ESPN Radio: Larry Brown will be hired as Pistons head coach on Monday

You don't fire Rudy T unless you know exactly who you want. Les Alexander just pissed me off. He had his choice of any coach he wanted and he blew it.

Dunleavy won't be bad but i'm still dissapointed

 

The other interesting thing about this is that, for once, Brown has a winner to take to the title...pressure is on. And he has the draft pick to go with it.

 

Unless he wasn't really "our man".

And you are really underestimating the attractiveness of the Pistons to a hc, imo. THey are on par with the rox easily, if not greater.

 

Where is Doc Rocket when you need him the most??

 

Just like you are playing Stock Market, this is Rookie mistake for Rockets owner.

 

RIET,

I think Brown changes the equation on Darko. Brown might want to trade the pick, now, instead of nurturing a 17yr old NBA PF. Come on, RIET, I like Darko, but realistically, a teenage PF making immediate impact is rare. Hasn't happened since Amare Stoudamire....hehe!!

 

After the way events have played out the past week, I don't have a lot of faith in Les and CD. You're right about one thing though. The writing's on the wall and no matter what, most fans are not going to be very happy that the Rockets didn't even have an offer on the table for a coach like Brown. CD and Les are going to have a lot of pressure to hire someone very impressive unless they want to move into their new arena next season on a sour note. Again, Dunleavy, Van Gundy, and Silas are not adequate alternatives to Brown. That's like eating protein meal while watching everyone else eat prime rib.

 

the problem with this is:

there was nothing wrong with the pistons' coach, the team had no superstar, yet they had the best record in the [L]east.

what were they thinking here? hiring a new coach will get them another 10 wins with their current roster? I should hope not.

if they're hiring brown just to teach darko, that's a little pointless as well -- he's going to be good, but I don't see him doing much of anything for the first two years. international players are known for taking time to adjust, and the fact that he's 17 only adds to that.

however, dumars naturally knows more than I do, and knows something I don't. perhaps they're going after one of the random free agents this off season.

oh, and by the way, kidd is NOT leaving new jersey.

 

you think Dumars would pass on Darko after how much he was raving about him? I don't think so. Brown may have some say in gm matters, but not this one.

 

CD and Les are such dumbasses for makin the decision of "taking it slow".. now, we are losing good coaches and we might end up pickin up the "left-over" coaches.. NIICEEE CD and Les...

 

heypartner, I respect most of your basketball knowledge but your takes on Brown have really been off the mark. I think there's a hell of a lot more pressure on a coach to turn a loser into a winner than to turn a struggling winner into a champion and this is a challenge Brown has taken on his entire career.

 

Detroit. Well all this speculation for nothing, Thanos I do see why Brown in particular would want to coach that team - great defense, good cohesion and no other-worldy egos. And the 2nd pick in the draft.
I fault Les for this one, after all, he's sitting with the greatest team ever assembled and all these "great" coaches out there drooling for the job.
Yeah, I jump on Carlisle (guy's head's got to be spinning). Aside from the fact that I like Brown, I really thought the organization needed a P.R. splash when they announced the new coach. Dunleavy's going to get a yawn from most Rocket fanatics, much less the casual fans. And Blinebury's the happiest man in Houston. Jeez..

 

As long as Dumars is running things, which I think he still will even with Brown as coach, Darko will be a Piston next season. He talks about him like he’s the second coming.

 

Which is exactly what he should say if he wants to trade the pick. Every year we hear people praise draftees, and every year it is proven once again that the game is played by always praising every draftee in public.

propoganda works.

 

I think the Pistons hire of Brown has to do more with drafting Darko and developing him. They probably saw that Brown was a avail and being the good teacher that he is, they jumped on the opportunity. The firing of Carlisle because of 'other reasons' was total bullsh!t...they should have said 'yenno we don't need him anymore because all he got our team to was the Eastern Conference Finals as the best team in the East'

 

And I actually fault Larry Brown on this as well....it takes a lot of balls to accept a job less than a day after a guy gets fired....real classy.

 

If there is any Truth to this Pistons/Brown statement, then The Rockets are once again going to look like they will get the wrong end of the stick .

 

We MUST get Carlisle now! At least we will know that we will play more team ball next year.

 

imo, your interpretation of my feelings about Brown are off the mark. Brown is the best coach "on paper" out there. He was my #1 choice all year as successor. But the guy has a history of being a quick-fix flake. That's not off the mark. Every journalist in Houston has written about this. This is his legacy.

This issue I have with Brown is not about his Xs and Os, it is about his character and age.

How am I off the mark? Explain to me how Brown's legacy doesn't also cover up the fact he quit on 3 teams in midseason, left Indiana in disarray, left Kansas in probation, and clearly would have left Iverson right before the playoffs for the UNC job, just like he left Denver and NJ before the playoffs for the UCLA and Kansas jobs, respectively.

 

After reading this thread and all these posts for the last few minutes, all I see are people waiting to fault Larry Brown, Les Alexander, Carroll Dawson and whomever else for Larry Brown taking a job in Detroit... Folks... Settle down already... its just rumors.. If all rumors were true, we'd have Damon Stoudamire as our 1. lol and Peter Vecsey would be a name analogous to H&R Block.... reputable... Pull your gstrings out your asses, they're in way too tight..... Try a lil faith for once instead of trying to blame an organization you're supposed to love the first opportunity you get... Whining sucks