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Larry Brown: I 'badly' want to coach again

Phil Jackson said he doesn’t want to coach again but is not ruling out the possibility, and Jerry Sloan told SI recently that he’d return for the right opportunity. But Larry Brown, unequivocally, says he wants back in. He’s just not sure the feeling is mutual.

"I want to get back badly,” Brown told CSN Chicago (via Pro Basketball Talk). “I just don't know. The direction the NBA's going, it seems like they just want to get young ex-players and if you look around the league, there's not a lot of older coaches anymore. 'Pop' (Gregg Popovich) and maybe (Rick) Adelman, but most of these guys are younger, so I don't know if I fit that mold, but I still believe that I have something to offer and I was disappointed the way Charlotte ended. We go to the playoffs and then, 14 games later, I'm fired.”

And, according to Brown, he's got some excuses for how the Bobcats fared under him. "They get rid of Raymond (Felton) and get rid of Tyson (Chandler), and I have Kwame Brown, Gerald Henderson and (Dominic) McGuire, all of those guys hurt, missing training camp,” he added, per CSN. ”So, I'm disappointed the way that ended, but I'd love to get back if somebody gave me a chance. But I won't politic for it. I hope it happens, but I don't want to see somebody lose their job to get another job, so that's always sensitive."



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He would do well in PDX. He's really good with mediocre talent and a lot of it.
 
does he have a relationship with Nike?

If we were to change our coach, I'd go with JVG.
 
Van Gundy would grab for dear life onto Scott Foster's leg and bite it.

Seriously, I think his demerits are the same as McMillan's. He's a motivator but doesn't know much technique to teach them. Although unlike McMillan, he coaches toughness.
 
Larry Brown would be a rental. He'd lose interest in a few years and leave.

If we somehow fall ass backwards into Deron this summer, I want us to fill out the roster with vets and then get Larry Brown. If we're going on with a full rebuild (big name rookie, trading all the vets, etc), then Brown is not the kind of guy to hire. Definitely not Nate either as I want a change, but someone with a fresh perspective would be nice.
 
I think the ton of fail would shit himself if he found out he was going to be coached by LB again.

Then again, it's not like he's shooting rainbows under Nate.
 
I think any of those guys would have to come in as GM/Coach. At the very least, what smart coach would want to come here and face the no GM vacuum they'd be facing. That is not the "right situation".

I'd love Sloan. I don't care if Brown would be a "rental". So what? Rebuild (that's what he does) and move on. We'd have to fall ass backwards into Williams while keeping Aldridge and Batum before Phil "His Heinous" Jackson would even consider it. RE JVG: I agree with jlprk. Overrated, but he's a gamer.
 
Ya I don't mind a rental of Larry Brown either. Some of the things he teaches could help the guys develop into better long term players.
 
Why would he be just a rental? He coached an awful bobcats team for 3 years and would have continued coaching them had he not been fired right? We actually have talent and one of the top forwards in the league.
 
jaspitzer said:
Why would he be just a rental? He coached an awful bobcats team for 3 years and would have continued coaching them had he not been fired right? We actually have talent and one of the top forwards in the league.
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When has Larry Brown evern not been a rental? He's the NBA's poster-boy for carpetbagging ... and he aint no spring chicken.
 
Nikolokolus said:
When has Larry Brown evern not been a rental? He's the NBA's poster-boy for carpetbagging ... and he aint no spring chicken.
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He did move around a lot, but his coaching career spanned 38 years. So, there's bound to be changes. Most places he stayed 3 or 4 seasons. He was in Philly for six seasons. His only one and done was the Knicks, but that was more Isiah's fault than Brown's.

In any case even if he only stays half a season, I'd rather see half a season of Larry Brown than yet another boring, predictable, disappointing half season of Nate. It sure would be nice to see an offense that involves something other than ISOs. A little player and ball movement would be nice.

BNM
 
Hell no to larry the clown. I wish we would have kept monty. I also like the jvg idea.
 
JFizzleRaider said:
Hell no to larry the clown. I wish we would have kept monty. I also like the jvg idea.
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Why? Pretty much everywhere Brown has gone the team he's inherited improved dramatically. It happened with the Clipps, Pacers, Philly, Detroit and Charlotte. About the only team that didn't improve under Brown was the Knicks. They were a fucking trainwreck when he got there and he was undermined by an incompetent GM with his own agenda and an idiot of an owner. Yeah, he eventually wears out his welcome, but not before seeing significant improvement in the won/loss ledger.

BNM
 
I agree - wait it out for Monty.

LB would have been great 10 years ago. His stays have gotten shorter and shorter, with diminishing returns.

Jeff Van Gundy? To think people squeal about NATE'S slow-down ball. There's a reason Van Gundy's been on the sidelines for so long. (And actually, I think he likes broadcasting.)
 
Van Gundy - no. I think it is near unanimous among Blazer fans that we are fucking sick of slow ball and do not want to see it again.

Larry Brown would be fine. He has so much basketball smarts. I think 3 years in Charlotte proves he won't bail on a team just because the situation isn't "perfect" - see, Jackson, Phil.

Sloan would be good. A steady character like McMillan. Yet, has a better offensive system he is proven to run well.
 
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Rastapopoulos said:
I agree - wait it out for Monty.

LB would have been great 10 years ago. His stays have gotten shorter and shorter, with diminishing returns.

Jeff Van Gundy? To think people squeal about NATE'S slow-down ball. There's a reason Van Gundy's been on the sidelines for so long. (And actually, I think he likes broadcasting.)
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What is so good about Monty?? He doesn't even have a winning record where he's at!
 
And, according to Brown, he's got some excuses for how the Bobcats fared under him. "They get rid of Raymond (Felton) and get rid of Tyson (Chandler), and I have Kwame Brown, Gerald Henderson and (Dominic) McGuire, all of those guys hurt, missing training camp,” he added, per CSN. ”So, I'm disappointed the way that ended, but I'd love to get back if somebody gave me a chance. But I won't politic for it. I hope it happens, but I don't want to see somebody lose their job to get another job, so that's always sensitive."
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Larry conveniently left out that the same team rallied to go 25-29 after he was fired under Paul Silas, and that's after losing Gerald Wallace at the trade deadline.
 
Rastapopoulos said:
I agree - wait it out for Monty.


Jeff Van Gundy? To think people squeal about NATE'S slow-down ball. There's a reason Van Gundy's been on the sidelines for so long. (And actually, I think he likes broadcasting.)
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New Orleans 25th in pace at 90.4 under Monty. Portland this season is 12th in pace at 95.9 under Nate.

You're complaining about "slow-down" ball, yet you advocate bringing in Monty Williams?
 
Do not let Larry Brown near a team that doesn't have a GM.

After the Blazers have hired a GM I would be interested in hiring Larry Brown as a coach but not with the cluster fuck we currently have in the front office. You know Larry would want both the GM & head coaching positions.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
Do not let Larry Brown near a team that doesn't have a GM.

After the Blazers have hired a GM I would be interested in hiring Larry Brown as a coach but not with the cluster fuck we currently have in the front office. You know Larry would want both the GM & head coaching positions.
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Let him, who cares we need a GM. I'd give him both jobs right now if I could.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
Do not let Larry Brown near a team that doesn't have a GM.

After the Blazers have hired a GM I would be interested in hiring Larry Brown as a coach but not with the cluster fuck we currently have in the front office. You know Larry would want both the GM & head coaching positions.
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I'm sure Isiah Thomas is available...

BNM
 
PapaG said:
New Orleans 25th in pace at 90.4 under Monty. Portland this season is 12th in pace at 95.9 under Nate.

You're complaining about "slow-down" ball, yet you advocate bringing in Monty Williams?
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Stop with the facts PapaG, these people need to be upset at the coach because it takes little to no critical thinking to blame the coach for everything. As long as I've been on the boards, it's been our coaches fault for not being better, no matter who the coach is.
 
Tince said:
Stop with the facts PapaG, these people need to be upset at the coach because it takes little to no critical thinking to blame the coach for everything. As long as I've been on the boards, it's been our coaches fault for not being better, no matter who the coach is.
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Hmmmm.... let me think..... who was the last good coach that we had? Mo? Dunleavy? PJ? LOL

The last good coach we had was Rick Adelman. Maybe the reason why it's always the coaches fault is because we haven't had a good coach in 20 years..... ever think of that? PJ, Mo, and Dunleavy have all gone on to coach in other cities. Maybe you could tell me, how have they done away from the Blazers? Oh that's right..... they sucked balls. PJ couldn't do shit with essentially the same team that Scott Brooks took to the playoffs. Mo fell flat on his face in Philly and Dunleavy couldn't do squat with a pretty talented Clippers roster. Nate is better than Mo or PJ, but come on.... the guy is not one of the better coaches in the NBA.
 
I'd rather have Dunleavy than Nate.

Mo was a frikking disaster from day one, and I said so. I guess no one else would take the job.

I hated PJ's guts. So did the players.

We could have had Adelman or McHale last year. Why oh why do the Seattle Vulcans torment us so?
 
BBert said:
I'd rather have Dunleavy than Nate.

Mo was a frikking disaster from day one, and I said so. I guess no one else would take the job.

I hated PJ's guts. So did the players.

We could have had Adelman or McHale last year. Why oh why do the Seattle Vulcans torment us so?
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Adelman stepped on his dick for two straight years at Houston, and while Minnesota is improved this year, they're still under .500, yet have a two-time AS on their roster.

McHale was a failure in Minnesota, and while Houston is playing decent ball, there is still time for McHale to screw up that team as well.
 
If The Blazers could coax Phil Jackson out of retirement to coach the team, after 3 losses in a row some people here would be calling for him to be replaced.
 
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