Originally Posted by King Glorious

Phil got exposed again. Once again, it's a players league, not a coaches. Last year, no KG and no Allen and they won 24 games. People calling for him to be fired. This year, his mistakes can still be seen but the players were good enough to win the title. Phil, he is, IMO, the most fortunate man in sports history. He's got the nine titles, and to be sure, he's a good coach. But he's not the God they make him out to be. What Phil does is close the job. The Bulls teams that he won with before, those teams were built and taken through the wars by Doug Collins. He advanced them each year and then when they were ready to win it all, Phil came in and won the title. Same thing with the Lakers. Del Harris was steadily progressing that team but they had some tough Utah teams to get past. When they were ready, Phil came in and again played the hero role. But how hard is it to win when you've got the most dominant player in the league on your team and another hall of famer alongside him as he did with Jordan/Pippen and Shaq/Kobe? Phil was out there just throwing any junk at the wall and hoping it would stick. He gets so much credit for the triangle offense. People don't realize that is Tex Winters' offense, not Phil's. And people don't realize that when the going gets tough, they don't even run the offense. They didn't in Chicago and they don't in LA. It's get it to Jordan/Kobe and let him operate. His strength is not in coaching teams that need coaching and teaching. Let me see him take his act to Seattle and do this then I'll give him total credit. His players don't ever know what to expect from him. Chris Mihm can sit for 10 games in a row then he's playing in the second quarter of the finals. Same with Ariza. Leaving Walton on Pierce. Starting Smush Parker all year long then putting Jordan Farmar in to start when the season matters most. I could go on and on. Good but not great. Overrated. Not God.