Mike Brown “likely” to be Knicks next head coach

We had reports that Brown called Collins and Ingram low IQ guys and vetoed. Like I said - didn't want them, don't know what the trades were, but both are PF and the type of bodies we could use and probably would have been upgrades to Barnes although not ones that put us over the top.

As far as who quit on the team. I think we got Fox who seemed to check out when he realized All-NBA was off the table, he's gone.

Kevin? He's gone. DDR seemed to check out for a bit in the run up to Fox being traded and was clearly not happy after the honeymoon. Most people can't wait to shed him. Lyles? packing.

Domas? Despite reports he didn't like the teams direction he always seemed to play all out.
Monk? I don't know but Brown should have never resorted to starting him instead of giving Keon a chance there given the metrics.
Keegan did everything he was asked. Keon too.

Sorry going to disagree on Keon when he let a dozen other guys play through their mistakes and it cost us games him being extra hard with Keon makes zero sense. Same frankly with Fox saying it was Brown or bust, that was just an easy avenue for him to finally ask out. He cost Brown his job with his play vs. the Pistons. Sure, sure he was probably dead man walking at that point but moreso than anyone Fox was not responding to Brown's coaching.

Collins and Ingram are low IQ players. Neither of those guys was going to be the answer either. What we needed then and still need now is a guy who shows up every day to do the dirty work that doesn't win you personal accolades and huge contract extensions. A good old fashioned bruiser who just lives for rebounds and screens and making the other team miserable. Those guys exist -- the good GMs and coaches want them.

What's notable to me is that Fox is one of the guys who did not quit on Mike Brown during that rough stretch in December. And he stuck around long enough post-firing to get blamed for it while his teammates slunk back into the shadows. That's when all hell broke loose with his agent telling the Kings he wasn't eager to re-up to be the face out in front of the clown show for another 5 years. I defended him the way I did because I completely agreed with his reaction to all of that. There was a struggle for power behind the scenes and the wrong side won.

The whole focus with Keon was on his team defense. He's capable of making brilliant individual plays when matched up on the ball but he's not always making the right reads to help out his teammates and I saw Mike Brown pull him from games at times and talk to him about it. I agree that Mike Brown gave lesser defenders a lot more rope with a lot more egregious mistakes but that's part of his M.O. He coaches the best players harder because he sees their potential to be great. Maybe that was the source of the resentment behind the scenes? Inadvertently creating factions within your locker room by coaching some players and ignoring others is never going to go well. He certainly is not the most diplomatic of leaders either and that more than anything seems to be why he keeps losing his head coaching jobs.
 
Well the only thing that we can probably agree on for certain is that Mike Brown will eventually get fired from the Knicks and I will not be watching them play enough to form any practical opinion that we may disagree on.

Death, taxes, and head coaches getting fired. I'll drink to that! :)
 
Mike Brown was not the problem. I’d g looking at those players who quit or stopped their buy in and then of course, Vivek is always involved. I hope Brown wins a championship
 
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