When It Comes To The Lakers....

[StarvingKnick22]

Did they make a good decision? It seems to me like they overreact to almost any loss. They are a new team and they are just learning how to play with each other. I'm starting to think that Kobe really is running the team. 6 games into the season. Usually teams would go on at least 30 games. Mike Brown now is the second coach since 1972 to get fired this early. Im actually hoping they lose some more games like they did to see how they would react. Do you think they overreacted?

[3ballbomber]

You must consider the age of Kobe & Nash. Both have a couple of yrs left in them. So the mentality is 'Win Now' & LA must do all they can to make this happen in around a 1-2 yr window.

Unfortunately w/ all the losses, though still early in the season, is not leading in the direction they are trying to achieve. It's not just the losses alone but how they are not improving w/ each loss. It has to be a major concern considering the talent & caliber that is in that starting 5.

Again, Bryant & Nash age imo plays a big part in this situation. Why take the time to try & make what seems like an incompatible offense to work as it doesn't seem to cater to the strengths of the players. They didn't sign Nash so he couldn't run what he is best at. They gotta find a way to play into their strengths & creating team chemistry at the same time. Mike Brown obviously couldn't figure that out & was wasting valuable time.

[LordMalik]

Well didn't vote Because of mixed emotion, but yes the lakers did and seems like they forgot they still got to the playoffs wit mike brown while letting Kobe run the off.
I think no too, they didn't overreact because the lakers finally looked beyond mike browns record with cavs and not thinking that he let LBJ run the off.
Mike is a good D coach but that's it, me personally thinks he's really not head coach material. With this fire he might not have a head coaching for a while.

[Lakers211221]

The firing wasn't based on just the 1-4 start. If the 1-4 start was isolated, he'd probably still be the coach, but going 0-8 in the preseason coupled with the disappointing 2011-12 season led to a realization that Mike Brown wasn't the right coach for the job.

[Captain Moroni]

Time for a change

[Anji]

If they bring back Phil then this was a great move in the end.

But how can you say they didn't overreact when they didn't even dot their I's and cross their T's by being able to name the new head coach right away.

Excited to see what Phil can do in the Triangle with Dwight and Nash.

Not so excited to see MDA trying to freeze out Kobe and turn Paul into a catch and shoot guy off of Nash and Dwight pick and rolls.


And does world Peace need a green light to take three's before the shot clock reaches 18 seconds??? *shutters*

[kbtwofour]

It's funny to see on PSD and ****** say the Lakers overreacted when they have no clue what they're talking about. The Lakers put a championship caliber team together for this season and they were playing the worst basketball in the West. They had the worst record in the West and they had no improvement since the beginning of training camp.

Last night's game was a good example of what a different coach can do. Bernie ran a very simple, but effective offense of all pick and rolls, iso's, and high post plays with no Princeton sets.

He had to be fired because last year's team did not respect him and he was losing this year's team. The team was already tuning him out so the Lakers had to move fast.

[kbtwofour]

If they bring back Phil then this was a great move in the end.

But how can you say they didn't overreact when they didn't even dot their I's and cross their T's by being able to name the new head coach right away.

You have to understand how the coaching fraternity works in basketball. An unemployed coach is not going to say he is interested in a job that another coach currently has. One of the reason's why I did not believe any of the Jerry Sloan rumors.

If the Lakers were to fire Mike Brown and hire a new coach 24 hours later it would make the Lakers look bad because everyone would say Mike Brown was a sitting duck waiting to take the blame.

[Heediot]

They have over a dozen champion ships in the last 30 years. Why question that organization?

[KnicksorBust]

The firing wasn't based on just the 1-4 start. If the 1-4 start was isolated, he'd probably still be the coach, but going 0-8 in the preseason coupled with the disappointing 2011-12 season led to a realization that Mike Brown wasn't the right coach for the job.

Exactly. From what I heard he had already lost the team. That's all that matters.

[Chavacano]

Did they make a good decision? It seems to me like they overreact to almost any loss. They are a new team and they are just learning how to play with each other. I'm starting to think that Kobe really is running the team. 6 games into the season. Usually teams would go on at least 30 games. Mike Brown now is the second coach since 1972 to get fired this early. Im actually hoping they lose some more games like they did to see how they would react. Do you think they overreacted?

^^ That's some TMZ stuff you have there. llullz Kobe publicly supported Brown during his somewhat short tenure as a Laker coach.

If the basis was system (princeton offense) alone then Brown was sacked prematurely. You could also say that the offense should've been dumped instead of Brown but matter of fact is, if you watched not only this season but last season as well, he sucked at time management, rotations and in-game adjustments and didn't show any improvements at all. Do you really want someone like that to coach your team to a championship on a two-year window? I don't think so. As Magic said, "(I) don't think he was the right guy for the job in the first place."

[Pluvious]

^^ That's some TMZ stuff you have there. llullz Kobe publicly supported Brown during his somewhat short tenure as a Laker coach.

If the basis was system (princeton offense) alone then Brown was sacked prematurely. You could also say that the offense should've been dumped instead of Brown but matter of fact is, if you watched not only this season but last season as well, he sucked at time management, rotations and in-game adjustments and didn't show any improvements at all. Do you really want someone like that to coach your team to a championship on a two-year window? I don't think so. As Magic said, "(I) don't think he was the right guy for the job in the first place."

Yeah its pretty said when the fans ALL agree regarding the issues with rotations and then the replacement coach (Bikerstaff) comes in and basically does what the fans have been saying (play Meeks, play Jamison at the 4, etc) the first game.

Brown was trying to FORCE his system/thoughts instead of really playing to the strengths of the players/team. Basically player management issues and losing the team's trust.

Meeks looked so happy like he was freed from a cage. He was catching and shooting without any hesitation...where before it seemed like he was worried about messing up. Same with Jamison and others. That kind of thing is huge...and based on what I could perceive where Brown was really lacking.

[Gritz]

What a retarded thread. If you compared yesterdays game to the previous 5, the difference was phenomenal and the sad thing, Kobe said they played as if they would a pick up basketball game.

[kobebabe]

No. The divorce was wayyyyyy over due

[KB24PG16]

you cant just look at the first 5 games of this season mike brown has been horrible since last year