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Rick Carlisle

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Basketball Coach

The Resume

    (October 27, 1959- )
    Coaches Indiana Pacers (2003-)
    Coached Detroit Pistons (2001-03)
    Assistant coach for Indiana Pacers (1997-2000)
    Played for University of Virginia, Boston Celtics, and New York Knicks
    NBA Coach of the Year (2002)

Why he might be annoying:

    He is the NBA's version of Rodney Dangerfield.
    After being the top assistant coach of the Pacers team that made the 2000 NBA Finals, he was passed over for the Pacers head coach job in favor of Isiah Thomas.
    After leading the Pistons to two straight division titles and 50-win seasons, he was fired and replaced by Larry Brown.
    He relentlessly tries to convince media people to consider his players for awards.
    He has a stubborn personality.
    He looks like a frowning Jim Carrey.
    He rarely, if ever, smiles.
    He only played a few seasons in the NBA, and the most he averaged was 2.6 points per game.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was co-captain of the Virginia Cavaliers' 1984 Final Four team.
    He was the second NBA coach to win division titles in each of his first three coaching seasons (Pat Riley was the other).
    He coached the Pacers to 61 wins in the 2003-04 season, a franchise record.
    He played alongside Larry Bird during the Boston Celtics' 1986 championship run.
    He is still good friends with Bird, and Bird gave Carlisle the Pacers' assistant and head coaching positions.
    He thinks coaching his players to a championship trophy is more important than any other coaching honors.

Credit: Hoxy


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 61 Votes: 45.90% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 16 Votes: 68.75% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 19 Votes: 52.63% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 18 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 25 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 17 Votes: 76.47% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 80 Votes: 65.00% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 54 Votes: 72.22% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 47 Votes: 74.47% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 75 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 111 Votes: 72.07% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 174 Votes: 67.24% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 218 Votes: 58.72% Annoying