Are Doc Rivers and Bill Belichick similar? In a word, no.
Rivers was at Gillette Stadium Monday and spent a little time with Bill Belichick before the game.
He talked about how he always learns things from Belichick's ways. But can Rivers really instill much of those ways into his own coaching style? Mike Felger doesn't think so.
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"You can't coach in the NBA like you coach in the NFL," Felger said. "Talk about the two most diametrically opposed leagues in the world. The players run the show in the NBA, and the NFL may be the only sport in the world where the coach is the boss. I know Doc Rivers wants to take things from Belichick, but he can't. If Doc tried to pull half the stuff with his players, Doc would get run out of town by his players."
In the opposite sense, Gary Tanguay points out that Belichick wouldn't last in an NBA huddle.
"If you put Bill Belichick in an NBA huddle, his head would pop off," Tanguay said. "If Bill was in the huddle, you call the play, Rondo goes out doesn't run the play. Oh my God, his head would explode."
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