Poll: Eddie Jordan

by Jordan Sams on Mar 21, 2010 12:57 AM PDT Comment 14 comments

How much better would the Sixers be without Eddie Jordan?

This question has been tossed around a few times this season. For some reason I thought about it as I washed my hair tonight, and was curious to see where everyone else stood. After deep thought I hypothesized that the Sixers would've finished this season with 40 wins if they were led by the "perfect" coach - whether that be Phil Jackson, Gregg Popovich, or a dude I created in my lab, in my basement.

P.S. No need to remind me that I predicted 48 wins at the beginning of the season, or made some absolutely absurd statements in my season preview. Trust me, I know. You live and you learn.

P.P.S. If you're wondering how I came up with 40 wins, it was a complete guess. If anyone knows how to accurately adjust win/loss records comparing a current head coach and a head coach who may or may not have been created in the basement of a crazed blogger, e-mail me.

Vote away, and give me an explanation in the comments - even if it's an explanation on why Kid Cuisine is the finest food in America.

Poll

How many wins would the Sixers have finished the season with under the "perfect" head coach?

24-30

4 votes

31-35

8 votes

36-40

33 votes

41-45

58 votes

46-49

31 votes

50+

12 votes

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Sixers are a capable team

They just need a coach like Mike D’Antoni or a coach that applies a running type of system because they have the players to do that.
Thaddeus Young, Andre Igoudala, Lou Williams, Jrue Holiday, Speights, they are all athletic and can run. I think that is what the Sixers are built after, kind of like the old Sun’s team back when Mike was their coach

eff you we winning anyway
A.I. IS BACKKKKKKK

by eagleswin on Mar 21, 2010 7:34 AM PDT reply actions

I think with a good coach we would of been a playoff team, anywhere from 42-50 wins

by The Legend on Mar 21, 2010 8:27 AM PDT reply actions

This would be a .500 or slightly above team with a better and or perfect coach. But even still, they would probably be a one and done in the playoffs team. So honestly, as much as this year sucks, if they get can a top 5 or even top 10 pick out of this garbage year then all the better.

by EREX21 on Mar 21, 2010 9:44 AM PDT reply actions

i chose 31-35

I think the loss of Andre Miller hurt this team a lot more than anyone has been talking about. The first 2/3 of the season we really didn’t have a PG, recently Jrue has filled that whole and they’ve still been losing. Even though Jordan is a terrible coach, I don’t think he’s made our team 20 losses worse. Some of the blame just has to go to the FO and the players, as much as I loathe EJ.

by packimop on Mar 21, 2010 10:32 AM PDT reply actions

Though I said 35-40. This team wasn’t going anywhere without a PG. I think a lot of the recent losses can be attributed to indifference from being so far out though.

by yosoysean on Mar 21, 2010 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions

agreed.

by packimop on Mar 21, 2010 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions

I don’t believe the loss of Andre Miller hurts the team more than anyone has talked about, it’s been talked about and I think it’s greatly exaggerated.

A smarter/better coach would have played Jrue Holiday ‘real’ minutes earlier, so the sixers wouldn’t have been without a point guard 2/3 of the season

The mistake one would make voting in this poll is assuming that the smart coach would play the same rotations, he wouldn’t, he wouldn’t avoid speights/dalembert, he wouldn’t sit dalembert in the fourth quarter for no apparent reason.

But the talent and development of this team isn’t better than a 500 team

by jemagee on Mar 21, 2010 11:15 AM PDT reply actions

I agree with you till the last line. I think we would have been well above .500 and would have been a fun year to watch Jrue. He may have even been in the ROY talk IF HE started at the begginning of the year.

by DeanH on Mar 21, 2010 8:08 PM PDT up reply actions

And I think you’re wrong

They were a 500 team last year and don’t think they’re better or worse than last year

by jemagee on Mar 22, 2010 8:15 AM PDT up reply actions

Yeah, I’m pretty amazed that Speights/Sam almost never shared the floor until last game. You’d think their talents would complement each other.

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by tk76 on Mar 22, 2010 9:03 AM PDT up reply actions

Yes, one has a grossly under developed offensive game (with no interest in improvement) And one has a grossly under developed defensive game (with no interest in improvement)
Together they make a pretty damn single player

by jemagee on Mar 22, 2010 9:53 AM PDT up reply actions

As has been said, Stefanski made two deceions that doomed the season:

1. E.J.
2. Entering the year without a legit PG.

A good coach gets 35 wins this year and 41 next year (Since he would need to work through Jrue’s growing pains.) I guess some sort of uber-coach gest this team to .500 this season, although without a n experience PG it would be quite an accomplishment and involve great defense.

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by tk76 on Mar 21, 2010 11:30 AM PDT reply actions