How come Legends don't win?? (did he just say that)?

a couple of the 50 Greatest Players have dipped there winning minds @ coaching but have come up pretty bad, how come?????? For starters---------%26gt;

-Isiah "Zeke" Thomas: I don't have to say a thing about that!!

-Bill Russell (the greatest winner) tried with the Sonics and Kings and failed, Ironically "Lenny Wilkens" guided Seattle to a championship two years later

-Bob Cousy tried the Cincinnati Royals and failed 141-209 record

-Dave Cowens stint with the Hornets failed but did well with them @ first, 2 50+ season's

-Wes Unseld failed with the Bullets (started out well but just plain failed)

The only 3 good coach's that came out of the 50 greatest List (in my mind) Jerry West (if u know the history behind it), Larry Bird---------at least taking his team to the Finals, and Lenny Wilkins who is the winningest coach in NBA History......but never won a title as a coach??

Why is it that all these greats can't win???

Is Jordan next???

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dont forget magic johnson who tried to coach the lakers for a year but sucked real bad, i dont know why, i guess some can play but cant coach

and yes, jordan has shown that he is not a good coach by what happened with the wizards and kwame brown

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I believe Russell did pretty well as a player-coach for the Boston Celtics.

Part of the problem is that a coach has to be a disciplinarian/father figure, not one of the boys.

From what I read, Russell used to let his coaches run practices, while he read the paper. Luckily, he had good coaches while he was at Boston.
Michael Jordan couldn't win as a player either (until Pippen came along to lead him). What makes you think he'd win as a coach!?
Charles Barkley would be a great coach. His players would be real hyped up before a game!!
I don't think Jordan would be a good coach at all.