bobobrazil1984 Posted April 25, 2006 Report Posted April 25, 2006 A good deserving choice, though my pick was Popovich, it's kind of a Duncan Ben Wallace thing, where Pop is always one of the top coaches every year. I feel Flip Saunders is a bit overrated this season, I haven't been impressed with him and his staff's defensive knowledge, he has the advantage of starting 5 who already played lockdown team defense. There's also the lack of putting a premium on rebounding which is irrituation and his substituion patterns are just plain arbitrarily bad sometimes (like, for instance, not understanding that you shouldnt play the offensive black hole lineup of Lindsey Hunter, Ben Wallace, and Maurice Evans together)
Just John Posted April 25, 2006 Report Posted April 25, 2006 I'd have gone with Dunleavy, but no complaints with Avery. He's got the Mavs trying on D and has given them the best shot to win the West in franchise history.
Guest Princess Leena Posted April 25, 2006 Report Posted April 25, 2006 I'd go with Dunleavy... but, Avery has the obvious advantage with the media, so he wins.
Your Paragon of Virtue Posted April 25, 2006 Report Posted April 25, 2006 I'd go with Dunleavy... but, Avery has the obvious advantage with the media, so he wins. What do you mean?
Guest Felonies! Posted April 25, 2006 Report Posted April 25, 2006 Oh man, don't let Ripper see this.
razazteca Posted April 28, 2006 Report Posted April 28, 2006 I'd go with Dunleavy... but, Avery has the obvious advantage with the media, so he wins. What do you mean? Avery makes great soundbytes and how can you not love his accent?
alfdogg Posted April 28, 2006 Author Report Posted April 28, 2006 Here's the scoring Coach Team 1st 2nd 3rd Pts Avery Johnson DAL 63 29 17 419 Mike D'Antoni PHX 27 31 19 247 Flip Saunders DET 18 36 25 223 Mike Dunleavy LAC 5 15 18 88 Byron Scott NO/OK 7 3 13 57 Gregg Popovich SA 2 3 6 25 Phil Jackson LAL 1 1 5 13 Mike Brown CLE 1 0 4 9 Lawrence Frank NJ 0 2 2 8 Scott Skiles CHI 0 2 2 8 Mike Fratello MEM 0 0 7 7 Jerry Sloan UTA 0 1 3 6 Brian Hill ORL 0 1 1 4 Bernie Bickerstaff CHA 0 0 1 1 George Karl DEN 0 0 1 1 I didn't vote for him, but I'm a little annoyed by the fact that Rick Carlisle didn't get any votes. And yet, Bernie Bickerstaff gets one? Give me a break.
Cheech Tremendous Posted April 28, 2006 Report Posted April 28, 2006 I don't get the D'Antoni love. It seems like he just lets Nash do his thing.
Guest Posted April 28, 2006 Report Posted April 28, 2006 Phil Jackson getting one vote for first place ends this talk of there being a pro-Laker bias. Seriously.
Guest Vitamin X Posted April 28, 2006 Report Posted April 28, 2006 Yeah, that's kinda bullshit right there. Jackson probably deserves even more credit than Kobe does for turning around the Lakers. No love.
razazteca Posted April 28, 2006 Report Posted April 28, 2006 I don't get the D'Antoni love. It seems like he just lets Nash do his thing. The Suns lost their star center Amare Stodimare for the season and trading Joe Johnson for Boris Diaw and still got home court for the playoffs should be the main reasons why D'Antoni got the votes. Jackson not getting more votes...hm...the CLIPPERS had a better season than the Lakers! That in itself is a miracle.
Guest Vitamin X Posted April 28, 2006 Report Posted April 28, 2006 The CLIPPERS also have a revamped and much improved team with the same coach that's led them through the last couple years of futility, whereas Jackson took a team that only added a couple players (including swapping Caron Butler for Kwame Brown, and making it work out beneficially for both teams) last offseason and improved them 10+ wins to get them into the playoffs. He's also somehow managed to improve and make Kwame and Odom improve their game and realize their potential as they get better and better.
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