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[QUOTE="moqui, post: 260615, member: 214"]
that is definitely true, it is not blasphemy to question him . . . but I think we also need to consider the vast amount of respect he gets from his peers, the guys who know how tough it is to win year in and year out at the upper reaches of the NBA.    It's a tough racket, and it takes a very special talent just to stay in the game for parts of 5 decades, let alone excel at it.  Look at what JB has accomplished year in and year out - when he began, he was the fastest ever to win 100 career games (that record has since been broken) . . . now, he has one of the best winning percentages of any coach past his 65th birthday (and maybe [U]the[/U] best, if I was willing to take the time to compute it for everyone)
 
Look at some of these winning percentages by coaches after their 65th birthday:
Dean Smith, .769 (one final four)
Lute Olson, .740
Jim Calhoun, .731 (two final fours, one national title)
Bobby Knight, .588
Jim Boeheim, .819
 
no, it is not blasphemy to say that Jim Boeheim is not the best coach . . . but it's not foolish to make the claim, either.  No less an authority than Jim Calhoun (whom I personally believe to be the best active coach) has said that he thinks JB is the best coach in the business.
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