Oh, and BTW about Pat Riley: http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/rileypa01.html 7th pick, with those stats? Webster-sized BUST!
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
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.
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.
He inherited a team that went 39-42 in 1996-1997, and was bounced in the first round in 1995-1996. Learn to use Google, then post.
Larry Brown is the obvious counterexample. Nellie has his number retired in the Garden. I know this because he pointed it out to the team when it was Run TMC and Mitch Richmond looked at him, astonished, and said "Coach - you played?"
Shouldn't the responses in this thread be Canzano is a jerk and I don't care what he says. If Canzano raises something positive like Blake being a good coach, it leads to discussion. If Canzano mentions something negative, than he is a jerk who is jut trying to stir shit up.
Bird coached a team to the NBA Finals and had a .68.7% winning percentage as a head coach in three years in the regular season, with 61.5% in the playoffs .
That's immediately what I thought. Well, I didn't have specific records in mind, but whatever. Off the top of my head, Larry Bird is probably the best combination of player/coach there's ever been. A guy who absolutely excelled in both roles. The only reason he stopped coaching is that he went into the job saying that a coach is only at his best for 3 seasons. He was then offered a management position. If we could somehow pry Bird away to coach our team, I'd be ecstatic.
I can't speak for other people, but it doesn't matter if it's a fluff piece or not. What did he expect to accomplish other then to upset Blazer fans.
To inform readers something we didn't know about the star of the team. Not a huge Canzano fan, but unlike Blazer spokespeople, I don't think it is his job to always put positive spins on things or not report something because it might reflect badly on a player. If Roy only did this once and Canzano made it sound like he always does it, that would be wrong of him. If he wasn't suppose to add his opinion in, taht would be wrong of him. But isn't wht he reported and giving his opinion what he gets paid for?
