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Can anyone think of a single successful player-coach in the entire history of sports? Why would this be a good model?
by just_once 5mo ago
Can anyone think of a single successful player-coach in the entire history of sports? Why would this be a good model?
- yurylifshits 5mo agoGianluca Vialli won UEFA Cup Winners' Cup with Chelsea as player-coach in 1998
- leg100 5mo agoKenny Dalglish, Liverpool FC, 1985-1990.
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- soperj 5mo agoReggie Dunlop, Charlestown Cheifs, they won the Federal League and it's hard to argue it wasn't all down to his coaching.
- spuwho 5mo agoGeorge Halas - Chicago Bears
- Refreeze5224 5mo agoThere are definitely a tiny handful, which absolutely makes them the exceptions that prove the rule, and a terrible idea for Coinbase or anyone else.
- darepublic 5mo agoPete Rose baseball?
- fsckboy 5mo agoBill Russell, Boston Celtics, NBA national champions 2 years in a row, 67-68, 68-69 (first black head coach in NBA)
- just_once 5mo agoYeah 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....
- jppope 5mo agoMost 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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUkQbGQTdQ8, and famously erasing his coach's play: https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/lebron-james-changed-final-play-and-told-david-blatt-give-me-the-ball/ https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/lebron-james-changed-fina...)
- just_once 5mo agoI don't think that's what player-coach means. It's not an archetype. It's a concrete role.
- conradfr 5mo agoThere's successful actor-directors.
- butterlesstoast 5mo agoLol love all the responses