Tp! Doc is not a good basketball coach. I argued it almost his whole tenure here. Imo, he cost us one or two championships.

Rivers is a great manager of veteran players. Veteran players respect him and he's a great motivator.

I remember a lot of those timeouts that they showed during the playoffs. Rivers always came across like his team was in the middle of a heavy weight boxing match. And his teams always battled and responded to him.   

Say what you want about his ability to manage rookies but he was perfect for our big three era.

Tp! Doc is not a good basketball coach. I argued it almost his whole tenure here. Imo, he cost us one or two championships.

Maybe but KG was hurt one year and the Lakers were no scrubs.

I wish we got two championships also but it's not like it was a surprise we only got one. 

I think that you underrate how far Doc took some untalented teams.

which untalented teams did Doc take far??

the team that had Dhoward/Torkulu?  The team that had the big three? The team that had Griffin/Paul?

Rivers has a place in the league and so does CBS.  Rivers is better for managing big personalities/star players. CBS better at developing/managing underrated blue coller workers like Crowder/Smart/KO

Quote from: KeepRondo on January 31, 2016, 03:50:23 PM

Quote from: Chief on January 31, 2016, 03:43:44 PM

Tp! Doc is not a good basketball coach. I argued it almost his whole tenure here. Imo, he cost us one or two championships.

Maybe but KG was hurt one year and the Lakers were no scrubs.

I wish we got two championships also but it's not like it was a surprise we only got one.

Maybe Tony Allen rotted on our bench while Kobe went nuts.

And maybe Mr. Personality Manager refused to bench Ray Allen when he was ice cold.

Kobe went nuts in game 6. No way we had a chance there. Sheed played great in game 7 and it looked like we had that game. Maybe I'm sour because we lost but it felt like we got a bad run of fouls called on us in the fourth.

Rivers is a great manager of veteran players. Veteran players respect him and he's a great motivator.

I remember a lot of those timeouts that they showed during the playoffs. Rivers always came across like his team was in the middle of a heavy weight boxing match. And his teams always battled and responded to him.   

Say what you want about his ability to manage rookies but he was perfect for our big three era.

This.

Quote from: KeepRondo on January 31, 2016, 04:02:51 PM

Quote from: Chief on January 31, 2016, 03:58:14 PM

Quote from: KeepRondo on January 31, 2016, 03:50:23 PM

Quote from: Chief on January 31, 2016, 03:43:44 PM

Tp! Doc is not a good basketball coach. I argued it almost his whole tenure here. Imo, he cost us one or two championships.

Maybe but KG was hurt one year and the Lakers were no scrubs.

I wish we got two championships also but it's not like it was a surprise we only got one.

Maybe Tony Allen rotted on our bench while Kobe went nuts.

And maybe Mr. Personality Manager refused to bench Ray Allen when he was ice cold.

Kobe went nuts in game 6. No way we had a chance there. Sheed played great in game 7 and it looked like we had that game. Maybe I'm sour because we lost but it felt like we got a bad run of fouls called on us in the fourth.

You don't think Tony could have slowed Kobe?

not in game 6. That was one of the greatest finals appearances ever. But game 7 we had them. I blame the officials way more then the rotations. Rivers also is the type of coach who is going to ride the guys who got him there. It's part of the reason he gets the most out of his veterans. It's a mutual respect between coach and player.

In the end he helped get us to game 7. Officials took that game from us.