The next Charlotte Bobcats coach

and AndrewLail for assistant coach (to fine tune the Bobcats dunking skills).

I sorta like the idea of having Avery Johnson as head coach.

has anyone considered the remote possibility that Phil Ford may be offered the job? I’m not saying he should, but I think the possibility of him being asked could happen.

Tom Thibodeau? Keith Smart?

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Hmmm…not a bad resume for Thibodeau, but 19 years in the system without one head coaching stint? I can’t help but think his is either missing something, or doesn’t want to run the show. He certainly would be able to continue to stress the importance of defensive dominance, that’s for sure.

Pass on Smart. I’m not a fan of Nellie ball, especially anyone who plays a part in it’s “defense.”

Vincent + More Chances to Fail = Dunleavy

Nothing against Bernie, but I just can’t see much forward progression coming out of bring him back into the mix.

I read an article about Paul Silas a few weeks ago. He seemed to be very happy with his current lifestyle, but a sales pitch from Air Owner could change things in a hurry. He’s my “other” vote (although I wouldn’t mind the Little General at all).

By all accounts players love him. And to me he did a pretty damn good job with several years of so-so Wizards teams, getting them to the playoffs and having mild success there. I wouldn’t mind having him around.

don’t you think that Charlotte will go less experienced, i.e. cheaper?

If he could be coaxed out of his retirement.

Probably not HC material , he’s not great at handling rotations and bad subs.

When he says “I will not coach for anyone other than Michael”? Or you you think he’ll go after an office job?

I for one believe him, that if he’s coaching next year, it’ll be in Charlotte.

Brown doesn’t come cheap and MJ can save a few bucks easily because he has several assistant coaches on staff with solid experience. I mentioned this there saying “Ford, Capel, Hanners, and even Herb Brown (LB lite) are all capable of stepping up for a season or two before overwhelming fan hatred requires a pink slip.”

I find David’s whole comment about not buying into the belief that only LB can coach LB’s guys amusing since he was among those suggesting that the players we brought in this season would need time to adjust to the Brown system. Let’s face it, these guys are pros and will adjust to whatever coach tells them. But the flip side is that it’s only reasonable to accept the fact that it will take the team a while to learn any new system, particularly if it represents a radical change. That’s why I’m thinking that Jordan might want to go with one of Brown’s assistants that not only already knows LB’s methods, but might have ideas of their own on how to improve and build on it.

Also, despite David’s uncertainty that Brown’s way of play may not fit the modern game, LB’s record speaks for itself and he DID manage to lead the Cats to the playoffs despite every pundit with a pen INCLUDING David saying it was an impossible dream. The players that were brought in to town this season carried reputations and baggage. Jackson in particular was considered one of those uncoachable problem players. One of the biggest problems the team will face in selecting a replacement for LB is in finding someone that will continue to bring out the best in players like Jackson and Thomas while also succeeding in keeping them from creating the media circuses and problems that they are already famous for. Brown got deserved credit for keeping everyone focused on basketball this season and it’s no easy task. I guess what I’m saying here is that I believe that however flawed he may be, Larry Brown is one hell of a coach and I’m not going to start dumping on him and questioning the viability of his methods just because he might be headed elsewhere.

It’s pretty obvious that the team needs offense. I think it’s also obvious that we aren’t going to get it without some roster changes – especially at center. It isn’t going to appear by magic just because there’s a different guy wearing the bosses clothes on the sideline. The team is lopsided with players that think containment first, scoring second.

I don’t want Brown leaving. He’s good for the team and the squad has bought in to his philosophy. But if we absolutely have to hire a new coach I’d like it to be what I’ve already stated – a current assistant that the guys already know and are used to working with.

Avery Johnson is the guy I want for this team

“What do we do about our players and all the NOTmoney we have to pay them with” thread.

Watch this foul called on Marcus Camby that put Steve Nash at the line

Crazy Bad Call

Nevermind, I just threw up in my mouth a little bit when I typed that.

Avery is still my number 1 but B.Scott is no slouch by any means.

Just saying there are some real quality options out there.

Your team played well this year and earned their playoff spot and put a perfect gameplan on Dwight Howard. Charlotte definitely deserved to win at least 1 game, but yeah, the lack of offense did hurt. Jameer Nelson was pretty impossible to contain, and seemed like Stephen Jackson’s nagging injuries may have caught up with him…or maybe his heavy minutes all season tired him just enough. Idunno.

But doesn’t it irk you guys that your coach proclaims just a moment ago that he is here for the long haul (thats how I interpreted his comment, “I’ll only coach for Jordan”) and now its getting pretty public that he might go to Philadelphia?
I mean, yeah, Brown does this every few years wherever he has gone (umm..I believe 12 different coaching jobs…WTF?!), but I’m surprised you guys seem to not be looking at this from the perspective of, “You built us up, and now you are letting us down!”

Also, don’t fall prey to the likes of the Sam Vincents, Byron Scotts, Eddie Jordans, Mike Dunleavys, and Michael Currys. Vincent and Scott may have won Coach of the Year before, but they wear out their welcome quickly. Scott is quickly becoming the new LB too, except he gets fired before he can leave. Curry and Jordan are really just not very good coaches. The 76ers had plenty oftalent the last couple seasons but Jordan did an awful job of bringing them together. They have veteran stars in Brand and Iguodala and excellent youth in Lou Williams, Jrue Holiday, Thadeus Young, and others and Jordan managed to make EVERYONE angry and frustrated. Wasn’t much different in Washington either. Don’t be fooled. Michael Curry just seems to be guessing not having any sort of longterm plan or system for Detroit.

Avery Johnson would be a definite interesting signing though. Not sure if Thibodeau would take the position though, but maybe Lawrence Frank is on the radar too. His tenure in NJ didn’t end well, but that was partly due to NJ front office not wanting to spend much $$ at all. Frank did a solid job in NJ.