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Who is the best coach in Pacers history?

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  • Who is the best coach in Pacers history?

    Just to give some type of balance to the who is the worst coach, and we've had some bad ones, I think we should state who was the best coach and we've had some great ones.

    Give us who and why.
    82
    Bob "Slick" Leonard
    41.46%
    34
    Larry Brown
    24.39%
    20
    Larry Bird
    21.95%
    18
    Rick Carlisle
    12.20%
    10
    Other
    0.00%
    0


    Basketball isn't played with computers, spreadsheets, and simulations. ChicagoJ 4/21/13

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    Re: Who is the best coach in Pacers history?

    Rick is still my fav Nba coach. If I ever get into coaching his style is a lot like I see me being. He isn't narrow minded and takes win now vs build for future better than most. Main reason I like him and POP so much. Monty Williams is my 3rd fav he gets the best out of his young guys.

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    • #3
      Re: Who is the best coach in Pacers history?

      Slick. Three championships; 'nuff said.

      But honorable mention goes to Larry Brown. Other than his wandering eye looking for the next job, he's still everything you want in a coach. And while he's the illustration of why Bird's three-year rule for coaches has validity, you get so much from him during those three years.

      Bird gets credit because of his success. Not a tactician, probably terrible with x's and o's or working with players individually, but he could lead them and motivate them.

      That's the Golden Three of Pacers coaches.
      Why do the things that we treasure most, slip away in time
      Till to the music we grow deaf, to God's beauty blind
      Why do the things that connect us slowly pull us apart?
      Till we fall away in our own darkness, a stranger to our own hearts
      And life itself, rushing over me
      Life itself, the wind in black elms,
      Life itself in your heart and in your eyes, I can't make it without you

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      • #4
        Re: Who is the best coach in Pacers history?

        This thread is going to produce some knife fights....I gotta go with Slick for a lot of reasons, but mainly even when you listen to him now you can just tell he gets the game, and he seems like he would be good at handling players.


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        • #5
          Re: Who is the best coach in Pacers history?

          Two best from when I started following the NBA would be Bird and Carlisle.

          Bird had the experience and the players listened. Not sure he was the best "coach" ever, but he know what he knew and more importantly he knew when to delegate. He could also still play which I think helped the players relate a lot.

          Rick was a great coach, though his interpersonal skills held him back a bit IMO. I think we saw him grow a lot from Detroit to Indiana, and his work after the brawl was nothing short of spectacular.

          Never saw Slick coach, but like another posters said above just listening to him you know he "gets it". Basically the polar opposite of Isiah Thomas. Oops, sorry, wrong thread

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          • #6
            Re: Who is the best coach in Pacers history?

            About coach Brown not a fan of his at all. I'm sure he was great with us a team that is ready to win. But what he did with the Kittes really soured me with him. When you have a young rebuilding type roster like he did with the Cats you don't play over priced vets who aren't part of the future instead of the kids and try to win 8th every year I doubt many top notch coaches would do that. You don't tank per say but you do what Monty did last year you play the kids see what you have and let the kids learn and play hard. Coaches like Larry Brown and JOB can't do that.

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            • #7
              Re: Who is the best coach in Pacers history?

              I never saw Slick coach, too young.

              Bird, this is just my opinion, but I don't think he has even close to the success he had without Carlisle sitting right next to him.

              Brown, talk about an overrated coach if I have ever seen one.

              That leaves Carlisle, from my incomplete experience, to be the best Pacer coach to date.

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              • #8
                Re: Who is the best coach in Pacers history?

                Unfortunately, too young to have caught Slick, so I gotta go with Larry Legend.
                "Nobody wants to play against Tyler Hansbrough NO BODY!" ~ Frank Vogel

                "And David put his hand in the bag and took out a stone and slung it. And it struck the Philistine on the head and he fell to the ground. Amen. "

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                • #9
                  Re: Who is the best coach in Pacers history?

                  "JOB"

                  Signed by UNCLEBUCK.
                  @WhatTheFFacts: Studies show that sarcasm enhances the ability of the human mind to solve complex problems!

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                  • #10
                    Re: Who is the best coach in Pacers history?

                    Originally posted by vnzla81 View Post
                    "JOB"

                    Signed by UNCLEBUCK.
                    You've honestly become a troll with a lot of this JOB stuff.

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                    • #11
                      Re: Who is the best coach in Pacers history?

                      I love Slick, but I don't really remember much about his coaching, so I can't pick him. He had to be good no doubt and I love his comments during games and how he believes basketball should be played. He bleeds Blue and Gold, how can you not love that.



                      Larry Brown was great, helped turn this franchise around. I can't over look Larry's constant unhappiness with his players no mater were he's coaching. He is a great coach, just don't let him make personnel decisions, he falls in and out of love with players to often. I still was not happy with him his last season here he gave up on the team and he has even said that himself. Some of the greatest times at MSA were with Larry Brown though, I'll never forget those times.



                      Larry Bird, I'm still not completely sure about as a coach. He obviously did a great job when he was our coach, seems to really know the game and how players think and what makes them respond (aka Jalen). He commands respect that few coaches will ever have, simply because of what he was as a player. I think he hired two great assistants and let them do their job, so does that make him a great coach, maybe, or a great leader yes, I really still don't know. Seems Bird has excelled at everything there is to do with Basketball, very impressive resume. Maybe we are still under estimating him?




                      I'll pick Rick
                      I just think Rick is a awesome coach, He was great at Detroit, still believe he is as responsible for their Championship as Larry Brown was. He set the stage, established a stye of play, they were doing worse under Larry the next season, till the Sheed give away. Billups always had nice things to say about Rick and he's the one guy from those Detroit teams I really respect.

                      Rick was even better here, he took some questionable rosters and preformed well over expectations IMO. The brawl season was about the best coaching job I've ever seen. He was not without flaws, he was supposedly distant and not very personable, but I think he worked on his weaknesses and improved, ultimately getting a much deserved Championship in Dallas.

                      I certainly would not be upset if he was ever brought back here, several years down the road.
                      "Just look at the flowers ........ BANG" - Carol "The Walking Dead"

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                      • #12
                        Re: Who is the best coach in Pacers history?

                        I can only vote on what I saw and witnessed, so while Slick is probably the pick here, my vote goes to Larry Brown. I think he is the guy who helped change the culture, took a slightly above average team and made them a contender, while setting them up for the success Bird enjoyed. Larry Brown is a fickle, fickle man, but he can coach.

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                        • #13
                          Re: Who is the best coach in Pacers history?

                          Originally posted by cdash View Post
                          I can only vote on what I saw and witnessed, so while Slick is probably the pick here, my vote goes to Larry Brown. I think he is the guy who helped change the culture, took a slightly above average team and made them a contender, while setting them up for the success Bird enjoyed. Larry Brown is a fickle, fickle man, but he can coach.
                          Close race between Brown and Carlisle for me but I'll go with that reasoning. I think Carlisle is brilliant with tactics though - on pure X&O's I think he'd be my top choice.

                          Originally posted by Hoop View Post
                          I certainly would not be upset if he was ever brought back here, several years down the road.
                          Interesting thought, and I agree. If Donnie can find his way back to the franchise, who's to say Rick won't? Though I expect he'll be in Dallas for a long, long time.

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                          • #14
                            Re: Who is the best coach in Pacers history?

                            Has to be Slick. Championships. Coach & GM. On tv selling tickets during the telethon to keep the team in Indy. He was the face of the franchise. Couldn't have done any more.

                            Larry Brown is a great coach but he was never dedicated to the team (or any other team that he has been with). Larry Bird knew how to build and use his staff. But Slick did it all.

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                            • #15
                              Re: Who is the best coach in Pacers history?

                              Originally posted by vnzla81 View Post
                              "JOB"

                              Signed by UNCLEBUCK.
                              Come on, man. Find me a post where UB even came close to doing anything but defending JOB as an adequate coach for the Pacers who actually might have been good in certain areas. You need to stop equating defense with adoration, you really do.


                              To the topic at hand, it would be a toss-up between Slick's ABA days and Brown or Carlisle in the NBA days. Slick's NBA days are tainted by the lack of talent (and changing conditions) he was saddled with. Brown's behind-the-scenes problems grated on players but there is no question he took the team to another level, which is what you want a coach to do. Rick was skilled at the game but not so skilled with player interaction - remember that many of the locker room issues started when his player interaction assistant coaches moved on.

                              If I had to pick one, it would be Slick with Larry Brown a very close second.
                              BillS

                              A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
                              Or throw in a first-round pick and flip it for a max-level point guard...

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