In fact, low key I would probably hope they fail just to show my own greatness.
Phil Jackson's coaching tree vs. Red Auerbach's
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If you think about it, doesn't a successful coaching tree actually take away from the patriarch?
Like if anybody can do it, doesn't that mean your system is responsible for your own success? I could see if said coach was the architect of the system he coached, which Phil Jackson was not. But not just with Phil and Red. I'm looking at it like if the next man can step right in and replace you, then doesn't that mean you're replaceable?
You're supposed to coach players, not coaches. As long as my teams were successful, I couldn't care less about those trying to emulate me. In fact, low key I would probably hope they fail just to show my own greatness.
Yo, lowkey this is a real good point and totally redeems this thread. They actually do studies in business about this exact point with entrepreneurs who build their own business, and measuring what happens to the businesses when the founders retire. Take Apple the first time they forced Steve Jobs out. They floundered and ended up begging him to come back. Fast forward twenty years to the future, Jobs dies, and the company continues to post record profits. Which Jobs is more successful? The one where Apple couldn't live without, or the one that kept going after he's gone?
Translating that to sports, is Chip Kelly more or less successful because Oregon kept steamrolling along without him?
Would have made much more sense with pop