As a professional competitive coach, the record of wins/losses and number of championships should fill the front page of your resume. From the professional player’s perspective, it is more straight forward. Your contribution on court and your ability to play a significant role towards winning.

In the NBA, it is easier to pin the blame on the head coach when things go wrong. Contract wise, it makes more fiscal sense to move the coach than to make huge upheavals in the playing roster. As a chef, turning on the fire and buying the ingredients are the easy part. Everything becomes much harder after that.