What coach would you like for next season?
Posted: Wed Jul 8, 2009 6:36 am
Mike Brown - http://www.basketball-reference.com/coa ... mi99c.html
Jeff Van Gundy - http://www.basketball-reference.com/coa ... je99c.html
Avery Johnson - http://www.basketball-reference.com/coa ... av01c.html
Mike Fratello - http://www.basketball-reference.com/coa ... mi99c.html
Pat Riley - http://www.basketball-reference.com/coa ... pa01c.html
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Not sure if there is a chance of Riley coming back to coaching but i added him because he was mentioned in a rumor some weeks ago. I selected the other candidates based on what members around the forum believe that would be interesting options.
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Personally, i think Mike Brown has to be fired. I could care less about last season record and i will explain why.
As how i see it, Brown can be 2 things: a good coach for a team looking to just make the playoffs or a great assistant that adds a much needed defensive orientation to a possible contender.
The fact is that Brown perfectly knows defensive fundaments and that is the main key to have a good regular season. It is a lot easier to win against most non-playoff teams with defensive fundaments. And when i talk about defensive fundaments i am not talking about every type of defense but 'Fundaments'. It is obvious, that the Cavs had to think outside the box defensively to stop Magic and they failed.
I will establish my point by comparison and i will do it with no other than the San Antonio Spurs because Brown spent 3 years with them and he obviously learned about defense there:
Season W L % (all with Duncan): 2008-09 54 28 .659 - 2007-08 56 26 .683 - 2006-07 58 24 .707 - 2005-06 63 19 .768 - 2004-05 59 23 .720 - 2003-04 57 25 .695 - 2002-03 60 22 .732 - 2001-02 58 24 .707 - 2000-01 58 24 .707 - 1999-00 53 29 .646 - 1998-99 37 13 .740 - 1997-98 56 26 .683
You can talk about Duncan and some other players but the fact is that the Spurs have been the most consistent nba team of the last decade (season terms) and thats because they know defensive fundaments.
Back to Mike Brown, there are 2 reasons why i think he should be fired:
1) I am not sure if he is capable of running a decent offense that doesn't involve Lebron (Main reason why i think he is a great assistant coach in a coaching position). Obviously, you want your main player to be involved on offense but you need other options too.
2 and most important) He is incapable of thinking outside the box. To win the playoffs you need to defeat 4 different teams that usually have different styles. There are champions with more luck than others but you must be capable to adjust your game for every challenge if you want to be.
It is possible that Lebron is good enough to win a title in the near future with Brown but i like to believe that the Cavs would already have their title by now if their coach was a Gregg Popovich or a Phil Jackson or a Pat Riley.
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My candidate is Avery Johnson. He has been offered the coaching position of different teams during the past year but he is waiting for the right team to call and Cleveland could be that team for obvious reasons.
What i love most about him is the main reason why he was fired by Dallas. Johnson likes to alway be in control of what happens on the court and while some Mavs fans saw him as a mad man, i think it helps the team to make up for the lack of leadership of their pg. Kidd-Johnson relationship was destinied to fail. Mo Williams is not a pure pg so it works perfectly, lol.
Avery would also bring some much needed mental toughness to the team.
Jeff Van Gundy - http://www.basketball-reference.com/coa ... je99c.html
Avery Johnson - http://www.basketball-reference.com/coa ... av01c.html
Mike Fratello - http://www.basketball-reference.com/coa ... mi99c.html
Pat Riley - http://www.basketball-reference.com/coa ... pa01c.html
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Not sure if there is a chance of Riley coming back to coaching but i added him because he was mentioned in a rumor some weeks ago. I selected the other candidates based on what members around the forum believe that would be interesting options.
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Personally, i think Mike Brown has to be fired. I could care less about last season record and i will explain why.
As how i see it, Brown can be 2 things: a good coach for a team looking to just make the playoffs or a great assistant that adds a much needed defensive orientation to a possible contender.
The fact is that Brown perfectly knows defensive fundaments and that is the main key to have a good regular season. It is a lot easier to win against most non-playoff teams with defensive fundaments. And when i talk about defensive fundaments i am not talking about every type of defense but 'Fundaments'. It is obvious, that the Cavs had to think outside the box defensively to stop Magic and they failed.
I will establish my point by comparison and i will do it with no other than the San Antonio Spurs because Brown spent 3 years with them and he obviously learned about defense there:
Season W L % (all with Duncan): 2008-09 54 28 .659 - 2007-08 56 26 .683 - 2006-07 58 24 .707 - 2005-06 63 19 .768 - 2004-05 59 23 .720 - 2003-04 57 25 .695 - 2002-03 60 22 .732 - 2001-02 58 24 .707 - 2000-01 58 24 .707 - 1999-00 53 29 .646 - 1998-99 37 13 .740 - 1997-98 56 26 .683
You can talk about Duncan and some other players but the fact is that the Spurs have been the most consistent nba team of the last decade (season terms) and thats because they know defensive fundaments.
Back to Mike Brown, there are 2 reasons why i think he should be fired:
1) I am not sure if he is capable of running a decent offense that doesn't involve Lebron (Main reason why i think he is a great assistant coach in a coaching position). Obviously, you want your main player to be involved on offense but you need other options too.
2 and most important) He is incapable of thinking outside the box. To win the playoffs you need to defeat 4 different teams that usually have different styles. There are champions with more luck than others but you must be capable to adjust your game for every challenge if you want to be.
It is possible that Lebron is good enough to win a title in the near future with Brown but i like to believe that the Cavs would already have their title by now if their coach was a Gregg Popovich or a Phil Jackson or a Pat Riley.
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My candidate is Avery Johnson. He has been offered the coaching position of different teams during the past year but he is waiting for the right team to call and Cleveland could be that team for obvious reasons.
What i love most about him is the main reason why he was fired by Dallas. Johnson likes to alway be in control of what happens on the court and while some Mavs fans saw him as a mad man, i think it helps the team to make up for the lack of leadership of their pg. Kidd-Johnson relationship was destinied to fail. Mo Williams is not a pure pg so it works perfectly, lol.
Avery would also bring some much needed mental toughness to the team.