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This "bum" coach had coached the same team that won the title last season. A title that had been achieved while the Miami team played good team basketball on both sides of the floor.

He does not get respect due to the fact that he is young and hence did not do much as a coach until last season (and now, in two/three seasons he already have a NBA title...).
He does not get respect, because his players doing show-off in the games when he ask them to perform this or that.
BUT - the way they player, and the fact that he is still the coach there is proving that this show off is only when there are cameras, and when they are gone the players executes his instructions. And that is what counts.

And above all, I am sure that he still does not get a salary of a coach from any school. And that is the main thing here.

I don't know how much Coach K, or guy at Kentucky, or Huggins, etc. make, so I can't comment on salary.

Yes, this year, he got a title, but last year he did not. The title won, had little to do with his coaching, and more to do with the team he has. Last year, losing the title, with the team he had, was a direct reflection of his coaching.

You asked "Have you ever seen a school coach )or doctor, or PR) coaching on the NBA?" I gave an example. Just because the guy still is coaching, and now is more qualified, des not change the fact that at the time, he was a bum.

For the record. Spoelstra signed a contract to make 6 million over the next 2 seasons.
http://espn.go.com/nba/truehoop/miamiheat/story/_/id/7360...
John Callipari Kentucky's coach makes 4.5 Million a year. Rick Pitino makes over 7.5 million in 1 year.
http://basketball.about.com/od/coaches/a/coach-salaries.h...

So, in regards to your bold, underlined point.... you really should check your facts first so you don't look like how you sound.

1) The way the team played in the finals and during the season was as a unit and not as a bunch of great players.
That means that it was due to the coach work.

2) Their team is not stronger (looking at the parts they have) from a bunch of other teams.
Lebron is one of the better two in the league, but Wade is down the hill, and Bosh is not at the same level what so ever.
And of course that they took the Semi with only two of those three.
Not to mention the other players they have...
Above all, if he was not qualified for the position he would not be there! Especially that he is quite cheap compared to all the other salaries.
But again, it is not relevant to the topic.

3) Pitino and all are not school coaches but a college one. Which is totally a different story.

4) In the end there is one true that you trying to hide and not to face with:
There is not a single case or reason for a team to have much expensive roster and a much cheaper coach.

The D-League will never have a coach that will cost like a coach in the NBA.

In the College, a team from the top colleges (in terms of BB) will always have a more expensive coach (and staff in general) compared to the button pack of colleges.

Same in comparing between different divisions in the European leagues.

Last edited by Pini פיני at 8/15/2012 7:50:54 AM

As already written in another post - Pitino is coaching in a parallel league that cannot be compared to the NBA.
It is not a lower league, but just different...

You will never find a coach who earns more in a lower division in German (real) league compared to an higher one.
This, with the exception that the lower league's team is much richer (which is rarely the case).

Spolestra is getting paid less due to his resume, but compared to that - taking the same resume and giving him a different team (even college), and he will get less on those leagues.

It is like comparing two level-X coach with a level-(X-1) that has much more experience.
The last may get more money, but he is worse than the second one by definition.

You will never find a coach who earns more in a lower division in German (real) league compared to an higher one.

there was a coach at least before two years in second div, who earned much more then probadly 15 of the 18 first division coaches.

Also i wouldn't be so sure about Meeks, who coached Göttingen last season etc.

Also i wouldn't say, thatteam invest there money after the same scheme also incolleges, some would pay more for enviroment andoother more for coaches. The variaty also in the NBA is big, yes richer club often pay more sicne they can and this investment bring them more then it cost. They don't double up offers, just because they can they pay it since it makes sense.

As already written in another post - Pitino is coaching in a parallel league that cannot be compared to the NBA.
It is not a lower league, but just different...

which have much less money then a NBA coach, and is clearly lower from the level ;) but sicne the training and fame is more important at college level, the colleges tend to spend a lot to trainer. Didn't you say, that training in top leagues is unimportant, so the conclusion would be that small league where it is important after u had to pay more like in reality ;)

shouldn't the question be if there's a need for a coach? and not how much should he earn in every div?

I am for one against adding another staff member and against adding a coach. If we'll do so we'll have to make other economic changes...

imho i like it how it is, if you think it is a good investment today you pay more, or less when you think it is not.

I'd say I don't know how it is in Israel.... but I have a good friend who graduated from Tel Aviv. I've been to Israel myself as well, and another friend who lives there currently.

Bu Israel, USA, alike. College = School.

I don't know what fantasy realm you live in where a college isn't a school. If you meant HIGH-School, you should say HIGH-School.

4. Miami Heat, expensive roster, cheap coach you are proven wrong there.

Their team played as a unit? SoChalmers, Battier, Norris Cole were all averaging over 8 points per game? Lebron and Wade weren't averaging over 20+? Their team shared the ball offensively like the Denver Nuggets?

Their team isn't stronger? Shane Battier would be a starter on the Cavs, Warriors, Timberwolves, Raptors, Rockets, need I name more? Mike Miller would even be a starter on the Cavs.

So, you've stated 4 points, ignored the link where it shows more than just Pittino, and the only point you have managed to prove at all, was my point. Top teams will have a more expensive coach in general is just not true as a declarative statement like that. It depends. its not so black and white.

if you'll add a coach to the staff members as an additional staff - team will have to get a good one in order to compete with other teams.

If you won't even it out economic wise, managers will have to build their roster / staff differently. That's also ok, but it demands a heads up warning so managers will have time to adjust.

And above all, I am sure that he still does not get a salary of a coach from any school. And that is the main thing here.

And none of the schools his players originally attended received money when the player was drafted, nor could they force the player to play for them until they tired of them, nor could those schools ever join the NBA.

1) A team from a lower division who has a roster equal or lower than one at an higher division will not pay more for a coach.
The only rare case that this may be "broken", is in case that it is a temporal thing.

2) A college is not a lower division compared to the NBA, it is just something else.

3) A college is not a school. It is not even an high-school.

4) It is not a coinsidence that you find that in real-world it is a very rare case if exists, and in BB it is a common case.
It is not a coinsidence that who does not find a connection is probably one that exploit the above unnatural phenomenon.

1) A team from a lower division who has a roster equal or lower than one at an higher division will not pay more for a coach.
The only rare case that this may be "broken", is in case that it is a temporal thing.

2) A college is not a lower division compared to the NBA, it is just something else.

3) A college is not a school. It is not even an high-school.

4) It is not a coinsidence that you find that in real-world it is a very rare case if exists, and in BB it is a common case.
It is not a coinsidence that who does not find a connection is probably one that exploit the above unnatural phenomenon.

#3
explain your logic there.