Was Mike Brown firing the worst firing of an NBA coach ever?

[Sssmush]

I do realize the Lakers were running bad at the start of the season... and I do like Mike Dantoni. Unlike many Laker fans I have not bashed or complained about Dantoni at all, I feel like his system can be very good and it is exciting to see Kobe play in this kind of wide open system, and I am grateful for that.

However, just based on wins and losses, and where the team has now ended up... I'm starting to wonder if canning Mike Brown 5 games into the season might be in retrospect the WORST firing of an NBA coach in history.

I cannot help but think that Mike Brown would have this team on a more even keel than it is currently; the defense would be better, and the post offense might be better as well. In any case, with the continuity of the same coach, the team would've gradually come together and there is NO WAY it would be 15-19 at this stage of the game.

If the Lakers had kept Mike Brown... I mean, even people who can't stand Mike Brown should realize, if the Lakers had kept him, they'd almost surely be like 22-12 or something like that right now.

Firing him so fast and so early, and bringing in Dantoni on one leg right after major surgery, it just seems like we threw away a bunch of games right off the bat. And now everyone is starting to think maybe this is just a lost season so we don't have to fight that hard, just let the ship go down and figure it out in the summer. Even Nash in that new msnbc article kind of hinted at that tone.

This is just a mess, maybe the worst Laker season on record, especially considering the expectations, and I don't see how it wouldn't be considerably better if they had rode it out with Mike Brown.

[sixer04fan]

Never thought he should've been fired. It was completely ridiculous. Total panic move. It was honestly a joke.

[Eg714]

It was a good firing, just a poor hiring in Pringles.

[Sssmush]

Never thought he should've been fired. It was completely ridiculous. Total panic move. It was honestly a joke.

I know, right? Like this team is so super great, expectations are so super high, that if they lose 4 out of their first 6 games we're just going to instantly fire the head coach, because he is preventing us from our 72 win season or whatever.

And now, honestly, at this point it's hard to imagine this team even making the playoffs. And if they do, so what? They'll get absolutely drilled by Houston, Memphis, San Antonio, OKC, almost any other WC team.

[The goods]

It was a good firing, just a poor hiring in Pringles.

This, if we had hired Phil nobody would be saying this.

[DallasTrilla23]

I don't think it was a good move because it didn't really solve the problem. The lakers are still underperforming.

[Hardaway Here]

They gave him no room to work with 5 games is panic city. He is a defensive coach and what do the Lakers lack... just saying

[thevcballer]

Regardless of the Lakers Record it was an awful firing u just don't fire a head coach 5 games into an NBA season it sends the message to the players they they don't need to be accountable for themselves.

[BIG worm]

Mike Brown was a terrible hire to begin with... Dantoni , same thing.

[Cal827]

The Firing would have only been somewhat justified if the Lakers had got Jackson to coach again.

[ThaDubs]

The Lakers went from a defensive coach to an offensive coach (not to mention a ******** one).
They need to get a well rounded coach who knows how to get the team working together instead of giving Kobe the ball and improvising.

[B'sCeltsPatsSox]

Was he a terrible coach? Yes, but he should have gotten more than 5 games.

[abe_froman]

It was a good firing, just a poor hiring in Pringles.

this.phil was open and the owner blew it...for whatever reason.

and can we stop with the over using of "ever", "of all time" ,ect. when making threads now

[YoungOne]

stop these dumb " the worst ever.." kind of threads

[BIG worm]

stop these dumb " the worst ever.." kind of threads

i see that and i think to myself must be under 20 yrs of age.