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Originally posted by Flinty_McFlint
I agree with much of what has been written about Phil, it certainly isn't as hard to look good when you have superstars on your team. But, and I'm not positive about this, but I don't think Jordan & Pippen or Shaq & Kobe ever won a championship before Jackson "coached" them. Other coaches had the same or roughly the same personnel, and weren't nearly as successful with these players. Like the guy who coached the Lakers, Del Harris (looks kinda like Leslie Nielsen)--he had Shaq and Kobe, and he didn't do squat.
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Phil inherited a seasoned Jordan. And Kobe was way too young for Phil's predecessor to do anything with.
The point is, he didn't develop their talent and hone them into championship players. They were on the doorstep when he walked in the door.
The most credit I can give him is for not fucking things up. But that's like signing on now as Tom Cruise's agent and getting him a $20 MM payday for his next flick. Wow. Great work.
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