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[SleepingHero]

RC is a better coach than Mike Malone and Ty Lue.  Carlisle has overachieved with three different franchises.  He's proven much more than either Ty Lue and Malone.  Malone has won with the league's greatest player and maybe the league's best starting five.  Ty Lue has frankly underachieved with the Clipper's roster (lots of injuries contributed)  I'm also not really sure how great Steve Kerr is.  I think he's a good coach but he's also had one of the greatest rosters of the 21st century during his tenure.  They've had a massive advantage due to their ownership's willingness to spend without limit.  Carlisle has won with some really subpar rosters at four different stops.

The young coaches you mention all seem like really talented coaches.  They haven't proven enough though to make a top-5 list.  I think Udoka also should be on that list of great young coaches as well.   

RC might be an asshole but there is not a better word to describe Jason Kidd than asshole.  The difference is RC is also a good coach.  Kidd is not.

I'm just going off of results, and all of those guys have won more than RC has done in years. Since 2012, Carlisle has had 1 50 win season, has made the playoffs 6/13 years and has never made it out of the 1st round since 2012! 

Lue won with the Cavs and commanded a legendary 3-1 comeback against one of the greatest teams of all time. You mention injuries with the Clippers, yet he's still managed to get them to a WCF appearance just 2 years ago. 

Greatest starting 5 is a stretch for the Nuggets with teams like Boston and Phoenix in the league from a talent perspective. The Nuggets are so scary because the coach has them locked in and they all play on a string on top of having the league's best player. Malone is a big part of the Nuggets success.  

You're weighing heavily Carlisle's ability to win with subpar talent, yet he still hasn't won more than any of the coaches above for the last decade. 


And Kidd might definitely be an asshole, but he at least knows how to ingratiate himself with his star players and manage motley personalities. RC's personality has definitely cost him chances to win. I can't say the same about Kidd.