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[QUOTE="RayIsTheGOAT, post: 3026544, member: 6090"]
I think there is a difference between greatest basketball coach and best basketball coach.

Calhoun is an all-time great, top 5 coaches all time since he built a nothing program into a national power and 4 time championship program.
I am all for counting championships as a primary factor, but sometimes I think it's splitting hairs when you count championships. If you look at it, Stevens was literally inches away from 1 title and a game away from another. Belichick and Brady could easily be 3-6 or 7-2 in Super Bowls. Yes, what's done is done and you can't say "what if" or change the past. But the fact of the matter is I've never seen a coach maximize such little talent at both the college and professional level like Brad Stevens has. The 2010,2011 Butler team and the Celtics teams of his first few years reached levels they had no business being at. 
Calhoun is one of the best program builders of all time, maybe the best. Brad Stevens is the best I've ever seen at maximizing talent, analytics, in game Xs and Os, etc. It's hard to compare the two, but they are at the top of the game in their own respects.
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