He's a media creation in a business where coaches add very little. Buzz Bissinger on why the Zen Master bears some blame for the Lakers' spectacular collapse.
And now, as the great Zen Master Phil Jackson walks down the rose-covered road into retirement, let us meditate on the most overrated position in all of sports: the Coach.
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Reams have been written on the Coach-his X-and-o genius, his ability to motivate in the locker room (do you think there is a single player who hasn't heard a variation of that speech a thousand times before?).
Do coaches make a significant difference? They do in college football and basketball, not because of anything they do on the hardwood or gridiron, but because of their ability to recruit with or without intermediaries to deliver the cash.
When I wrote the book Three Nights in August,...
And now, as the great Zen Master Phil Jackson walks down the rose-covered road into retirement, let us meditate on the most overrated position in all of sports: the Coach.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Mark Cuban Shoots Straight
Reams have been written on the Coach-his X-and-o genius, his ability to motivate in the locker room (do you think there is a single player who hasn't heard a variation of that speech a thousand times before?).
Do coaches make a significant difference? They do in college football and basketball, not because of anything they do on the hardwood or gridiron, but because of their ability to recruit with or without intermediaries to deliver the cash.
When I wrote the book Three Nights in August,...
- 5/13/2011
- by Buzz Bissinger
- The Daily Beast
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