Comments on: Doug Collins, Great TV Analyst, But Is He A Great Coach? http://www.slamdunkcentral.com/2008/05/29/doug-collins-great-tv-analyst-but-is-he-a-great-coach/ Bringing You The Best NBA Coverage! Sun, 21 Mar 2010 01:48:23 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Basketball Bet Man http://www.slamdunkcentral.com/2008/05/29/doug-collins-great-tv-analyst-but-is-he-a-great-coach/comment-page-1/#comment-3750 Basketball Bet Man Thu, 29 May 2008 20:51:35 +0000 http://www.slamdunkcentral.com/?p=6172#comment-3750 Doug Collins has given us some great years of commentary, so I'm gonna give him the benefit of the doubt on this one. I mean, to be fair, this is gonna be his first real shot at coaching in since Detroit, which was really his only decent shot, but that was marred by the Jordan years and incompetence building around Grant Hill and Grant Hill injuries, if I remember correctly. Even though Jordan liked him for the most part, no old school coach could corral Jordan, and in Washington he was handcuffed by Jordan. After not being able to mesh the young bulls way back when, I'm a little skeptical just like the rest, but you have to imagine the man has learned some things from his less than stellar experience with MJ and probably benefited from some years away from the game. He's probably observed the state of the game a lot and chilled out a little in the absence of the wear and tear of NBA coaching in his life. Doug Collins has given us some great years of commentary, so I’m gonna give him the benefit of the doubt on this one. I mean, to be fair, this is gonna be his first real shot at coaching in since Detroit, which was really his only decent shot, but that was marred by the Jordan years and incompetence building around Grant Hill and Grant Hill injuries, if I remember correctly. Even though Jordan liked him for the most part, no old school coach could corral Jordan, and in Washington he was handcuffed by Jordan.

After not being able to mesh the young bulls way back when, I’m a little skeptical just like the rest, but you have to imagine the man has learned some things from his less than stellar experience with MJ and probably benefited from some years away from the game. He’s probably observed the state of the game a lot and chilled out a little in the absence of the wear and tear of NBA coaching in his life.

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