<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (LUD @ May 6 2006, 02:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Red Auerbach in my opinion. He basically coached the team that dominated the league for like an entire decade. Also, like Zards said, Jackson had the team layed out for him, Auerbach put it together and kept it together for a long period of time. The bottom line for me is that I would rather have Auerbach coach a NBA Finals seris, not Jackson.</div>Auerbach dominated a league of 12 teams, where most teams talents levels werent probably at even a high school level.
Red Auerbach. He had more titles than fingers. You cant beat that.He coached that dominate Celtics team to perfection. He did a great job with them, no one could stop them, he deserves it.Right now is Phil Jackson or Greg Popovich.
I don't agree with Greg Popovich, unless your talking about current coaches. Phil Jackson, Larry Brown, Pat Riley and Jerry Sloan are the cream of the crop of current coaches. But they all had their success at an earlier stage of their careers. Pop is the best coach right now.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CB4AllStar @ May 8 2006, 07:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Yeah. I said, "Right now, it's Phil and Pop"</div> :happy0144: Anyway, Red Auerbach was a great coach, but the league wasn't very diluted. 12 teams, where as right now there are 30. You can't really compare the eras of Red and Phil, because the league is more based on athleticism and the three pointer- which none of them had. Plus, there are way too many fouls now, not enough back then, or at least in my opinion.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CB4AllStar @ May 8 2006, 11:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Red Auerbach. He had more titles than fingers. You cant beat that.He coached that dominate Celtics team to perfection. He did a great job with them, no one could stop them, he deserves it.Right now is Phil Jackson or Greg Popovich.</div> Give me a break, your not looking into the differences between then and now.
