How is it that Doc Rivers came to be well-regarded as a coach?

[masonanddixon]

who is in the top tier then??

i got pop,thibs,vogel,rivers and carlisle

if u say coach spo...........and ill leave it at that

Hornacek, SVG, are first rate coaches

[miggyme1]

Hornacek, SVG, are first rate coaches

hornacek?? how many years has he coached?? oh thats right....1 season and u already crowning him?lmao HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

svg is good but not first rate...2nd tier for sure tho

[KBaller33]

With the way the media talks about him, you would think he was on Pop's level.

[GimmeThat]

his bench units have generally been decent when he's been given the players.

critical to a deep playoff-run, useless on a lottery team.

[The_Yearning]

He has white in him.

So white players respect him.

His wife is white.

So black players definitely respect him.

This is what people really mean when they call him a "player's coach" and a "father figure".

In actuality, dude is as bad of a coach as his son is on the court.

[LakersDaBEst]

he's pretty good. I'd love him on the Lakers

[hawksdogsbraves]

who is in the top tier then??

i got pop,thibs,vogel,rivers and carlisle

if u say coach spo...........and ill leave it at that

Vogel and Rivers are complete garbage coaches compared to Pop, Thibs, and Carlisle.

Budenholzer is much better than Vogel or Rivers.

[stalkerforlife]

He can thank Tom Thibodeau for his career taking off like it has.

[Optimus Prime]

Right place, right time. He was considered a terrible coach by many Boston fans (including Boston homer #1 Bill Simmons) until the Big 3 came together and got him a ring. Then he went to a rather good Clippers team and well...not much so far.

He's average to above-average at best, like Spoelstra.