Well, by that logic, then Dunleavy convinced the Blazers that they could win the series after they went down 3-1 and had to go back to LA. That Blazers team had a bunch of "B" players, had nobody on any All-NBA, yet were that close to playing for a title. A very impressive coaching job if you ask me, because there were a lot of egos who wanted the ball on that team.
That's perfectly logical when you ascribe to the "it's the players and not the coach" theory. A GM gets the players. A coach then tries to win with the players the GM gets for the roster. Derrrr Hence, a GM is more important than that coach, IMO. What were you trying to say again?