stevetaebo said:
heck you could throw Rudy T on that list for 2 more rings. It goes to show how important coaching really is
NO you don't throw rudy in there, we are talking about the last 8 years of the NBA, From jordan to duncan only three coaches have won NBA titles and Rick adleman was in the mix legitmately at least 2 of these seasons, He wasn't lucky to have his Team healthy in those years but he has helped Revolutionize the game offensively and he has competed as a coach on a High level with the Best of the Them, Through those years. In my Book he is a Terrific coach and the kings will miss him regardless of how much everyone feels about him not ever winning the big one. Phil jackson knows the Deal with adelman, he made videos of Adelman comparing him to hitler when adelman had the little mustache,He told his Team before they played the kings in Arco during one of his motivational lectures he told his Team that adleman was like hitler and the Fans were intimidating and feirce like hitlers third riech and going to play adleman and the kings in arco would be like going to Germany and fighting hitler.
Along with being called the "Zen Master", Jackson is known as the master of mind games. In the Laker film room before the 2000 playoffs, Jackson displayed images of
Edward Norton's character from the movie
American History X, who has a bald head and a tattoo of a swastika, alternating with photos with Sacramento's white, shaved-headed and tattooed point guard,
Jason Williams. Jackson then displayed pictures of
Adolf Hitler alternately appearing with Sacramento coach
Rick Adelman. When Rick Adelman's learned of this, he openly questioned Jackson's motivational techniques saying Jackson had "crossed the line".
[1] Nevertheless, the Lakers went on to win the series and the championship.
Jackson's use of movie clips isn't always touchy-feely, as was the case last year when he used scenes from "American History X" to prepare his Lakers for a playoff series against the Sacramento Kings. Primarily, he used the film and its underlying message of the brotherhood of man to unite his feuding stars, Kobe and Shaq. But he also took things in an altogether different direction by cutting back and forth between the film's Edward Norton character, who has a bald head and a tattoo of a swastika, and Sacramento's white, shaved-headed and tattooed point guard, Jason Williams. Then, according to the Washington Post, Jackson made comparisons between Sacramento coach Rick Adelman -- who has a mustache and distinctly German features -- and Adolf Hitler.
Adelman helped create this atmosphere of high basketball energy in sacramento, He helped innovate How the game is played offensively,He along with support of the fans created the vibartion at Arco, A vibe that everyone feared to come here to play against. The head is cut off and it will take some time to establish another Body, It isn't going to so simple to regain as many think.
