Should Larry Brown Be Coach Of The Year?

[BobCatsFanInTx]

I have seen so many times where our beloved Bobcats get little to no respect and yet here they are in the playoffs. Not only are our Bobcats in the playoffs but they are a seventh seed and they gave the Magic who is a #2 seed and last years "Eastern Conference winner," a run for their money in game one. Not only did our cats lose a close one but they lost a close one in which they were getting throttled through two and half quarters of that game. I know this alone is no reason for our teams coach to be coach of the year. However when you consider the constant player changes since coach Brown has been our teams coach and the way our team is perceived on paper, I feel Larry deserves the award more than anybody else. I know there are some other very deserving coaches for this honor but I feel in a close vote Larry Brown deserves to be the coach of the year.

Anyway guys, I am not merely trying to be a homer but I have heard many coaches mentioned but rarely our teams coach. Larry may be a long time veteran of head coaching and a HOFer but not long ago after his one utter failure as a head coach he was considered damaged goods. Larry has proven that what happened in NYC was not him.

I find it funny how Larry is constantly brought up as a new coach somewhere else because of his family and his great job with us but yet get's no mention from most for coach of the year.

There are a lot of great coaches this season and I take nothing away from those coaches but Larry needs to at the least get some serious love. If Larry Brown does not at least finish in the top three in coach of the year voting it shows how much our Bobcats are disrespected in my opinion.

[ammofan]

Yes he should be. But I think Scott Brooks will get it.

[bman]

I think would be deserving to get the award but I don't think he will. He has done great work the past two seasons but I don't see him getting rewarded for it with a COY honor because people expect him to do what he's done. This season I could see a guy like Scott Skiles taking the award. The Bucks had a better regular season and get more press around the country. It seems like the NBA world loves what he's done with Brandon Jennings and I can see him taking the hardware home because of that.

[catsuck]

SVG gots that shit locked up. The cats have a sad record just a garbage team from the east :biggrin:

[davcbow]

SVG gots that shit locked up. The cats have a sad record just a garbage team from the east :biggrin:
Red is a good color for a Troll Alert!!!

[jdsingar]

lol Stan Van Gundy for Coach of the Year? The Magic played right to expectations. I don't think they had to withstand much in terms of injuries or drama other than Vince's disappearing act in the middle of the season. They don't give away Coach of the Year for being on par.

I think Larry Brown has gotten a fair amount of attention. How does Scott Brooks not win it though? He took a team with immense young talent and moved them from the 20+ win category to the 50+ win category in one season. Ridiculous.

[rsxnova]

LB wont win it because this season is just LB being LB. Take a team with a bit on talent and teach defense.

[spectre]

SVG gots that shit locked up.

Pretty sure the AVN awards were given out the other week and SVG didn't make the cut. :cool:

[eleaf14]

Skiles and Brooks are a probably the top 2 candidates, but I would certainly be surprised if Higgins doesnt win GM of the year.

[teej]

Pretty sure the AVN awards were given out the other week and SVG didn't make the cut. :cool:

:biggrin:

Brooks or Skiles deserve it more than LB. We were at least expected to make a run, but no one really expected the Bucks or Thunder to come close.

I would be surprised if we don't get Exec. of the Year. My question is, does that go to MJ or Rod?

[Felton for Prez]

I think Larry Brown has gotten a fair amount of attention. How does Scott Brooks not win it though? He took a team with immense young talent and moved them from the 20+ win category to the 50+ win category in one season. Ridiculous.

Agreed. While it certainly didn't hurt having Durant make "the leap", Brooks absolutely deserves it. I'd also give it to Nate McMillan and Scott Skiles before LB. Portland was crushed with injuries and still managed a great season and Skiles took the Bucks to the 5th seed (better than our 7th).

LB will get votes and did a great job but not the best job in the league.

[teej]

http://www.nba.com/2010/news/04/21/coach.release/index.html

Brooks won, Skiles was 2nd, McMillan 3rd, Sloan 4th, Gentry 5th, and LB 6th. I'd say thats fair.

So much for SVG :D

[BobCatsFanInTx]

lol Stan Van Gundy for Coach of the Year? The Magic played right to expectations. I don't think they had to withstand much in terms of injuries or drama other than Vince's disappearing act in the middle of the season. They don't give away Coach of the Year for being on par.

I think Larry Brown has gotten a fair amount of attention. How does Scott Brooks not win it though? He took a team with immense young talent and moved them from the 20+ win category to the 50+ win category in one season. Ridiculous.You guys will notice that at the end I said Larry should finish at least in the top 3.

The thing is that after the NY Knicks fiasco a LOT of people had written our very own Larry Brown off. What makes Larry a top three finisher for COY is the fact that he has not had a complete team for a complete season since he has been with the Bobcats. Yes that is a big part his doing but that is what makes it all the more remarkable. Having a team as cohesive as our Bobcats appear to be and finding the players who will learn and buy into coach Browns philosophy is pretty amazing.

Nazr was a pretty solid part of our team for a fair amount of time and he was out for a long stretch. TC was injured for a good while. He played through pain part of the time and finally had to take some time to heal. We degraded the man and as it turns out down the stretch he has been more than solid for us. DJ was gone for a time and we did not have much depth at Pg outside he and Felton. Our Bobcats may have some experience but they have not exactly been seen based on talent evaluation as much of anything in the basketball world.

I guess what I am saying is that Larry Brown for sure should be a top three vote getter for COY. Skiles in my opinion is the best of the rest outside Larry Brown and Scott Brooks is for sure part of the top three. OKC has been a great story but despite a lack of experience they still were recognized by most to be a very talented team of young players.

It has been a great year for some young coaches but with all that said I think having a team as cohesive and close as our Bobcats considering all the changes in the last two seasons, is a testament to the kind of job Larry Brown has done. In my opinion this season is among Larry's best coaching jobs.

So though most may feel other coaches may be better suited for COY you all can't say that Larry is not a top three COY given all he has done and how the so called experts perceived us coming into this season.

Gerald Wallace has always been a beast and played above and beyond but do you guys think he is the player he was this season without a closeness to our very own Larry Brown?

Do you think half our guys have as good a season as they did this season without Larry Brown? I haven't always agreed with Larry's substitution patterns but the man get's the most from his kind of guys and he does find HIS KIND OF GUYS!!! 8)

[BobCatsFanInTx]

http://www.nba.com/2010/news/04/21/coach.release/index.html

Brooks won, Skiles was 2nd, McMillan 3rd, Sloan 4th, Gentry 5th, and LB 6th. I'd say thats fair.

So much for SVG :DTeej I am glad you feel this was fair but I would say that coming into the season the Jazz and Blazers were supposed to do well. So where McMillan and Sloan are concerned I think we got hosed. Sloan is a great coach and there have been many years where he got hosed but if you tell me that with his talent and the expectations his team had coming into this season he did a better job than coach Brown you are on some serious acid trip!!

Nate has done a good job and deserves respect but imo there is no way coach Brown finishes way beneath him. With our teams changes and a a fair share of injuries I think Brown is as deserving as Nate and Sloan. For sure Larry Brown did a better job than Jerry Sloan in Utah. Sloan has way higher expectations than does Larry Brown with the Bobcats and the lineup he started with. Nate has dealt with injuries so to an extent I can see picking him as being somewhat fair. However, if you think with all the changes the Bobcats have had and the injuries the team suffered are ignorable you are crazy. Larry Brown in MY opinion is a sure fire #3.

Last season Nate made Portland a contender and he has proven he is a great coach but in my mind Larry has at least done AS good a job with our current Bobcats.

It is America and we are entitled to our own opinions even if Sloan over Larry Brown means they may be on an acid trip. :D Lol 8)

[teej]

Nate has done a good job and deserves respect but imo there is no way coach Brown finishes way beneath him. With our teams changes and a a fair share of injuries I think Brown is as deserving as Nate and Sloan. For sure Larry Brown did a better job than Jerry Sloan in Utah. Sloan has way higher expectations than does Larry Brown with the Bobcats and the lineup he started with. Nate has dealt with injuries so to an extent I can see picking him as being somewhat fair. However, if you think with all the changes the Bobcats have had and the injuries the team suffered are ignorable you are crazy. Larry Brown in MY opinion is a sure fire #3.

We had two players miss more than 10 games due to injury IIRC (not counting Gana because he was a healthy scratch). Tyson and Nazr. That's it. Portland had to start Juwan fucking Howard at center for a week, before HE got hurt. Even NATE was hurt. They've been phenomenal for what they've been through on and off the court. The fact they made the playoffs, much less win 50 games, is amazing. And Sloan had to deal with losing two rotation players in cap dumps, and he's consistently one of the best coaches. The fact he's never won COY is a travesty. He had Korver, AK47, Okur, etc. all miss major time with injuries. Sorry. Larry was great, but not THAT great.

[BobCatsFanInTx]

We had two players miss more than 10 games due to injury IIRC (not counting Gana because he was a healthy scratch). Tyson and Nazr. That's it. Portland had to start Juwan fucking Howard at center for a week, before HE got hurt. Even NATE was hurt. They've been phenomenal for what they've been through on and off the court. The fact they made the playoffs, much less win 50 games, is amazing. And Sloan had to deal with losing two rotation players in cap dumps, and he's consistently one of the best coaches. The fact he's never won COY is a travesty. He had Korver, AK47, Okur, etc. all miss major time with injuries. Sorry. Larry was great, but not THAT great.Injuries aside those teams were much deeper than our Bobcats. They could afford to lose some players for stretches. Also when was the last time the Bobcats started and finished a season with the same players?

I will just say that Nate I might accept but Sloan not so. I love Jerry Sloan and am dismayed that he has not won COY. However with Sloan a great many of those snubs did have a great deal of talent with the Jazz. I have seen him pull the Genie out of the bottle a few times as well. I just think Larry Brown at least did as good a job as Sloan this season.

Just my opinion. We can close this thread after your rebuttal being that there is not much more that can be said on this topic.

[Marvel]

The Jazz surprised me this season.With injuries to key players all season long he has kept the Jazz in contention despite the doubts and uncertainty surrounding Boozer.The Brewer trade would have been a setback but he manages rookies so well.Sloan was the better coach.

[SWedd523]

Deron Williams.