[TRC1991Participant]

Here is the list of coaches from 1-30 based on how long they’ve been employed by their team…In parentheses was the day they were hired

1) Jerry Sloan (12-9-1988) Utah Jazz
2) Gregg Popovich (12-10-1996) San Antonio Spurs
3) Doc Rivers (4-29-2004) Boston Celtics
4) George Karl (1-27-05) Denver Nuggets
5) Phil Jackson (6-14-05) Los Angeles Lakers
6) Nate McMillan (7-7-05) Portland TrailBlazers
7) Don Nelson (8-30-06) Golden State Warriors
8) Rick Adelman (5-23-07) Houston Rockets
9) Jim O’Brien (5-31-07) Indiana Pacers
10) Stan Van Gundy (7-7-07) Orlando Magic
11) Scott Skiles (4-21-08) Milwaukee Bucks
12) Erik Spoelstra (4-28-08) Miami Heat
13) Larry Brown (4-29-08) Charlotte Bobcats
14) Rick Carlisle (5-9-08) Dallas Mavericks
15) Mike D’Antoni (5-13-08) New York Knicks
16) Scott Brooks (11-22-08) Oklahoma City Thunder
17) Jay Triano (12-3-08) Toronto Raptors
18) Lionel Hollins (1-25-09) Memphis Grizzlies
19) Alvin Gentry (2-16-09) Phoenix Suns
20) Flip Saunders (4-22-09) Washington Wizards
21) Paul Westphal (6-12-09) Sacramento Kings
22) John Kuester (7-9-09) Detroit Pistons
23) Kurt Rambis (8-10-09) Minnesota Timberwolves
24) Doug Collins (5-21-10) Philadelphia 76ers
25) Monty Williams (6-7-10) New Orleans Hornets
26) Avery Johnson (6-10-10) New Jersey Nets
27) Larry Drew (6-13-10) Atlanta Hawks
28) Tom Thibodeau (6-23-10) Chicago Bulls
29) Byron Scott (7-1-10) Cleveland Cavaliers
30) Vinny Del Negro (7-7-10) Los Angeles Clippers

as you know, you are pretty much guaranteed 1 “you have too much free time” posts a week by me 🙂

[llperez]

wow, i dint realize coaches have such a short job stay. You got guys in the top 10 who have been on the job for only 3 years.

[btown gmParticipant]

coaches need to be given talent to be fairly judged of thier ablilities if u were coaching la u could probalby sit on the bench and theyll styll win games cuz of there talent. coaches today get fired to quickly (example lawrence frank) no one not even red aurbach could have made them good. im not syaing coahing doesnt matter but to coach u need talent

[Ahkasi ClayParticipant]

Jerry Sloan has been the Utah coach longer then many of the NBA players have been alive!

[NashyMingParticipant]

Coaching in the NBA is a very tough job. You are dealing with a bunch of millionaires that may or may not listen to you, while your job is based on if these guys actually execute your plan (although your plan may not even work to begin with). The coach is also usually in the position to be blamed on for anything that goes wrong. I personally think a bad GM can do much more damage to a franchise than a bad coach and yet a bad GM would usually fire the coach first thing and blame his incompetence on the coach.

A lot of coaches did not even get the chance to right the ship and was axed. It gives another reason for players to disrespect their coach if things don’t go the way they want because they know the coach would be gone once they turned off on him and the GM would act.

I think the GM should not fire the coach so quickly (obviously, they would have to be smart when hiring the coach), they should give them enough power and security to show the players that he’s the boss. That’s the only way for coach to gain respect from the players. If the coach can be wipped like a sissy, then the players would not respect him, and that would only result in constantly changing coaches, which happens to most losing franchise.

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