Mike Brown

[blommen]

I came.

Here you go.

 

[shoes22]

You have no idea how happy I was to see Mike Brown yelling out instructions during the game, instead of seeing a stoic arms crossed guy we've been watching the past 3 seasons.

 

[Jack Brickman]

You have no idea how happy I was to see Mike Brown yelling out instructions during the game, instead of seeing a stoic arms crossed guy we've been watching the past 3 seasons.

A coach who actually coaches? What will they think of next?

 

[RealKingofCleve]

A coach who actually coaches? What will they think of next?

I'm not sure how hard you would coach if the front office gave you a bunch of bums and wanted you to lose.

 

[Nathan S]

I'm not sure how hard you would coach if the front office gave you a bunch of bums and wanted you to lose.

Hard enough to keep my job? They might want me to lose, but they're sure not gonna fire me for making an effort to develop our young players.

 

[MRMsix6]

I'm not sure how hard you would coach if the front office gave you a bunch of bums and wanted you to lose.

They gave him several million reasons to do his fucking job.

 

[chrisrich91]

I'm not sure how hard you would coach if the front office gave you a bunch of bums and wanted you to lose.

Mike Brown had CJ Miles playing fantastic defense last night. Byron NEVER accomplished anything near that.

Byron sucks cock. Mike Brown is the man. Arguing that is just futile.

 

[Tornicade]

Ill start off saying that I enjoyed seeing Mike Browns scheme implemented and being played on the court but its no reason to bash Scott. Ive watched Scott do the tanking turnaround with two different organizations and both of them preceeded the Defense being fully installed for the turnaround season. What Scott did do was focus completely on indiviual player development. Mike brown only had to add on to what had already been put in place.

Scott though got hung out to dry. Grant and Gilbert were well aware of the timetable and had impact on that as well.

Ultimately though Mike Brown being available was a key part to Scotts firing and on a tanking team it is easy to make a scapegoat.

I understand the Cavs desire to get the guy back they regretted getting rid of. I really dont believe Scott would of been fired if the Cavs didnt feel confident they could get brown back

 

[Amherstcavsfan]

Scott had his chance to coach the team as much as possible. He had the chance to not keep running the same rotations and running the same tired schemes.

Instead, he inserted schemes that were poorly conceived and half assed. Not to mention the fact that he didn't care enough to try and learn something.

Scott is as much to blame as Scott being fired as Gilbert and Grant. Probably even more than Grant and Gilbert because of his lack of adjustments and proper scheme work. I didn't like Scott the day he was hired and I liked him much less the day he was fired. He was given a raw deal on talent, but that's no excuse for poor planning and giving up on your team.

 

[Douglar]

Scott is as much to blame as Scott being fired as Gilbert and Grant. Probably even more than Grant and Gilbert because of his lack of adjustments and proper scheme work. I didn't like Scott the day he was hired and I liked him much less the day he was fired. He was given a raw deal on talent, but that's no excuse for poor planning and giving up on your team.

 

[David.]

I remember how much people loved Byron Scott when we signed him. A lot of the same things are being said now about M.B. 2.0

 

[Nathan S]

I was optimistic about Byron because he was billed as a guy who could develop young point guards. After two years, Kyrie's point guard skills were hardly any better than when we drafted him. That alone, not to mention his failure to set up any kind of defensive system and his total lack of creativity on offense, was grounds to fire him.

 

[Amherstcavsfan]

I remember how much people loved Byron Scott when we signed him. A lot of the same things are being said now about M.B. 2.0

There is no comparison to Byron Scott and Mike Brown. None.

M.B's biggest weakness was that he never had a legitimate system on offense, due mostly to basketball players that would stall the offense. MB has always been personable, hard working, principled and well respected.

Byron Scott's flaws were too numerous to count. He consistently loses his locker rooms with his lack of work ethic, and his weak game planning mind. The only thing he had going for him was that he knew a very intricate offense well and had smart and talented players to run it. His defensive systems are stuck in the late 90's, his work ethic is nonexistent, he holds different players to different standards, and consistently ends up losing the locker room. He also is old school in his preseason preparation and thinks that running up and down the court is basically all you should do to prepare your team.

I feel bad for the people who got snookered by Scott. The guy clearly was a big name with some flashy stuff to his name, but the way his tenure ended in both NJ and NOH, you could see that he was going to be a terrible failure for the rebuilding Cavaliers. I think the organization knew this as well, so when LeBron officially left, they decided to go for broke on the tanking idea. And to their credit, they managed to make it work, for the most part.

Let's hope MB has learned from his past mistakes and can keep Kyrie grounded. We have never seen a team that was led by Mike Brown. I'm curious to see how this pans out.

 

[Len]

One thing that really impressed me was the length of the front court. Andy, TT, and Clark being big athletic bodies with good length clogging passing lanes, showing on picks, recovering to their men. Holy Shit. Pre-season or not, boys were playing some D.

 

[KilgoreTrout]

Off-season God, they need you over on the The OBR. No one on the Browns board knows how to drive a tank. They trade their starting running back for picks, and proceed to win 3 straight! Can you imagine if the Cavs had traded Waiters last year at the deadline, and then gone on a tear?! We would have gone ape-shit in here!

Take some of your magic over there. I'm begging you, please!