New Wave Coaches for New Wave Players.

There is a not so new problem the NBA currently faces. Just about every person in the league thinks they're on the verge of being the next best thing. Yes you do have your select few who have been humbled to the competition but you've also got alot of one hit wonders trying to get major pay days. You really have to be careful as a coach to designate roles to players who have their own agenda.

I'd like to comment about Phil Jackson's incredible major accomplishment. He's developed a system. No it's not him who invented it but he's used it to get players to rely on what he's saying rather than there individual selves. Alot of Franchises are being put in the hands of coaches who feel inferior to the players and rely on their superstars to get them out of tight jams which leads to a lack of success and ultimately getting them fired. So far Phil is the only coach who has survived the kids ruling the school trend. Phil is the ultimate ego checker and there are alot of coaches wishing for the same success.

In New York we have a highly ranked coach in Mike D'Antoni who has his own system. Not as fine tuned as Phil Jackson's but he's had success with it. The only problem is he's on a team of wannabes and mightbes. He's only had one season to evaluate the talent and is already facing one of the major crossroads in the team's history. He's inherited a team of underachievers who all think think they warrant huge contracts. Despite how good they may be he can only judge them from one season's body of work and 32 wins shouldn't get anyone the keys to the castle.

In the NBA you got alot of players who think they are the reason or believe they will be the reason for the teams success and want to get paid accordingly. I'm not going to mention any names but this is the problem, from the worst team in the league to the first. Players don't want to get judged based on team success but on individual success and new wave coaches are not standing for it.

If you think you're all that, a new wave coach is gonna show you the door. Do you want to know why? Because they think they're all that! It's about the system. The parts are interchangeable. Once you think you you're bigger than the hole you're screwed into you've gotta be replaced with one that's happy to be there. There are alot of big screws looking for holes right now. I just hope a few of them realize that the NBA itself is a system and no one is bigger than that. Don't let self worth get in the way of real worth. Phil Jackson has experieced the success of real worth over ten times and still yearns for more. He's setting the example for the new wave coaches and even the baddest of bad boys have humbled themselves. Don't go chasing waterfalls.