1. Sloan
   
2. Johnson
   
3. Van Gundy

1. Van Gundy
   
2. Johnson
   
3. Nelson

I don't consider Mitchell a candidate because for me, Toronto's success came more from Executive moves than great coaching.

1. Sloan
   
2. Mitchell
   
3. Nelson
   

1. Avrey Johnson
   
2. Don Nelson
   
3. Scott Skiles

on these lists? Coaching doesn't impact much, but seriously...

1. Scott Skiles
   
2. Dwane Casey
   
3. Nellie - only over Sloan because of google image search.

Doesnt deserve coach of the year just based on the way he has used kirilenko all this year.  The guy used to be a candidate for defensive player of the year and a great all around player and now this year he has been used poorly as an outside shooter.  To tell you the truth, i havent seen that many Utah Jazz games but I think Sloan has mishandled the situation with Kirilenko.  Here is the article that inspired this post.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playoffs2007/news/story?id=2846550

My pick:
1.) Sam Mitchell
2.) Avery johnson
3.) Mike D'Antoni

I had Phil Jackson near the top earlier in the year, but not anymore.

1. Avery Johnson
   
2. Jerry Sloan
   
3. Honestly, I can't think of an appropriate third.  So I'll go with Mike (you choose - Dunleavy or Brown) - consider that an "abstain" since no one will seriously vote for either of them.

1. Popovich
   
2. Karl (bonus points for managing AI and Melo's egos and for making fun of the Knicks for whining while about getting blown out)
   

3)D'Antoni... it's all about the 'stache

1. mitchell
2. sloan (how has this guy never won the award?)
3. nelson (aka dirk's daddy)

1. skiles
   
2. avery
   
3. popovich