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Message: [QUOTE="CardiacCuse, post: 2982337, member: 6979"] i just think he had the "phil jackson effect" of having better players than his opponent most of the time...and usually squeaking through b/c of that...how many titles would phil jackson have won without MJ? How many would K have won without Laettner, grant hill, bagley, zion etc? He's good - dont get me wrong - but I'm honestly underwhelmed with his performance as a coach in the past 4 seasons in the Syracuse games...Duke has often had the more talented roster but has been beaten almost every year by Boeheim...I mean even last year's sweet 16 game...are you kidding me? look at those rosters..how was that game even close??? I think JB is a better coach (this year's performance aside..down year for JB)...for one...despite not having as many titles... switch SU's and Duke's 2018 rosters and tell me the coach K couldve done as well ...would coach k get 2018 SU to the sweet 16? i dont think so... I think there are a bunch of coaches who would've won the title this season with Duke's roster...they SHOULD've won it... I don't think # of titles won necessarily = best... I don't know who exactly is better than coach K - but to me he gets by on "brand name" and reputation more than anything at this point... if you include recruiting and reputation into the equation then yeah he is the best...but if you could somehow give every coach the exact same rosters...and only evaluate x's and o's and in-game coaching...i dont think coach K would be top 20. rick pitino for one is a way better coach at that stuff imo... i'm mich more impressed with coaches like brad stevens taking a butler to 2 final fours or a shaka smart taking a VCU on a run than a coach K or calipari getting 10 McDonalds all-americas and being in the top 10...I think the vast majority of NCAA coaches could do well with UK and DUKE's rosters... speaking of VCU - Duke almost lost to them this season! got a few lucky calls and survived - sorry I'm just not that impressed with K AS A COACH. [/QUOTE]

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