What Doc Rivers Should Write in His First Book

August 3rd, 2010 by Daniel Suhr Leave a reply »
Doc Rivers, NBA veteran and NBA Champion coach (2007-2008 season) should write a first book and should write it now.  The coach most similar to Doc that is coaching in the NBA right now has written five books, so why shouldn't Doc Rivers write his first?  

Doc Rivers as a coach should write about what he knows best, and his incredible coaching career has highlighted what makes him a great coach:  emotional intelligence.  He may have the single highest EQ (emotional quotient, similar to intelligence quotient) of any coach in the league, and he certainly equals Phil Jackson in that area.  

His top three coaching achievements in order are 1) Guiding the team through a disastrous 24-58 2006-2007 regular season, 2) Leading his team to the NBA Finals as a four-seed in 2010, and 3) Winning it all in the 2007-2008 season.  

First off, I agree the greatest historical achievement will forever be the championship. Nothing compares to a championship, and the ring gives him instant inclusion in any circle of NBA people.  But his greatest task as a coach was not leading a group of savvy veterans against strong teams to two NB ...

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