999 of 1000 Freepers could coach the Cavaliers or the Warriors to the NBA Championship this year. The toughest job Phil Jackson had with the Bulls with Jordan, and the Lakers with Kobe and Shaq was setting practice times.
I cannot quite agree: The Triangle Offense figured prominently in their success.
Having said that, yes, coaches are overrated (and I never liked the Bulls, Lakers, or, especially, Phil Jackson, an effete, condescending hippie.
That’s why I thought that Larry Brown, though kind of an odd personality, was truly a great coach. Wherever he went he built winning teams, often in places that had not enjoyed success before. You have to have good players to win, but Brown always improved the play of whatever group he had, and knew how to get the material henredef to build a top squad. Lombardi was the same way. He coached multiple high school state championships in basketball having never played the game, and using a coaching how-to book to learn it.