ESPN has Lawrence Frank as the frontrunner for COTY

Pancho_Pantera · Post #1 » by **Pancho_Pantera** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 3:52 am

Big LOL.

I'm watching Coast to Coast and they had Frank as the frontrunner for coach of the year.

jzmagik · Post #2 » by **jzmagik** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 3:58 am

That's utterly disgusting. Frank is one of the worst coaches ever, and if it weren't for his love affair with Thorn, he'd be long gone by now.

AIfan3 · Post #3 » by **AIfan3** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 4:18 am

Can either of you honestly say you expected the Nets to have as many wins as they have already?

Duiz · Post #4 » by **Duiz** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 4:23 am

I swear we should call it the "Jerry Sloan Coach of the Year" Award

VCRJKidd15 · Post #5 » by **VCRJKidd15** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 4:23 am

AIfan3 wrote:Can either of you honestly say you expected the Nets to have as many wins as they have already?

i agree with you. If the nets even touch 40+wins and makes it to the playoffs this man diserves considerations...but now meh. Really cool though since im a Nets fan. I guess they gave him the fronrunner because basically everywere had the Nets the second to last team(ahead of the Thunder) in Pre Season Power Rankings.

20MexicanosIn1Van · Post #6 » by **20MexicanosIn1Van** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 4:33 am

They should just rename the Coach of the Year award to the "Coach of the Team that Overachieved and/or did Better than Expected at the Beginning of the Season" award.

edfmx86 · Post #7 » by **edfmx86** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 4:34 am

Duiz wrote:I swear we should call it the "Jerry Sloan Coach of the Year" Award

That'll be the closest he'll ever get to the award, sadly

Basileus777 · Post #8 » by **Basileus777** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 4:36 am

I'm not really a big Lawrence Frank fan, but he's done a good job this year. Naming him as a COY candidate is not really worthy of all these "LULZ."

Gutter92 · Post #9 » by **Gutter92** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 4:40 am

I wonder if Duncan will win a COTY before he retires...

Post #10 » by **INKtastic** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 4:42 am

I'd think Mike Brown would be the leading candidate at this point. #1 offense, #2 defense, #1 point differential

NetsForce · Post #11 » by **NetsForce** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 6:22 am

Mike Brown certainely deserves mention but then again since *Lebron is destined to win multiple championships and is hands down the best player in the league* - or so many Cavs fans would like one to believe - aren't the Cavs just doing what's expected of them?

Rallyks · Post #12 » by **Rallyks** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 6:22 am

mike brown or nate mcmillan

Post #13 » by **5DOM** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 7:01 am

NetsForce wrote:Mike Brown certainely deserves mention but then again since *Lebron is destined to win multiple championships and is hands down the best player in the league* - or so many Cavs fans would like one to believe - aren't the Cavs just doing what's expected of them?

you are simply amazing. my favorite poster.

HarlemHeat37 · Post #14 » by **HarlemHeat37** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 7:30 am

COTY is an irrelevant award..Sam Mitchell has one and Jerry Sloan doesn't..

Roger Murdock · Post #15 » by **Roger Murdock** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 7:36 am

Rallyks wrote:mike brown or nate mcmillan

Yep, probably mike brownn though./

Duiz · Post #16 » by **Duiz** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 7:38 am

HarlemHeat37 wrote:COTY is an irrelevant award..Sam Mitchell has one and Jerry Sloan doesn't..

ponder276 · Post #17 » by **ponder276** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 7:45 am

COTY is indeed the least legitimate award of all time (though DPOY is a close second). One of Phil Jackson, Gregg Popovich, Jerry Sloan or Pat Riley should win this award every single year, they are head-and-shoulders above the competition. The fact that Phil Jackson, Gregg Popovich and Jerry Sloan have a combined 2 COTY awards is absolutely disgusting, and is an embarrassment to the NBA.

prekazi · Post #18 » by **prekazi** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 9:31 am

LOL one month ago he was the frontrunner for the "who'll lose his job first".

It's Mike Brown so far.

Post #19 » by **tsherkin** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 9:35 am

Definitely liking the fact that Mike Brown has decided to learn something about how to use his players properly on offense... it's been a noticeable shift in Cleveland's gameplan that has them looking so good, because their defense has been pretty sweet under Brown (a Popovich disciple and a very good defensive coach) since he got there. I'm impressed with his growth as a coach and yeah, he's COY worthy.

Sam Mitchell's COY was a joke and if Frank wins it, though he is a good coach and the Nets are looking very good, it is another poorly-allocated COY award.

Mahoney_jr · Post #20 » by **Mahoney_jr** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 11:35 am

Mike Brown easily.