Comment by just_once
14 hours ago
Can anyone think of a single successful player-coach in the entire history of sports? Why would this be a good model?
14 hours ago
Can anyone think of a single successful player-coach in the entire history of sports? Why would this be a good model?
Bill Russell, Boston Celtics, NBA national champions 2 years in a row, 67-68, 68-69 (first black head coach in NBA)
Yeah this is one of maybe 3 or 4 successful examples in the history of both players and coaches. Wonder why they haven't done it since the 70's....
Most of the high profile basketball players you can think of do this - obvious ones are Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, and Lebron James - as I remember it Lebron has even written up plays from time to time during critical games (evidence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUkQbGQTdQ8, and famously erasing his coach's play: https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/lebron-james-changed-fina...)
I don't think that's what player-coach means. It's not an archetype. It's a concrete role.
There are definitely a tiny handful, which absolutely makes them the exceptions that prove the rule, and a terrible idea for Coinbase or anyone else.
Gianluca Vialli won UEFA Cup Winners' Cup with Chelsea as player-coach in 1998
Reggie Dunlop, Charlestown Cheifs, they won the Federal League and it's hard to argue it wasn't all down to his coaching.
There's successful actor-directors.
George Halas - Chicago Bears
Kenny Dalglish, Liverpool FC, 1985-1990.
Pete Rose baseball?