging my first bongo
Every monkey like to be, in my place instead of me, cause I'm the king of bongo baby, I'm the king of bongo bong
-Manu Chao

I assume that you're just talking about the 2 hours of in-game coaching that we see on TV and not the pre-game coaching, half-time adjustments and talk, post-game discussions, practices, individual workouts, videotape analysis, scouting, pre-season, etc.?

You don't think there is any prep work for other sports too?

If it were only in-game managing, I would say baseball is the easiest.