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He'll do alright until Westbrook and/or Durant leave.
He will be as good as the NBA allows him to be. Professional sports has very little to do with the actual coaching, especially in the NBA. Roster management and player success will have the most to do with it.
In the NFL it's pretty much all about coaching. That's common knowledge, it's why coaches like Spurrier couldn't adjust, he wanted to golf instead of spend every waking moment studying tape like the rest of the zombie NFL coaches. It's a pretty big myth that there's not much coaching in the NBA, not sure how anyone who watches could say that. Just watch a stretch of Warriors game from last year compared to this year and you'll see coaching makes a pretty big difference.
Eh..... The NFL is just like any other professional sport, its about the personnel when it boils down to it. Of course if your heart isn't in something you're not going to last long, I don't care what level you're at.
I'm not saying these coaches are completely meaningless, but especially with the NBA and Donovan, theres only so much he's going to be able to do regardless of what he does with his clipboard.
He will be like the rest pitino cal etc
if Durant & Westbrook are healthy...very successfulI am of the opinion that he will flop in the league. I think he was a good, not great, college coach. In the league he will struggle with the strategy change. He is no Brad Stevens. In 5 years or less he will be back in college imo.
Steve Kerr improved the Warriors from 51 to 67 wins and improved their offense from 12th to 2nd in offensive rating and they averaged 60 more passes a game. That falls on the coach. Style of play, rotations, managing minutes is huge in the NBA and most coaches seem to be bad at it. Mike Budenholzer took over the Hawks and took them to 60 wins in two years by embracing the Spurs style of ball movement and shooting the 3. Coaching is huge in the NBA but for some reason most people seem to discredit it.
I agree that coaching matters in the NBA. But I'm not sure that Kerr is a good example of that (although he's obviously done a great job). Kerr had no coaching experience when he was hired this year.
How can a non-coach go to the NBA and have such great success? Coaching in the NBA is more about roster management, motivational tactics, substitution patterns, etc. All of that is part of "coaching" but it is not the X's and O's type coaching that so many of the great college coaches excel at. That is less important IMO, or at least is something that a good basketball savvy assistant (Tex Winter for example) can handle while the head coach manages the whole enterprise.
brad stevens didn't do very well in his first yearI am of the opinion that he will flop in the league. I think he was a good, not great, college coach. In the league he will struggle with the strategy change. He is no Brad Stevens. In 5 years or less he will be back in college imo.
25 wins was pretty good considering how little talent he had to work with.brad stevens didn't do very well in his first year
This may happen, of course. However given the talent on this team chances are he will succeed. Also, if he did come back to the college game, I would be fine with it as long as it wasn't in the SEC. It sucks having to play Spurrier every year. I'd be fine and happy for him if he replaced K. Also may not hate Duke as much... not sure though.He'll coach there about 4 or 5 years, then Pitino or Cal will retire and he'll decide to go back to college, and be the next coach at UK or UL. It's all gonna depend on who retires first. Could also see him being Coach K's replacement, or going back to UF if their new coach doesn't pan out. I don't have any doubts he'll be back in the college game sooner rather than later.
He will be like the rest pitino cal etc
Donovan will be great in the NBAI am of the opinion that he will flop in the league. I think he was a good, not great, college coach. In the league he will struggle with the strategy change. He is no Brad Stevens. In 5 years or less he will be back in college imo.
I think it will depend on how much control he will have. If its going to be X's and O's, substitution, and calling plays he won't be there any longer than you suggest.I am of the opinion that he will flop in the league. I think he was a good, not great, college coach. In the league he will struggle with the strategy change. He is no Brad Stevens. In 5 years or less he will be back in college imo.