Originally Posted by
blazindw
I see what you're saying, but as a native Detroiter, that wouldn't be my comparison. Chuck Daly was more than a basketball coach to us. He was our family. He was Daddy Rich. He was a legend walking the earth. To say he was beloved in the city of Detroit is an understatement. To me, he defined basketball when I was growing up. I remember going to my first basketball game (Pistons-Celtics regular season game back in the 80s). I see Chuck Daly come out in this killer blue suit with grey pinstripes. I asked my dad who that was. My dad simply said "That's Chuck Daly, the Six Million Dollar Man. He's the best coach in basketball." And he wasn't lying.
Chuck Daly will always and forever be one of the greatest coaches ever to me. He brought us 2 championship teams, but he brought a style of play, a hard working, defensive toughness with a touch of swagger that defined an entire movement of the 80s in the NBA. There was Showtime (Lakers), there was Bird and the Celtics, and there were the Bad Boys. And Chuck Daly was the CEO and the General.
Rest easy, Coach. You will forever live on every time the Pistons step foot on the court.