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wooo! go lakers!

Zen master my ass. You had MJ, Pippen, Kobe and Shaq. Do something without the best player in the league and maybe I'll consider you the master. It really pissed me off when he mispronounced "Powe". You knew the guys name you just wanted to degrade the guy. And you are supposed to be a classy guy? Please.

The zen master.

1 of da best nba coaches of all time

much better in the bulls days..

He was a good player and a greater coach. You must admire what he has done.

Phil Jackson is a very good coach, I'll give him that. But when he has been successful, his roster was never short on talent. MJ and Pippen, Kobe and Shaq, and now that the Lakers seem to be near the top again, they have Kobe and Gasol. While I think that Jackson is a very good coach, I do think that there have probably been better coaches out there, who just weren't lucky enough to have that kind of talent on their rosters.

phil strikes me as a figure-head of sorts. you can't argue with his career, but the lakers are kobe's team, and he's doing little to persuade me otherwise. he shouldn't get much credit for any success LA has this year, i don't think.

Raise your hand if you picked the Lakers to be the team to beat for the NBA championship this year. Not even Kobe thought they had a chance. Sure, you can give a lot of credit to the emergence of Andrew Bynum, the acquisition of Gasol, and the continued MVP caliber play of Kobe, but you have to credit Jackson as well. There's a lot of teams that have comorable talent to the Lakers on paper - there's not a lot of teams that are performing as well as LA.

i wan 2 go in nba..........BUT SINGPORE DOSENT CARE ABOUT SPORT......so i really hope jus 1chance.....thats wat i need...i will do watever it takes to be a nba....hope any coaches see this,will wan to have a try....frankly

Just look at the record! '04-'05 season, the Lakers' record was 34-48. This year under Jackson, they are well on their way to 45 wins or more (currently 40-35). Before the season began, many so called "gurus" made several predictions about the Lakers and their new Head coach - Phil Jackson and the Knicks and their new Head Coach Larry Brown. Almost all of them concluded that Larry Brown was a better coach. Some even went so far as to say that Phil Jackson was really a great "manager" not a coach! Well, all I can say is - look at the record now! Both teams had nearly identical records last year (Lakers 34-48 and Knicks 33-49). The Lakers are on their way to the Playoffs while the Knicks are on their way to the worst record in the NBA. A great coach mentors, nurtures, and elevates every member of the team. Phil did that to every team he has coached. Larry Brown consistently degraded and insulted every member of his teams - Allen Iverson, Marbury, Billups etc. The only reason Larry Brown's Pistons won the championship a couple of years ago - was because the Lakers were crumbling - mainly because of the well known feud between Shaq and Kobe. So, get with it. There should be no doubts after this season. Phil is the greatest coach - period!

The greatest coach of all time next to Red Auerbach. He takes teams that are good and brings them over the edge to win championships. His triangle offense and strong defenses make him the best in the business. People often criticize him saying he wins with the best players. What else is he supposed to do, try to lose? When he tookover the Bulls, Doug Collins failed to win championships with them. Jackson installed the triangle offense and developed a one-two punch with Scottie Pippen and Michael Jordan to lead them to six championships. Del Harris could never take the Lakers to the Finals, but when Jackson tookover, he brought them three titles with the triangle and retooling the role players. A lot of people criticize him saying that he doesn't develop players. However, he developed Scottie Pippen, Devean George, Luke Walton, Ron Harper, Horace Grant, Kobe Bryant, etc. He makes players into better defenders as his defenses are always ranked in the top tier of the NBA. He often plays a 1-4 Box Zone which allows his players to get easy rebounds. His teams all play excellent transition defense to kill off fast breaks and force teams into a halfcourt game. He is famous for playing in the halfcourt and not allowing his players to push the ball up the court. Phil has also been well known to shut down stars and limit their offense production. He turned Jordan, Pippen, Bryant, and O'Neal into champions when other coaches failed to even reach the finals with them. Role players became better defenders and achieved career highs under him such as Horace Grant, Bill Cartwright, Steve Kerr, and many more. He uses unique strategies such as not calling timeouts when you would expect him to, calling timeouts in between free throws, using all 60 seconds to make a substitution when one of his players fouls out, and using his bench to the fullest. He will sacrifice losses in the middle of a season to get his reserves playing time so that they are prepared to log important minutes if needed in the playoffs. He doesn't care about personal statistics and only the result of the game. He will not hesitate to pull his players out when they are one pass or point shy of hitting a triple-double or gaining 40 points. He only cares about winning the game. Jackson doesn't allow his players to overrule him or gain the upper-hand on him as he will have them dismissed or traded. He is not afraid to play aggressive basketball when he needs to take the mental edge of a game. His 9-nba championships, versatility, ability to communicate with players, and ability to develop players make him the greatest coach in the game. None of these other coaches compare to him until they have 9 rings on their fingers to show for. He is 3-1 against Greg Popovich in the playoffs. He is 1-1 against Larry Brown (and 8 more rings). He is 1-1 against Chuck Daly. When Jordan left the Bulls, he was one foul away from taking the Bulls to the Finals with Scottie Pippen. He believes in his team and makes would-be mediocore players become clutch shooters and overachievers. Rick Fox shutdown Peja against the Kings. Robert Horry, Derek Fisher, and Ron Harper have all hit clutch shots. When he wins games, he gives a game ball to a player, and tells that player to pass it to a player he thinks deserves it. He refers to everything as "we" and not "I." He currently is in the rebuilding process of the Lakers and I have the fullest confidence that he will once again be back in the finals on his way to his 10th ring to surpass Red as the greatest coach of all time.

Very overrated.