I wasn't comparing Wade to Larry Brown. I was pointing out the flawed logic of your assertion that if you keep getting fired you can't be a good coach. As anyone who has any insight to team and coaching culture knows, teams change their head coach for many reasons and being a "bad coach" is only one of many reasons why this happens. For you to say that
Wade keeps getting fired, and this means he is a bad coach indicates to me you have a lack of insight into the many reasons why coaching changes happen.
I didn't say Wade Phillips rebuilt any teams. You don't always need to dramatically change personnel to be successful. Sometimes minor changes and a different coaching style and strategy works for a particular team and surpasses what the previous coach was able to do.
Case in point the Lakers of 1999-2000. Before Phil Jackson arrived they were being swept out of the playoffs. He arrives and they win three championships in a row with the same personnel. Did Phil rebuild the Lakers? No. Did he do a hell of a coaching job? Yes.
Also, case in point the 2007 Dallas Cowboys. Did Wade rebuild the Cowboys? No. Has he done an excellent coaching job and surpassed what Parcells was able to do the year before with the same personnel? Yes.
Coaches don't always get fired (or "resign") because they are incompetent. There are many reasons why teams fire coaches. Sometimes it's a matter of trying to find the right fit for a team, and a particular coach can be the missing piece to the puzzle. Also, at times, you just need to change the coaching culture of a team to breath new life into a team and get a team re-energized.
It's only the exceptional coaches that can keep players motivated and performing at their highest level over the long haul of running a team for many years. I don't put Wade in the exceptional category as he has not shown he belongs there. Basically he's a pretty astute and knowledgeable football guy, a very good coordinator, and someone who has shown the ability to have some success as a head coach for brief periods of time, as he has shown with a couple teams now. He has also shown that he is usually going to keep a team competitive. He's never had a record below 7-9 over the course of a season. He may not have the staying power to continue the success he has had with the Cowboys so far over the long haul, but if he has the skills to elevate a team's level of play for a couple years where the previous coach was unable to do so, that is an ability that has some value.
Joker: How's that for pretzel logic?
