Would MJ make a good coach?

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I've always wondered if Jordan would ever coach in the league. His competitive fire would always make his team play hard. Since he hasn't proved to bea great GM, dont you guys think that he would make a better coach?
 
Possibly. If he is anything like he is a GM, then hell no. But your right about his competitive fire. I would not want to be a player in that locker room athalftime, thats forsure.

Player/Coach? we havent had one of those for a loooong time.... only one can hope
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You guys think he would be too hard on his players?
 
The font size isn't large enough. But it's a huge, fat, stinking NO!

MJ doesn't teach. The little teaching he did do was lessons to compliment his own game. Will Vanderbilt, you go here and receive the pass. Jason Caffey,you go here and set a screen.

MJ would a decent owner, but I'd prefer he stay away from a role in the NBA other than an ambassador. He can focus on running the Jordan Brand.

I wouldn't mind MJ becoming an owner in Chicago. I'd love it. But I don't want to give MJ the keys to anything other than the selection of thegeneral manager. He's awful at managing players and contracts.
 
no. his lack of patience and his competitiveness would get in the way. You somewhat saw it with the Kwame Brown incidents in Washington. Basically he'llwant to suit up and play......... Don't forget he broke the TV in his office watching the Wizards get blown out several years back
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. But if he can transfer his knowledge and intelligence to his players then he might do good.But you can't teach competitiveness. Great players don't always equal great coaches, as Isiah Thomas is showing in NYC these days........
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That "competitive fire" would destroy his relationship with his players. They may work hard in the short term because of it, but it's only amatter of time before it really grates on his players and makes them start zoning him out. Or it just simply demoralizes a player after a while (see: Brown,Kwame). A good coach manages his players, establishes relationships with them, and makes the players really buy into the system.

This happens all the time in the NBA: the minute a coach starts grating on his players and the players lose that trust/faith/relationship/whatever, the team asa whole suffers. With the stories we've heard of Jordan on his teammates, who the hell would really want to play or listen to someone like that?

Successful coaches today like Popovich, Jackson, etc. are known for how they manage their superstars' talents and egos while managing role playerseffectively. The only "managing of role players" I see Jordan doing is punching out guys who don't produce nightly. The only superstar managementI see him doing is screaming out, "You @#$*@# @*$#@ @$*#*$ #@$#*$#@ $#@*$*#, why can't you @#*$#@ @#$*#$ shoot @#$*@#*$ defend !$*@!$*%$### like me!You @*$*$ @#$*!*$!!"

MJ's my favorite player and all but there's a reason why the player-turned-coaches in the league tend to be the role players or only"sort-of-stars". Although there are exceptions, superstars just see the game differently and it doesn't always translate to coaching success.
 
Hell no.

He'd probably bring down their self esteem or probably give them a shiner for not being as competitive as he is.
 
I can't believe I am saying this, but the NBA is better off with MJ at the craps table than MJ anywhere near the NBA or an NBA club.
 
Originally Posted by BullsRepeat3Peat

no. his lack of patience and his competitiveness would get in the way. You somewhat saw it with the Kwame Brown incidents in Washington. Basically he'll want to suit up and play......... Don't forget he broke the TV in his office watching the Wizards get blown out several years back
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. But if he can transfer his knowledge and intelligence to his players then he might do good. But you can't teach competitiveness. Great players don't always equal great coaches, as Isiah Thomas is showing in NYC these days........
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Preach.. its why Magiv didnt do well in his stint. You cant make today's players play the way you did because you think its the right way....
 
even though I said he could be, with all your answers up there, I am definately changing my mind. I can totally see him cutting his players down. And the pointabout him teaching players to play around him is also true.
 
he doesnt wanna be a coach, he wants to be an owner of a team, plus he would criticize everyone because they arent as good as him

then he will call everyone a "flaming fa***"
 
as much as I respect him. NO. NO. NO.

Magic Johnson was a terrible coach, too.
I don't know how many 'superstar' players acutally did a good job coaching. only person I could think of is Larry Bird.
 
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as much as I respect him. NO. NO. NO.

Magic Johnson was a terrible coach, too.
I don't know how many 'superstar' players acutally did a good job coaching. only person I could think of is Larry Bird.
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Yeah I would say the same thing larry was the only person to do a good job and MJ would get too hotheaded at halftime and after game it wouldn't doany good for any team especially if they were struggling
 
I doubt he would make a great coach.

Just look at his second comeback with the Wizards when he drafted Kwame Brown and him and Doug Collins rushed him and destroyed him.Also the younger playerslike Jerry Stackhouse didnt even bother to listen to him.
 
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