Thank you Mike Brown!
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One of the best coaches in franchise history. Everything you could want out of a coach: Transparent, honest, respectful, always teaching (media and players). There is a reason he is super close with Pop and Kerr. If I were him I’d take the rest of the year off, nothing to prove as an assistant coach. Don’t be many openings next season but I’ll be keeping my eye on Portland
Bro had back to back winning seasons in SACRAMENTO and gets let go the following season 31 games in, following an extension just six months earlier. Unbelievable.
Thank you Mike Brown for bringing the first and only Playoff appearance in my memory up until now. Wish this could have played out differently.
Thank you Mike Brown for bringing the first and only Playoff appearance in my memory up until now. Wish this could have played out differently.
Brown seemed like a good players coach to me, I don't know what went on when the cameras weren't rolling but the guy expected accountability from his players. Reminds me of the time when Keegan told Brown "F U", to his arguments with Monk on the sideline and having a private sit down with him to now Fox tuning him out. If players can't handle a coach that has been coaching as long as he has and has coached some of the greats, its an unfortunate ending. Curious to see if he gets another head coaching gig or if he'll just do a Kenny Atkinson and go be assistant until his name gets called.
Yeah it's hard to tell if he lost the locker room or if he just lost Fox.
Brown has coached Lebron, Kobe, Curry, Duncan and a plethora of other hall of famers. He knows the mentality it takes for players to win championships and from his comments, that mentality isn't possessed by the best Kings players.
Brown has coached Lebron, Kobe, Curry, Duncan and a plethora of other hall of famers. He knows the mentality it takes for players to win championships and from his comments, that mentality isn't possessed by the best Kings players.
Yeah, I just can't get on board with the firing for this reason. Wait until the end of the season if the Kings finish with a losing record, but let Brown prove that he's not the man for the job going forward. Coming on the heels of back-to-back winning seasons, 31 games into a year beset by injuries and disappearing jump shots isn't exactly a fair measure of the man's worth to the franchise.
There is much that I and others can take issue with regarding Brown's performance, but as an organization you have to possess some goddamn patience. Fans are allowed to be surly and disaffected, and their loyalty is often subject to the vicissitudes of an up-and-down season. Owners and front offices are supposed to be more measured than that!
This ridiculous franchise just leaves unfinished business on the table always. However you feel about Mike Malone and Dave Joerger, it was the same story. In all three cases, the job was left unfinished as each coach was fired prematurely. And the ramifications of that constant churn of internal turmoil have been plain for all to see: a decade and a half of futility, a brief respite from the chaos when it seemed like stability may have arrived, and now a return to the wasteland of franchise incompetence.
There's a great scene in the FX show 'Justified' where Raylan Givens says, "You run into an a**hole in the morning, you ran into an a**hole. You run into a**holes all day? Then you're the a**hole." I'm reminded of this quote as more of the league's head coaches express their shock and dismay at Mike Brown's firing. Coaches get canned in this league all the time. Rarely do you see such an impassioned groundswell of support from their peers. There's a reason for that.
There is much that I and others can take issue with regarding Brown's performance, but as an organization you have to possess some goddamn patience. Fans are allowed to be surly and disaffected, and their loyalty is often subject to the vicissitudes of an up-and-down season. Owners and front offices are supposed to be more measured than that!
This ridiculous franchise just leaves unfinished business on the table always. However you feel about Mike Malone and Dave Joerger, it was the same story. In all three cases, the job was left unfinished as each coach was fired prematurely. And the ramifications of that constant churn of internal turmoil have been plain for all to see: a decade and a half of futility, a brief respite from the chaos when it seemed like stability may have arrived, and now a return to the wasteland of franchise incompetence.
There's a great scene in the FX show 'Justified' where Raylan Givens says, "You run into an a**hole in the morning, you ran into an a**hole. You run into a**holes all day? Then you're the a**hole." I'm reminded of this quote as more of the league's head coaches express their shock and dismay at Mike Brown's firing. Coaches get canned in this league all the time. Rarely do you see such an impassioned groundswell of support from their peers. There's a reason for that.
Mike is like a loving father. He annoys you with the constant reminders to check your oil and tire pressure and to watch your speed because there are a lot of patrolman on the roads right now. You hear it over and over and are confident you don’t need to be told these things so you just sorta brush it off and then one of those catches up to you. Domas and Monk in particular would bristle at their practice schedule and the repetitive message, you could see it on their faces in retrospect.
You had your wish Domas and others, now show us you don’t need the fatherly advice.
You had your wish Domas and others, now show us you don’t need the fatherly advice.