Poll: Who Is a Better Coach, Doc Rivers or Doug Collins?

[ManUp]

Doc Rivers.

Doug Collins simply doesn't know how to coach the players of this era.

[LooseCannon]

I don't mean to be critical but this isn't really the place for a poll like this.

I'll admit that this is a bit of a challenge towards fans here who insist that Doc is a horrible coach who should be fired.  I'm not going to do a poll of Doc vs all 29 other NBA head coaches, but I think it will be a fun idea to whip out, especially when things get slow, but not so often that it gets repetitive.  Anyways, the discussion is more interesting than the numbers.

[TripleOT]

Doug Collins (52% winning %, 23-33 playoffs, 41% playoff winning %, no Finals, one ECF, 4 first round exits out of 7 appearances) to Doc Rivers 56% winning, 54% playoff winning %, 62-53 playoffs, two Finals, one championship, 3 ECF, 4 first round exits out of 9 appearances).   

Doc had the Big 3 late in their careers, Collins had the best player of modern times in the beginning of his career (and the end of his career). I'd say Doc's a much better coach, but I'd also say that Collins is a lot more competent now and I'd like to see what he could do now with top talent. 

[KGs Knee]

I'd say Collins is a better "teacher" of the game.  His knowledge of x's and o's is probably better as well.

Doc is a vastly superior motivator and people person.

Depends on what a team needs as to who is the better coach for the situation.  However, at the end of the day, the coach who is better equipped to lead elite talent to a title (Doc), is more valuable, thus better overall.

[LooseCannon]

So are you saying that if you had to rebuild, if you could,  you would hire Collins, then fire him and replace him with Doc once the team was decent?