It feels good to be a sports blogger again…
Today’s topic is one that is near and dear to my heart. It’s a three word poem I wrote called “Fire Larry Brown” and it goes something like this:
FIRE LARRY BROWN!
I normally don’t see eye to eye on things with the Sports Guy Bill Simmons but this mini-rant he wrote about “Coach” Brown sums it all up:
“By the way, you can't do a worse job coaching an NBA team than Larry Brown did with the Knicks this year. It’s impossible. Condescending, inexplicable, unfriendly, haphazard, rambling, incoherent, unprepared, overcritical, self-defeating, depressing, unrealistic...really, pick any negative word or phrase for a coach and it probably fits. This current Knicks team was poorly conceived, but it also wasn’t a 20-win team. Brown botched the 2004 Olympics beyond belief, he screwed up the 2005 Pistons with all the Cleveland rumors, and he’s destroyed the 2006 Knicks to the point it’s turning into a “24” episode. These are the facts.”
The Knicks and I both made a critical mistake in thinking that Brown was up to the task of coaching the team. Larry Brown’s a greedy old man in adult diapers who doesn’t care about appearances. He’s happy to collect his annual $10M salary with no sense of shame and having left his effort at the door. No matter what happens to the Knicks in 2007 and beyond, the Knicks would be better off firing Larry Brown immediately, admitting their mistake and moving on. At this point, who cares about pride and saving face – it’s about picking up the pieces and trying to think about the future.
Today’s topic is one that is near and dear to my heart. It’s a three word poem I wrote called “Fire Larry Brown” and it goes something like this:
FIRE LARRY BROWN!
I normally don’t see eye to eye on things with the Sports Guy Bill Simmons but this mini-rant he wrote about “Coach” Brown sums it all up:
“By the way, you can't do a worse job coaching an NBA team than Larry Brown did with the Knicks this year. It’s impossible. Condescending, inexplicable, unfriendly, haphazard, rambling, incoherent, unprepared, overcritical, self-defeating, depressing, unrealistic...really, pick any negative word or phrase for a coach and it probably fits. This current Knicks team was poorly conceived, but it also wasn’t a 20-win team. Brown botched the 2004 Olympics beyond belief, he screwed up the 2005 Pistons with all the Cleveland rumors, and he’s destroyed the 2006 Knicks to the point it’s turning into a “24” episode. These are the facts.”
The Knicks and I both made a critical mistake in thinking that Brown was up to the task of coaching the team. Larry Brown’s a greedy old man in adult diapers who doesn’t care about appearances. He’s happy to collect his annual $10M salary with no sense of shame and having left his effort at the door. No matter what happens to the Knicks in 2007 and beyond, the Knicks would be better off firing Larry Brown immediately, admitting their mistake and moving on. At this point, who cares about pride and saving face – it’s about picking up the pieces and trying to think about the future.
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