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Below are the rules of Pacers Digest. After you have read them, you will have a very good sense of where we are coming from, what we expect, what we don't want to see, and how we react to things.

Rule #1

Pacers Digest is intended to be a place to discuss basketball without having to deal with the kinds of behaviors or attitudes that distract people from sticking with the discussion of the topics at hand. These unwanted distractions can come in many forms, and admittedly it can sometimes be tricky to pin down each and every kind that can rear its ugly head, but we feel that the following examples and explanations cover at least a good portion of that ground and should at least give people a pretty good idea of the kinds of things we actively discourage:

"Anyone who __________ is a liar / a fool / an idiot / a blind homer / has their head buried in the sand / a blind hater / doesn't know basketball / doesn't watch the games"

"People with intelligence will agree with me when I say that __________"

"Only stupid people think / believe / do ___________"

"I can't wait to hear something from PosterX when he/she sees that **insert a given incident or current event that will have probably upset or disappointed PosterX here**"

"He/she is just delusional"

"This thread is stupid / worthless / embarrassing"

"I'm going to take a moment to point and / laugh at PosterX / GroupOfPeopleY who thought / believed *insert though/belief here*"

"Remember when PosterX said OldCommentY that no longer looks good? "

In general, if a comment goes from purely on topic to something 'ad hominem' (personal jabs, personal shots, attacks, flames, however you want to call it, towards a person, or a group of people, or a given city/state/country of people), those are most likely going to be found intolerable.

We also dissuade passive aggressive behavior. This can be various things, but common examples include statements that are basically meant to imply someone is either stupid or otherwise incapable of holding a rational conversation. This can include (but is not limited to) laughing at someone's conclusions rather than offering an honest rebuttal, asking people what game they were watching, or another common problem is Poster X will say "that player isn't that bad" and then Poster Y will say something akin to "LOL you think that player is good". We're not going to tolerate those kinds of comments out of respect for the community at large and for the sake of trying to just have an honest conversation.

Now, does the above cover absolutely every single kind of distraction that is unwanted? Probably not, but you should by now have a good idea of the general types of things we will be discouraging. The above examples are meant to give you a good feel for / idea of what we're looking for. If something new or different than the above happens to come along and results in the same problem (that being, any other attitude or behavior that ultimately distracts from actually just discussing the topic at hand, or that is otherwise disrespectful to other posters), we can and we will take action to curb this as well, so please don't take this to mean that if you managed to technically avoid saying something exactly like one of the above examples that you are then somehow off the hook.

That all having been said, our goal is to do so in a generally kind and respectful way, and that doesn't mean the moment we see something we don't like that somebody is going to be suspended or banned, either. It just means that at the very least we will probably say something about it, quite possibly snipping out the distracting parts of the post in question while leaving alone the parts that are actually just discussing the topics, and in the event of a repeating or excessive problem, then we will start issuing infractions to try to further discourage further repeat problems, and if it just never seems to improve, then finally suspensions or bans will come into play. We would prefer it never went that far, and most of the time for most of our posters, it won't ever have to.

A slip up every once and a while is pretty normal, but, again, when it becomes repetitive or excessive, something will be done. Something occasional is probably going to be let go (within reason), but when it starts to become habitual or otherwise a pattern, odds are very good that we will step in.

There's always a small minority that like to push people's buttons and/or test their own boundaries with regards to the administrators, and in the case of someone acting like that, please be aware that this is not a court of law, but a private website run by people who are simply trying to do the right thing as they see it. If we feel that you are a special case that needs to be dealt with in an exceptional way because your behavior isn't explicitly mirroring one of our above examples of what we generally discourage, we can and we will take atypical action to prevent this from continuing if you are not cooperative with us.

Also please be aware that you will not be given a pass simply by claiming that you were 'only joking,' because quite honestly, when someone really is just joking, for one thing most people tend to pick up on the joke, including the person or group that is the target of the joke, and for another thing, in the event where an honest joke gets taken seriously and it upsets or angers someone, the person who is truly 'only joking' will quite commonly go out of his / her way to apologize and will try to mend fences. People who are dishonest about their statements being 'jokes' do not do so, and in turn that becomes a clear sign of what is really going on. It's nothing new.

In any case, quite frankly, the overall quality and health of the entire forum's community is more important than any one troublesome user will ever be, regardless of exactly how a problem is exhibiting itself, and if it comes down to us having to make a choice between you versus the greater health and happiness of the entire community, the community of this forum will win every time.

Lastly, there are also some posters, who are generally great contributors and do not otherwise cause any problems, who sometimes feel it's their place to provoke or to otherwise 'mess with' that small minority of people described in the last paragraph, and while we possibly might understand why you might feel you WANT to do something like that, the truth is we can't actually tolerate that kind of behavior from you any more than we can tolerate the behavior from them. So if we feel that you are trying to provoke those other posters into doing or saying something that will get themselves into trouble, then we will start to view you as a problem as well, because of the same reason as before: The overall health of the forum comes first, and trying to stir the pot with someone like that doesn't help, it just makes it worse. Some will simply disagree with this philosophy, but if so, then so be it because ultimately we have to do what we think is best so long as it's up to us.

If you see a problem that we haven't addressed, the best and most appropriate course for a forum member to take here is to look over to the left of the post in question. See underneath that poster's name, avatar, and other info, down where there's a little triangle with an exclamation point (!) in it? Click that. That allows you to report the post to the admins so we can definitely notice it and give it a look to see what we feel we should do about it. Beyond that, obviously it's human nature sometimes to want to speak up to the poster in question who has bothered you, but we would ask that you try to refrain from doing so because quite often what happens is two or more posters all start going back and forth about the original offending post, and suddenly the entire thread is off topic or otherwise derailed. So while the urge to police it yourself is understandable, it's best to just report it to us and let us handle it. Thank you!

All of the above is going to be subject to a case by case basis, but generally and broadly speaking, this should give everyone a pretty good idea of how things will typically / most often be handled.

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If the actions of an administrator inspire you to make a comment, criticism, or express a concern about it, there is a wrong place and a couple of right places to do so.

The wrong place is to do so in the original thread in which the administrator took action. For example, if a post gets an infraction, or a post gets deleted, or a comment within a larger post gets clipped out, in a thread discussing Paul George, the wrong thing to do is to distract from the discussion of Paul George by adding your off topic thoughts on what the administrator did.

The right places to do so are:

A) Start a thread about the specific incident you want to talk about on the Feedback board. This way you are able to express yourself in an area that doesn't throw another thread off topic, and this way others can add their two cents as well if they wish, and additionally if there's something that needs to be said by the administrators, that is where they will respond to it.

B) Send a private message to the administrators, and they can respond to you that way.

If this is done the wrong way, those comments will be deleted, and if it's a repeating problem then it may also receive an infraction as well.

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If a poster is bothering you, and an administrator has not or will not deal with that poster to the extent that you would prefer, you have a powerful tool at your disposal, one that has recently been upgraded and is now better than ever: The ability to ignore a user.

When you ignore a user, you will unfortunately still see some hints of their existence (nothing we can do about that), however, it does the following key things:

A) Any post they make will be completely invisible as you scroll through a thread.

B) The new addition to this feature: If someone QUOTES a user you are ignoring, you do not have to read who it was, or what that poster said, unless you go out of your way to click on a link to find out who it is and what they said.

To utilize this feature, from any page on Pacers Digest, scroll to the top of the page, look to the top right where it says 'Settings' and click that. From the settings page, look to the left side of the page where it says 'My Settings', and look down from there until you see 'Edit Ignore List' and click that. From here, it will say 'Add a Member to Your List...' Beneath that, click in the text box to the right of 'User Name', type in or copy & paste the username of the poster you are ignoring, and once their name is in the box, look over to the far right and click the 'Okay' button. All done!

Rule #4

Regarding infractions, currently they carry a value of one point each, and that point will expire in 31 days. If at any point a poster is carrying three points at the same time, that poster will be suspended until the oldest of the three points expires.

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When you share or paste content or articles from another website, you must include the URL/link back to where you found it, who wrote it, and what website it's from. Said content will be removed if this doesn't happen.

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If I copy and paste an article from the Indianapolis Star website, I would post something like this:

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The legal means of watching or listening to NBA games are NBA League Pass Broadband (for US, or for International; both cost money) and NBA Audio League Pass (which is free). Look for them on NBA.com.

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It may or may not go without saying, but this goes for threads and posts as well, particularly when it's not made on the off-topic board (Market Square).

We do make exceptions if we feel the content is both innocuous and unlikely to cause social problems on the forum (such as wishing someone a Merry Christmas or a Happy Easter), and we also also make exceptions if such topics come up with regards to a sports figure (such as the Lance Stephenson situation bringing up discussions of domestic abuse and the law, or when Jason Collins came out as gay and how that lead to some discussion about gay rights).

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We prefer self-restraint and/or modesty when making jokes or off topic comments in a sports discussion thread. They can be fun, but sometimes they derail or distract from a topic, and we don't want to see that happen. If we feel it is a problem, we will either delete or move those posts from the thread.

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Who is the best basketball coach of all time?

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  • #16
    Re: Who is the best basketball coach of all time?

    I will throw an out of the box name out there: Bob Hurley. He is a winner and teaches kids discipline while helping many get out of bad situations.
    Last edited by joew8302; 12-29-2012, 08:47 PM.

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    • #17
      Re: Who is the best basketball coach of all time?

      Pat Riley

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      • #18
        Re: Who is the best basketball coach of all time?

        I remember hearing that Eric Anderson had a job, while at IU, of basically turning on the sprinklers when he was at IU. So though no sanctions followed Knight, I'm sure his players got taken care of, it is the nature of having alumni who appreciate great teams. But hey, not all of the greatest talent won a championship. I can think of UNLV and the Fab 4 for starters. And I didn't give specific criteria, b/c everybody will have their own.

        I personally think taking a team from loser to champ is a much greater difficult of dive, which is what Brown did, when contrasting with people like Phil Jackson. Jackson took great to champion teams over and over again. He's still a great coach, I just would love to see what he would do with a lesser quality of team.
        “Seventy percent of me talking on the court is personally for me to get me
        motivated and going. Thirty percent is to see if I can get into the opponent’s head.”
        Reggie Miller

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        • #19
          Re: Who is the best basketball coach of all time?

          Originally posted by brichard View Post
          I remember hearing that Eric Anderson had a job, while at IU, of basically turning on the sprinklers when he was at IU. So though no sanctions followed Knight, I'm sure his players got taken care of, it is the nature of having alumni who appreciate great teams. But hey, not all of the greatest talent won a championship. I can think of UNLV and the Fab 4 for starters. And I didn't give specific criteria, b/c everybody will have their own.

          I personally think taking a team from loser to champ is a much greater difficult of dive, which is what Brown did, when contrasting with people like Phil Jackson. Jackson took great to champion teams over and over again. He's still a great coach, I just would love to see what he would do with a lesser quality of team.
          You talking about Johnson, Augmon, Anthony, and Hunt? They won a title.

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          • #20
            Re: Who is the best basketball coach of all time?

            Originally posted by Miller_time04 View Post
            Bob knight.

            That would be my choice. Like him or hate him, he took true student athletes to championship status.
            Why do teams tank? Ask a Spurs fan.

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            • #21
              Re: Who is the best basketball coach of all time?

              College: Bob Knight
              Pro: Gregg Popovich

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              • #22
                Re: Who is the best basketball coach of all time?

                Originally posted by brichard View Post
                I remember hearing that Eric Anderson had a job, while at IU, of basically turning on the sprinklers when he was at IU. So though no sanctions followed Knight, I'm sure his players got taken care of, it is the nature of having alumni who appreciate great teams. But hey, not all of the greatest talent won a championship. I can think of UNLV and the Fab 4 for starters. And I didn't give specific criteria, b/c everybody will have their own.

                I personally think taking a team from loser to champ is a much greater difficult of dive, which is what Brown did, when contrasting with people like Phil Jackson. Jackson took great to champion teams over and over again. He's still a great coach, I just would love to see what he would do with a lesser quality of team.

                For what it is worth a lot of these "champions" do not have rings with any other coach. Jackson is great.

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                • #23
                  Re: Who is the best basketball coach of all time?

                  Bobby Knight, then probably Wooden and Coach K. However, Coach K has some serious coaching talent managing amateurs as well as he manages the most egotistical teams ever assembled, the US national team. So probably Knight, Krzyzewski, Wooden.
                  Senior at the University of Louisville.
                  Greenfield ---> The Ville

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                  • #24
                    Re: Who is the best basketball coach of all time?

                    Originally posted by joew8302 View Post
                    Wooden ran a dirty program? Umm ok.
                    $$$

                    Thought it was common knowledge that UCLA was about as dirty as it got.

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                    • #25
                      Re: Who is the best basketball coach of all time?

                      I think red auerbach. He is the tree that has many branches.

                      A good coach should result in a good student.


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                      http://clnsradio.com/2011/04/21/red-auerbach-asked-bobby-knight-to-coach-the-celtics/

                      http://clnsradio.com/shows/clns-radi...ch-bob-knight/

                      Red Auerbach Asked Bobby Knight to Coach the Celtics

                      In our exclusive interview last night with Hall of Fame legend Bobby Knight, Knight shared with CLNS Radio that at one point in their relationship, Red Auerbach asked Coach Bobby Knight to take over the helm of the Boston Celtics. It was done with the knowledge that Coach Knight never had any real interest in coaching any NBA team. But it was a gesture which showed just how much respect each man had for the other.

                      In response to the request from Red, Knight told Auerbach that he did not want to jeopardize one of the best friendships he ever had by accepting the position. To which Red answered, “who the hell would that be?” But all joking aside, Knight referred to Red as one of the greatest in terms of how to compete and approach the game of basketball. Their discussions included numerous dinners where student and teacher would exchange ideas and advice.


                      Knight was also quick to praise Red for the commitment he had to the Celtics. Even when, by all external measures, Red was suppose to be in the background, Knight inferred that Red’s influence was always strong throughout the Celtics organization. Though there are no contemporary comparisons to Red, Knight pointed to other personalities like Lombardi, and Paul Brown when he talked about Red’s impact on the Celtics and their legacy.


                      Truth be told, Bobby Knight has never been one to hold back about his feelings. And that theme rang unquestioned when he attributed to Red the significant influence he had over the Celtics and the game of basketball. To hear the Bobby Knight interview in its entirety,

                      Thanks to CLNS Radio’s Dr. John Naranja, CLNS Radio had a one-on-one exclusive interview with coach Bob Knight! Bob talked about his outdoor lifestyle, his relationship with Red Auerbach, and why he thinks Bill Russell is the most valuable player to ever play the game of basketball!

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                      • #26
                        Re: Who is the best basketball coach of all time?

                        No one except Hoosiers would rank Knight at the top. Coach K beats them all with a stick. Total class act.

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                        • #27
                          Re: Who is the best basketball coach of all time?

                          I'd say Phil and Poppovich are both right at the top because of their Xs and Os ability as well as being able to make seemingly ill-fitting parts work cohesively.

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                          • #28
                            Re: Who is the best basketball coach of all time?

                            Geno Auriemma. Yes I know I'm biased. But we all are, and this is just based on personal experience from watching coaches. (I still think I'm right though. :P ) But his accomplishments add up. 7 National Championships (4 undefeated seasons), 13 final fours, over 800 wins and has won 86% of his games. He also has the longest consecutive win streak, longest consecutive home win streak, and third longest consecutive win streak in college basketball. When he was hired at Uconn, the team had only previously had one winning season. Now, not only is Uconn expected to win a national championship every year, they're expected to go undefeated.

                            There are obviously a lot of great ones that I never got to see. But Geno's teams essentially taught me basketball. I don't think I've ever seen a basketball team run offense as well as his best teams. He understands Xs and Os as well as the psychological aspects of coaching as well as anyone, and his accomplishments certainly add up.

                            Second would be Pop for me.
                            Last edited by Sookie; 12-30-2012, 01:00 AM.

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                            • #29
                              Re: Who is the best basketball coach of all time?

                              Coach K for me. I wouldn't put many close to him either.

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                              • #30
                                Re: Who is the best basketball coach of all time?

                                I don't think you can say who is the very best at anything. However, if forced to rank the coaches, John Wooden is the top for me. Second place wouldn't even be close.

                                He won 10 national championships, and 80% of his games. Rupp and Coach K have each won 4 titles. Knight and Calhoun have won 3. Wooden also had 4 undefeated seasons. Geno Auriemma also had 4 undefeated seasons, with no other NCAA basketball coach having more than one. There were several years where the backup squad for UCLA would have been the second best team in the country.

                                Beyond that, Wooden was a great man. He was an excellent teacher on and off the basketball court.

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