Best head coach who spent time in ATL?

[sturt]

This Doc Rivers quote got me thinking. Think Lenny deserves first place.

Lon Kruger, of course, is a close second.

 

(... and may it never be said that sturt lacks a sense of humor!)

[Final_quest]

Coach Bud is on pace for highest winning%.  Multiple 60 win seasons.  

Doc Rivers has the titles.  
 

[NBASupes]

Doc never head coached here. Its Lenny to me and after that, Bud.

[sillent]

Lon Kruger?? I feel like Terry Scotts, Larry Drew and Mike Woodson was better than Lon Kruger. Lon Kruger and the playoff promise Hawks. We I believe we had Jason Terry, Stephen Jackson, Glen Robinson, Shareef Abdul Raheem and Theo Ratliff and still couldn't get to the playoffs.

Lenny was one of the best. Bud would be modern day Lenny. Team basketball over a bunch of superstars. 

Lloyd Pierce is someone we haven't had before and I believe has the recipe to take us to places we haven't been.

[AHF]

4 hours ago, sturt said:

Lon Kruger, of course, is a close second

 

(... and may it never be said that sturt lacks a sense of humor!)

 

3 minutes ago, sillent said:

Lon Kruger?? I feel like Terry Scotts, Larry Drew and Mike Woodson was better than Lon Kruger. Lon Kruger and the playoff promise Hawks.

I think you missed the end of sturt’s  post.  

[capstone21]

Bud then Lenny then Fratello 

[hawkzlova123]

Popavich when he visits atlanta.

He might be the best head coach that spent time in atlanta

[Diesel]

If I was ranking (top 5)

1.  Lenny - He took nothing and made something with it.

2.  Bud - Possibly could be #1 but his last years here were ????

3.  Fratello -  Nuff Said. 

4.  Larry Drew - He was able to take the mess that Woodson couldn't win with an win. 

5.  Loughery - Never gets any credit but the man took a bad team and made them watchable. 

Honorable mentions to Woodson, Weiss and Brown.

Here's the thing....  Larry Drew may deserve more credit.   Our worse team with him was 44 and 38.   That's trying to manage Iso Joe and Shot happy Smoove.   I just can't put LD above Fratello.    The real fight is Lenny and Bud.   Bud was handed a good team and alllowed to have players that he didn't want traded.   Trading Joe and Smoove meant that he could get anything he wanted back in return.  The real question is what could Bud had done had Danny traded away Just Smoove, Got back Millsap and DMCthealltimegr8 and kept IsoJoe and the Crawkin.  IsoJoe would have been the first real allstar that Bud would have had to coach and he works in an area of Bud's strength.  Bud's teams usually excel but who really excels are the shooter. IsoJoe possibly could have been a 29 ppg player under Bud. 

Lenny on the other hand, just taught Motion and his X and O game was impervious to other teams except Jordan and the Knicks.  The Lenny offense vs. the Bud offense is very similar... both works on the ideal that everybody is always moving.  Lenny's however was one that required the PG to be the man.  Bud's doesn't have a focus.  Anybody can run it.  Both worked good in the reg season but had their shortcomings in the playoffs. 

 

[Final_quest]

1 hour ago, NBASupes said:

Doc never head coached here. Its Lenny to me and after that, Bud.

The thread title said anyone who spent time here, not anyone who head coached here.  That leaves the door open to former players and assistant coaches.  
 

This is a short list if we limit it to former head coaches. 

[macdaddy]

3 minutes ago, Final_quest said:

The thread title said anyone who spent time here, not anyone who head coached here.  That leaves the door open to former players and assistant coaches.  
 

This is a short list if we limit it to former head coaches. 

If that's the case then I guess the answer is Ty Lue.

[sturt]

All seriousness... I appear to have thought more highly of Hubie a whole lot more than most.

[Diesel]

22 minutes ago, macdaddy said:

If that's the case then I guess the answer is Ty Lue.

Ty really hasn't proven anything.   Lebron coached teams are coached by Lebron. 

 

[Atlantaholic]

Terry Stotts did a good job with what we gave him, not sure why we didn't give him a chance.

[Diesel]

2 hours ago, Atlantaholic said:

Terry Stotts did a good job with what we gave him, not sure why we didn't give him a chance.

Terry Stotts and Larry Drew and Fratello (his first time) were transitional coaches. Guys who were placed in position until we could get a coach we really wanted.  Larry Drew was very successful.  Made us a .600 team with some dysfunctional players.   However, as soon as Danny was hired, LD had to go. 

 

[NBASupes]

11 hours ago, Atlantaholic said:

Terry Stotts did a good job with what we gave him, not sure why we didn't give him a chance.

He did extremely well considering the odds

[TRW]

I'm going with Mike Fratello at one, Bud at two, and the great Hubie Brown at three. I won't consider Lenny Wilkens because Stan Kasten and him traded Dominique in our championship season. I couldn't put Larry Drew on the list because he betrayed us and drafted Giannis. Yes, I can be petty at times.

[sillent]

I'm going to assume this is a secret credit to Lloyd Pierce coaching and how he's got the "juice" now and y'all are reminiscing on who would be next. For all the hate y'all have given a 3rd man head coach with busted rosters I'm sure he appreciates this love. Seriously though I bet he's in the conversation before it's all said and done. I guess we don't know what we got because we ain't ever had nothing like him but I bet his 29 opponents know better.

[NineOhTheRino]

Lenny was the best.  Fratello was my favorite

Looking back I have to say Mike Woodson should be given more credit.  We overrated the roster while undervaluing the work Woody did to put that team in position to compete.   

The 2009-2010 roster was his best team in terms of wins

10	Mike Bibby	PG	6-1	190	May 13, 1978	us	11	Arizona
34	Jason Collins	C	7-0	255	December 2, 1978	us	8	Stanford
11	Jamal Crawford	SG	6-5	185	March 20, 1980	us	9	Michigan
1	Maurice Evans	SF	6-5	220	November 8, 1978	us	6	Wichita State, Texas
15	Al Horford	C	6-9	240	June 3, 1986	do	2	Florida
50	Othello Hunter	SF	6-8	225	May 28, 1986	us	1	Ohio State
2	Joe Johnson	SG	6-7	240	June 29, 1981	us	8	Arkansas
33	Randolph Morris	PF	6-10	266	January 2, 1986	us	3	Kentucky
27	Zaza Pachulia	C	6-11	270	February 10, 1984	ge	6
32	Joe Smith	PF	6-10	225	July 26, 1975	us	14	Maryland
5	Josh Smith	PF	6-9	225	December 5, 1985	us	5
0	Jeff Teague	PG	6-3	195	June 10, 1988	us	R	Wake Forest
6	Mario West	SG	6-5	210	June 19, 1984	us	2	Georgia Tech
24	Marvin Williams	SF	6-8	237	June 19, 1986	us	4	UNC

53 wins with that roster was damn good.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 2, 2021 by NineOhTheRino

[NBASupes]

LP might end up being the GOAT when it's all said and done.

[Gray Mule]

13 minutes ago, NBASupes said:

LP might end up being the GOAT when it's all said and done.

Jury is still out on him.  This is te first year that he's had all the parts and pieces to work with.  How he, and the team, turn out is still to be determined.  

Will we make the playoffs?  What seed?  How will we preform there?  Will we be healthy?

All these questions yet to be answered....