Comments on: Doc Is Outcoaching The Zen Master

By: bron42 aka coffee black

bron42 aka coffee black — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:02:13 +0000

what happen to all the “lakers are gonna sweep…we have phil jackson, you have doc rivers….come on” speechs? Docs “he havnt done anything yet” mentality seems to be workin so far, lets just hope they get this close out game or kobe goes back to old kobe and just starts jackin or decides not to take a shot just to prove a point.

And people seem to be overlookin brian scalibrinis playoffs experience with the nets, you knooooow he has to be workin magic in the huddles lol

By: dh

dh — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:22:23 +0000

the lakers have been bad in most 3rd qtrs this year. especially for most of the playoffs. maybe someone besides the phil should be pumping them up too.

By: GEE...The 900 number!

GEE...The 900 number! — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:21:01 +0000

I heard that Doc is an actually good x’s and o’s coach. Still I think is more of a feel coach and doing an excellent job of knowing what to say, when to say it and how to get it across to where the players believe and understand it.

I will always take Phil over Doc but for what Doc has he is doing a better job in regards to knowing how to get the most out of his players and what they respond to.

Phil is the same Phil but I don’t know if he has the players mentally able aside from Fisher and Kobe to do what he wants to set forth.

Right now Doc is on it! His players are making him look good too.

By: Celts Fan

Celts Fan — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:26:48 +0000

Eerily similar to the SuperBowl. The GREAT coach (Phil/Belichik) gets so full of himself and his system, that he doesn’t adjust and gets embarrassed by a guy that should’ve been fired last year (Doc/Coughlin.) Celts just need 1 more W to make it official…

By: Big Freeze

Big Freeze — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:18:35 +0000

Yes, Doc Rivers has been outcoaching Phil, and I tried to explain the exact same point a few days ago but people were not trying to hear it. Doc Rivers is NOT a better coach, but he is outcoaching Phil this series. Phil’s lack of emotion wares off on his team, and they just don’t have the intensity needed to win the chip this year.

By: fallinup

fallinup — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:57:07 +0000

Phil fell asleep in the second half. Usually, his teams are the one’s with the fire in the 3rd. But Doc has been consistently making the adjustments at half time and playing great in the 3rd. Yes, the Zen Master is being out coached.

Maybe he’s just getting too old. Or maybe he’s spent too much time in lazy L.A. This will be the second time that his L.A. team loses the chip because his team was out hustled.