Rules out Van Gundy for sure then. I'm sure if Zen Master or Popovich were available the Cavs would be all over it. Finding a new coach is alot easier said then done. I don't see too many options for Cavs. I don't know if Lebron would like playing for an upcoming coach. Cavs best bet to keep Lebron is to get much better players and keep the same coach. Go far in the playoffs next year and let the chips fall where they may. A new coach with the same ole' pathetic players will just revamp the system with not much better results and Lebron just getting frustrated.
I don't agree the Cavs should fire Mike Brown. There is only so much a coach can do when you have a bunch of big salaries "veterans" (Big Z, Big Ben, and Wally) that're way passed the top of their careers. They should fire Danny Ferry. Dan Ferry has done very little to improve the roster of the Cavs with FAs or trades. Let's face it: Cleveland is the only team that has only 1 all-star in the four conference final teams. Guaran-Mo was picked by Stern as an all-star on the Cavs complains.
Delonte West's stats this year were virtually identical to the numbers he put up in Boston. Mo Williams stats are identical to the stats he put up in Milwaukee (fewer assists though). In Milwaukee, he averaged 17 pts / 6 assists. You couldn't find a place on the Rockets for that?
A new coach likely won't get them farther than the ECF in a single year. LeBron probably won't be mature or patient enough to wait anymore.
I think this guy is the most overrated coach in the NBA. Alot of people say if it ain't broke don't fix it, but he says it's broke whatever.
Why? Larry Brown took the Detroit Pistons, who reached the ECF the previous year, to the title in his first year.
No I didn't. I don't expect the Cavs to not try to improve their roster for next year. That doesn't preclude a new coach from being able to take a team to a title in his first year.
Blame it on the coach all you want but I think management should bite the bullet on this one. We all knew the Cavs were 1 more legit piece away before the trade deadline to be serious contenders. They had the necessary expirings/player packages to have gotten something done but they stood pat. It looks bad on Mike Brown but the whole situation could've been avoided if they added that 1 more piece. Blame the Ferry.
Kurt Rambis is a better coach than Mike Brown. The guy really is garbage. Mike Brown didnt get them to the finals both times; that was all lebron. I think I hear Phil Jackson's phone ringing if the lakers lose this year. And I completely agree with a previous post about Adelman deserving that Coach of the Year Award. If they handed that award out during the playoffs, he prolly wouldve won it.
Well that's not really saying anything. Of course if you add an all-star type player for nothing, you can go from conference finals to Finals and/or champions. You don't need a new coach to do that.
I never suggested they need a new coach. The poster I was responding to suggested a new coach couldn't lead them any further in their 1st year. Larry Brown did it. Pat Riley also led the Heat to a title in his first year. If they don't believe Mike Brown is the right coach for that team, there's nothing that suggests they can't win next year (before LeBron reaches free agency and has a chance to leave) with a new coach.
First of all, I don't really think that they should fire Brown and I openly admit that every player not named Lebron James underperformed in the Orlando series...however... Do you not think that Brown did a horrible job coaching in that series? He didn't make one offensive or defensive adjustment the entire time. Never ran plays on offense, continued to stubbornly double team Howard right away every time that led to countless wide open 3 pointers by the best 3 point shooting team in the NBA, never even attempted to get his team to go for a 2 for 1 with time running low at the end of halves, and had other coaches draw up inbounds plays
