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JoelMyersScrotalSack wrote:Honestly do we really want to replace a coach that gets.constantly ridiculed for being associated with a potato with a coach associated with a potato chip?

We need a coach that will be respected, not a made a mockery of

therealdeal wrote:^ gcc is killing this thread.

We don't need Sloan. We don't need Jackson. We don't need _____.

We have the coaching pieces here in our own staff.

John3:16 wrote:Del Harris once said every coach is on the hot seat after losing 3 straight.

Weezy wrote:

CarFlagChris wrote:Rudy T was fired after 41 games, but the season already was lost.
We should not make this mistake again.
Fire him now.

I don't think he was actually fired, he resigned if I remember right, health issues, stress. I believe we were on pace to make the playoffs when he resigned too, it just fell apart for many reasons after that. We weren't gong to win anything of note that season, but I don't think it was Rudy T, it was the roster, ancient Brian Grant, ancient and injured Vlade Divac, bad PG's.

therealdeal wrote:I'd say if we have a losing record in 3 weeks. Or even a .500 record in 3 weeks.

That'd be more than ample time for Brown to have gotten this team going in the right direction. If it's not done by then, we don't have enough time to reconcile things before the All-Star break and the home stretch.

Then again, you never know. The FO might be looking at this week and thinking "a team of this caliber cannot start 0-3". Brown is certainly on the hotseat.

gcclaker wrote:...if not D'Antoni, why not let Eddie Jordan take over and have Bickerstaff oversee the defense? Person and Ham will do the player shooting tweaks and pre-game preps respectively.

Lakerjones wrote:

gcclaker wrote:...if not D'Antoni, why not let Eddie Jordan take over and have Bickerstaff oversee the defense? Person and Ham will do the player shooting tweaks and pre-game preps respectively.

If you stay inside I still think Jordan and Bickerstaff will do a better job than Brown.

CarFlagChris wrote:

Alleyhoops wrote:I don't see Brown getting his squad to put maximum effort out for him. I really don't think the players believe Brown can lead them to a championship and they feel like they are on their own. I think their confidence in him is shaky -- and has been since he arrived here.

Potential coaches Mitch should be calling:
B. Shaw
Phil Jackson
Mike D'Antonio
Larry Brown
Nate McMillan
Jerry Sloan

I would also call the lawyers, to determine if we can hire away Brian Scott or Coach K.

While the Lakers owe Brown $14 mil, lets not forget that Mitch pulled the trigger on Rudy T when his team had quit on him and lost a home game to some team's JV. In my opinion, opening night's dismal performance was worse.

V.V.V.V.V. wrote:I'm for McMillan as well. He's good on the defensive end, and he'd let Nash run the show without cluttering his head over too many set plays. And he'd call set plays when it's needed, like at the end of quarters.

D'Antoni won't get us to the finals, but the offense would be exciting.

DarthRekal wrote:we need that article about sloan coming here in here

The 2012-13 season is only one week old, but Los Angeles Lakers head coach Mike Brown is already on the hot seat. Kobe Bryant, Dwight Howard, Pau Gasol and Steve Nash are four of the best players in the NBA, future Hall-of-Famers who complement each other well. This star-studded group shouldn’t lose to depleted Dallas Mavericks or rebuilding Portland Trail Blazers. Wins aren’t celebrated, they’re expected. That’s the downside of coaching a juggernaut, just ask Erik Spoelstra.

When the Lakers lose, the finger of blame will be pointed at Brown. The Lakers defeated the Detroit Pistons on Sunday for their first win of the season, snapping a three-game losing streak and ending a five-and-a-half month drought. While the timely win kept Brown from losing his job, it doesn’t change the fact that his days in Los Angeles could be numbered. After the win, the always-blunt Bryant said that the players “were good,” but acknowledged that Brown really needed the win.

“I think it’s more of a relief for Mike than it is for anybody else,” Bryant said.

Fans have already started calling for Brown’s job and many of his players have started wondering if he’s the right person to lead the team. Behind closed doors, they’ve questioned Brown’s rotation and how players have been utilized through four games.

While the three-game losing streak increased the amount of frustration in the locker room, it first surfaced several months ago. After the Lakers acquired Howard and Nash, several veteran free agents wanted to sign for the minimum so that they could compete for a championship in Los Angeles. However, Brown made it clear that he wasn’t going to expand his rotation regardless of who signed. This scared away the free agents and kept the Lakers from further bolstering their roster, which frustrated many players.

Many within NBA circles believe it’s only a matter of time before Brown is fired. Jerry Sloan and Mike D’Antoni are two names that have surfaced as possible replacements for Brown.

“Jerry Sloan to L.A. by December 1,” one league source predicted. “Nash and Howard are the new Stockton and Malone. He wants a ring, not to mention the money. He didn’t seriously consider Orlando, Charlotte or Portland [openings] over the summer because he knew Los Angeles would open up.”

Brown has one of the toughest jobs in basketball. He’ll be blamed when the Lakers lose. His decisions will be second-guessed and he’ll have to answer question after question: Why is Bryant playing so many minutes? Why isn’t Howard getting more touches? Why isn’t Nash handling the ball more? Why did Jodie Meeks fall out of the rotation? Why is this team running the Princeton offense?

Having four future Hall of Famers in your rotation is every head coach’s dream, but only when things are going well. If the team struggles, as the Lakers have through four games, it can be nightmare. Fair or not, Brown will be on the hot seat and under the microscope all season long.

JoelMyersScrotalSack wrote:Honestly do we really want to replace a coach that gets.constantly ridiculed for being associated with a potato with a coach associated with a potato chip?

We need a coach that will be respected, not a made a mockery of