What Legendary Bball Coach Would You Take...

Which legendary Bball Coach would you take to win just one game - the Natty?

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#26
#26
VKAman said:
Knight for me. Donovan had issues with Cuonzo Martin, no way I'm trusting him to win a title against a K- or Pitino-coached team.
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If we are talking about coaching one game today, with today's players, there is no way I take Knight. Players today would not play for him.
 
#27
#27
I'm a bit surprised concerning the love for Wooden, mostly because we never really got to see him struggle in a one game scenario.

Dude had more bought talent than Kentucky, and in an era when all you had to do was win 4 games, often against teams that weren't really even that good simply because they lucked out and won their conference tourney.
 
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#29
#29
volprof said:
I'm a bit surprised concerning the love for Wooden, mostly because we never really got to see him struggle in a one game scenario.

Dude had more bought talent than Kentucky, and in an era when all you had to do was win 4 games, often against teams that weren't really even that good simply because they lucked out and won their conference tourney.
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The flip side to that argument would be if you lose the conference tourney you are out. So in those days if Kentucky lost today season over.
 
#30
#30
volfanhill said:
The flip side to that argument would be if you lose the conference tourney you are out. So in those days if Kentucky lost today season over.
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This is true, but something tells me there wasn't a whole lot of losing the conference tourney for either UCLA in the Pac or Kentucky in the SEC back in the day. The Johnson County Senior Center Basketball All-Stars probably would have made a better opponent than the majority of their fellow conference members.
 
#36
#36
Wooden may have bought players, but he forced those players to do things HIS way or not at all (See: their haircuts, the way they put their socks on, etc.). In a one game, same exact roster, winner take all championship, I'd take either Wooden or Tom Izzo. Izzo always makes noise in March.
 
#37
#37
pierce60 said:
Wooden may have bought players, but he forced those players to do things HIS way or not at all (See: their haircuts, the way they put their socks on, etc.).
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He had all the leverage though. None of them were going to transfer out because they were getting paid, and anyone could get benched because there were 5 more high school All-Americans behind them. He could do whatever he wanted to them.
 
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