NBA Coach Rankings from CBS - Detroit Pistons Fan Community

mikhail1973 · #1 (**permalink**) 10-10-2007, 02:04 PM

1. Gregg Popovich, San Antonio
2. Pat Riley, Miami
3. Phil Jackson, L.A. Lakers
4. Jerry Sloan, Utah
5. Mike D'Antoni, Phoenix
6. Don Nelson, Golden State
7. Avery Johnson, Dallas
8. Rick Adelman, Houston
9. Mike Brown, Cleveland
10. Byron Scott, New Orleans
11. George Karl, Denver
12. Scott Skiles, Chicago
13. Flip Saunders, Detroit
14. Sam Mitchell, Toronto
15. Nate McMillan, Portland
16. Lawrence Frank, New Jersey
17. Eddie Jordan, Washington
18. Mike Dunleavy, L.A. Clippers
19. Doc Rivers, Boston
20. Stan Van Gundy, Orlando

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I thought that Flip was ranked kind of high, but I guess if you look at overall success he's above many others. What I mean by that is what we (Pistons fans) see as a failure many other teams/fans would love to have achieved.

TaShawn · #2 (**permalink**) 10-10-2007, 02:17 PM

Lucky 13! Good for Flip. That will look really good on his resume.

buddahfan · #3 (**permalink**) 10-10-2007, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by mikhail1973

1. Gregg Popovich, San Antonio
2. Pat Riley, Miami
3. Phil Jackson, L.A. Lakers
4. Jerry Sloan, Utah
5. Mike D'Antoni, Phoenix
6. Don Nelson, Golden State
7. Avery Johnson, Dallas
8. Rick Adelman, Houston
9. Mike Brown, Cleveland
10. Byron Scott, New Orleans
11. George Karl, Denver
12. Scott Skiles, Chicago
13. Flip Saunders, Detroit
14. Sam Mitchell, Toronto
15. Nate McMillan, Portland
16. Lawrence Frank, New Jersey
17. Eddie Jordan, Washington
18. Mike Dunleavy, L.A. Clippers
18. Mike Dunleavy, L.A. Clippers
20. Stan Van Gundy, Orlando

National Basketball Association - CBSSports.com

I thought that Flip was ranked kind of high, but I guess if you look at overall success he's above many others. What I mean by that is what we (Pistons fans) see as a failure many other teams/fans would love to have achieved.

You have got Dunleavy down twice. He has Rivers as #19.

mikhail1973 · #4 (**permalink**) 10-10-2007, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by buddahfan

You have got Dunleavy down twice. He has Rivers as #19.

Thanks. Got it fixed.

The Low · #5 (**permalink**) 10-10-2007, 03:56 PM

Sam Mitchell and Dunleavy are definitely ahead of Dolphin.....even with Dunleavy's "Hack a Shaq"

TaShawn · #6 (**permalink**) 10-10-2007, 04:22 PM

Flip Hacked a Shaq too.

They he Whacked a Wallace.

The Low · #7 (**permalink**) 10-10-2007, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by TaShawn

Flip Hacked a Shaq too.

They he Whacked a Wallace.

Yeah, he drops a slot for doing it on other players than Shaq

BillLaimbeer · #8 (**permalink**) 10-10-2007, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by The Low

Yeah, he drops a slot for doing it on other players than Shaq

Some people would move Saunders up a slot for Hack-a-Shaq. Number 6 on the list, Don Nelson, was the master of Hack-a-Shaq.

The Low · #9 (**permalink**) 10-10-2007, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by BillLaimbeer

Some people would move Saunders up a slot for Hack-a-Shaq. Number 6 on the list, Don Nelson, was the master of Hack-a-Shaq.

I don't know that that's true. Dunleavy invented it in Portland. So he gets a slot above Flip. Flip just imitated it, and poorly at that, and then succumbed to it as a coach himself by pulling the targeted player.

basketbills · #10 (**permalink**) 10-10-2007, 07:29 PM

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Flip Saunders, Detroit: He has won 50 games in five of the past six seasons, and has won 10 playoff encounters in three of the past four but more importantly he is nice to the secretarial staff and doesn't create drama like Larry Brown. He hasn't won the big playoff games however he has guided the Pistons to some impressive regular season and preseason wins. He's not immune from mounting criticism that he doesn't have the right personality to win with the Pistons' veteran core, however he is pleasant to the media and Bill Davidson seems to like him. He has won 117 games in two seasons and still has a lot of room for error considering that Detroit fans will settle for a decent regular season record and don't seem to mind if his teams self destruct in the playoffs.

This makes sense to me.