The media has just put on the blinders and gotten lazy. It is to ask "Hmm, why did the Cavs fall in the second half of the season?" and think, "Well, the only move that the organization made was firing Silas, so we'll just say that". No one is willing to remember all the bad coaching that Silas did.
Like, lets just say...that game against New Jersey. We were up by one, the Nets had 2 seconds to inbound and get a shot off. The game was wrapped up except for a miracle, lucky shot. So what happened? Kidd tossed an alley-opp pass from out of bound to Jefferson for the win. Seriously, Silas did not take that into consideration and write up a play to stop that sort of easy basket? And that game loss cost us the tie-breaker!
San Antonio, we were tied in the 4th. Spurs had the ball. We had played them tough all night. What happened? A pick-and-roll to Duncan who had all the time in the world to shoot and he drains it for the win. Duncan quote from the post game comments: "We've run that play a billion times." Silas did not have a plan to defend a play that the Spurs admit it is staple in their playbook? Bad coaching.
Should we forget that the first half of the season schedule (which included Atlanta 3 times, Charlotte 4 times, and NO once) compared to the second half of the season (undeniable tougher teams)?
Not to mention Silas saying the "C U Next Tuesday" comment. Seriously can we get more childish and unprofessional?
Also I keep hearing this: "The Cavs where 10 games over .500 with Silas!" Yeah, but when Silas was fired, we were 34-30, we ended with a 42-40 record. Not that big of deal. Most of the mistakes this season were made while the Paul Silas era was still alive and kicking.
So, it was not just "The firing of Coach Silas marked the end of the Cavs season"...what a lazy, uninformed, poorly thought out conclusion to come to. I should be getting paid to write about sports if this is the best these media geniuses can come up with.
