I can make a very strong argument that he is. This guy wins with YMCA players. He should win CoY but I know he doesn't have a chance. He does a helluva job.

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I wish he was the best playoff coach instead.

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I think he is on his way. Last year they took a shot to the gut with Rose and Noah going down.

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Man, I wish I had Nas' unbridled positivity.

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The only other possibilty is Pops; at worst I think it's a tie frankly.

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Metamorphosis, this is what I changed to. And God, I'm so thankful...

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Yeah. You still would probably give Pops the edge based on what he's done in the past but Thibs has dealt with a ton of injuries and the entire roster was turned over.

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Agreed; it's kinda two sides of the same coin .... Thibs has done well when backed into a corner .... Pops does well backing himself into a corner by his choices for resting players while still having an intelligent rotation amidst it all.

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I think the question is unfair to Thibs. He's taken his roster as far as it can go in each of his two years in Chicago. If he had a championship-type squad but failed to make the Finals, then you could make the argument that he's only a regular season type guy. He hasn't had that kind of roster, at least not yet.

I just hope he doesn't lose the team the way Skiles did. They are very similar.

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I think Thibs relates better to people in general than Skiles does.

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I agree. I think Thibs can turn that gametime intensity on and off in his day to day life, while Skiles is just an amped up prick 24 hours a day.

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That's what I hope. All we know is he's very demanding, and when you impress that demanding nature upon your team the wrong way, you become overbearing. Hopefully he's maintaining a balance between being demanding and being aware of the physical and mental states of his players in an 82 game season.

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Thibs does remind of Skiles but I believe he's more polished. Skiles comes off like Doug Collins. They are great coaches but it appears they don't have great people skills. Players tune them out after a few years.

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I don't know about people skills, Nas, but I wonder if the Bucks tuned out Scott Skiles as much as the Sixers have tuned out Doug Collins.

I wonder if Collins is clearly burned out at this point out in Philadelphia. For lack of a better word, the Sixers were considered a "sexy" pick by quite a few NBA experts this season after they knocked out the Bulls in Round 1 of the NBA Playoffs a year ago once Derrick Rose & Joakim Noah went down due to injuries.

1. Yes, the Bucks tuned out Skiles.

2. Yes, Doug Collins is burned out.

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The Bynum trade destroyed that team. The Magic probably won that deal.

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Andrew Bynum? He didn't play a single game in that trade. Talk about getting fleeced!

Tobias is going to be a solid player. Hopefully Skiles didn't ruin him like he ruined Sanders.

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Sanders still looks great. He's an asshole and needs to hit the weight room but his future is bright.

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