OK, coach K is supposed to be the second coming but he has the exact amount of NCs as coach Knight. He has had way more talent. His talent level can only be compared to UCLA and North Carolina. I know they are different times with a different amount of players but there are more players and they are more physically gifted. Duke's success, as far as NCs go, does not compare to UCLA's. Now, don't get me wrong, I think Dean Smith was highly overrated as a coach also. That just made me realize, I'm not really saying Duke is overrated. I think they do get special treatment. I do think coach K is overrated as a coach. I think he is probably the best recruiter in history but when the tough gets going it can be a pain in the back
I've known of others that have felt the same way in other levels of other sports. Some people still don't think Phil Jackson is a great coach. You might have a high school coach in your area and the knock on his team is the fact that he can't win the big one. I'm a 49er fan and I don't think George Seifert is all that good of a coach. He won two rings but so what, he had the best talent at the time. Plus he inherited the talent. Mike Tyson was a champion with some of the greatest skills of all time, is he considered the greatest of all time? If someone has never, ever said something negative about a coach with a lot of talent then they will have something to argue about but if you have coach K is probably similar to that coach. Do people consider Steve Fisher a great coach? He won when he had talent, he didn't when he didn't have talent. Coach K wins when he has talent and when he doesn't his back hurts.
Bobby Cox had the most talent for years and has one ring? Is he a great manager? Tony LaRussa? Mike Ditka? Lenny Wilkins has a lot of wins. Eddie Robinson has a lot of wins.
[Edited by tomegun on Mar 17th, 2004 at 12:15 PM]