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Jazz cancelled my family's season tickets after 36 years.

Joe Bagadonuts said:
Go ahead and name names, because my gut tells me that this isn't true. And on a related note, I will be stunned if Corbin ever becomes anything close to a big name coach.

I think most of the great coaches have that "it" factor from the very start. And I'm sure I will get slammed for this, but I never thought Jerry Sloan was a great coach.
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Top 10 coaches all time in wins:

Don Nelson: Spent his first three seasons under .500 in Milwaukee. Records later improved but his tenure was virtually no different from his predecessor.
Lenny Wilkens: Losing record five of first six seasons across two teams.
Pat Riley: Instant Success
Jerry Sloan: Below .400 in 2+ seasons with the Bulls.
Phil Jackson: Record in his first actual head coaching gigs in CBA and Foreign Leagues is very mixed. Failed to make the playoffs in multiple stops and won one CBA championship. Instant NBA Success.
Larry Brown: Instant ABA Success
George Karl: Below .400 in first 4 seasons across two teams.
Bill Fitch : Below .500 for first 5 seasons.
Red Auerbach: Constant Winner
Dick Motta: Below .500 his first two seasons. Actually finished his career 41 wins under .500.

Obviously I was wrong about "virtually all" but I was thinking of the majority of these guys when I said it. 6 or 7 (depending on how you feel about Jackson) of the top 10 winners of all-time had poor or slow starts to their coaching careers.

The rest of the thread doesn't really deserve a response. But I for one am stunned that Archie and Hantlers don't like me.
 
NUMBERICA said:
Corbin interviewed for some jobs, and didn't land any of them, including a job as head coach at DePaul (his alma mater [who are basically irrelevant]). Lots of guys get interviewed, I didn't see Corbin as a particularly hot name at the time and don't in hindsight either.

Hiring him for the following season before seeing how he performed was a flagrant error. I fail to see the upside.
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I can't remember if it's the nfl or the nba that has a rule that a team has to interview a black dude before they can hire a coach.
 
Kicky is what people think of when they think of the typical lawyer.

I am actually surprised he responded though. I thought for sure another client might try to kill him and he'd have to enter WITSEC (again).
 
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