Comments on: Former Warriors Head Coach Don Nelson To Be Elected to Hall of Fame

By: Stan

Stan — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 21:31:54 +0000

My bug with Nelson has nothing to do with is non Warrior years. I see those years like I do when I think of Billy Beane and the HASS family..he won,wanted to win, and the Org. was a winner. But Nelson in all his years with the Warriors-both stints had ulterior motives and if he had to ruin good teams to get his way-he did,and muy pronto.
Time-and greed- changed Nelson,and it changed Beane man.

By: Ewok

Ewok — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 21:21:44 +0000

I respect Nellie for being the winningest coach in the NBA. Give him the Hall of Fame membership recognition for all i care.. His game was fun.

BUT!

Behind the scenes, he played a lot of head games with his stars, he practiced a lot of ego tripping and is known to have backstabbed even his protegee. I heard Mario Ellie never liked him too.

He broke up a lot of great teams he himself created, he went to the playoffs so many times, but seemed didn’t know how to handle it and advance further when he got there as Mark Cuban would say in the past.

To me, at best, he is a winner. But as a coach who built championship teams. Not at all.

Nevertheles i give him respect for what he accomplished as a player during his heydays as a Celtic and as the winningest coach in the NBA.

But he will never be my first choice as a coach if i were to build a team.

By: Ewok

Ewok — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 21:13:15 +0000

Shhh…

They’re tanking, Don’t you get it? LOL!

By: Stan

Stan — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 18:26:08 +0000

You HAVE to put last nights loss on the coach. I watched-and wondered why the Warriors were playing the 4th without a center??..Key layup after lay ups..uncontested by long arms. I’ve seen it all now…

By: Stan

Stan — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 19:41:08 +0000

And doesn’t it figure that Nelson couldn’t follow tradition and let the HOF make the announcement? He must combine insecure with selfish to boast.

Just a bad,bad, case of horrible luck to have Don Nelson come into your WARRIOR org. A real living Trojan Horse.

By: Young

Young — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 23:39:01 +0000

Tell Lacob to prepare a speech!

By: stretch

stretch — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:30:37 +0000

Nellie definitely deserves to be in the Hall! The creative approach he brought to the game & shear longevity, 31 years of coaching, are validated by his selection.

That said the “Winnest Coach” you hear over & over, should be balanced by his winning percentage which would place him 46th & he’s also comes in as the 2nd losingest coach of all time. Let’s not mention his playoff percentage or record.

The “…neither has Jerry Sloan won a championship…” argument is a little hollow also when you consider Nellie never got to finals let alone had to deal with Michael Jordan like Sloan!

Anyway congrats to Nellie, just wish I could erase his last 2 years coaching the Dubs from my memory.

By: Trapped in Golden State

Trapped in Golden State — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 21:03:57 +0000

MT2…I read every single article and blog and tune in for every KNBR (loved you on Fitz and Brooks today) and Chronicle Live…keep up the great work…any feedback or just getting your read would be awsome and appreciated…Love it, like it or rip it… trappedingoldenstate.blogspot.com

By: Trapped in Golden State

Trapped in Golden State — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 21:00:20 +0000

New Warriors column on tanking coming tonight at Congrats Nellie, for all the downside you brought you were the only one to take us to the playoffs…check out my column for more Warriors conversation…Love it, like it or rip it all feedback is appreciated at trappedingoldenstate.blogspot.com

By: Trapped in Golden State

Trapped in Golden State — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 20:59:32 +0000

Congrats Nellie, for all the downside you brought you were the only one to take us to the playoffs…check out my column for more Warriors conversation…Love it, like it or rip it all feedback is appreciated at trappedingoldenstate.blogspot.com