<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">It won?t surprise most of you that I think Bernie Bickerstaff is a better basketball guy than most of you suggest. I think he?s stronger as a general manager than as a coach, but he was the right man to run this team the first few seasons. The Bobcats had a plan and stuck to it: Build with youth, gather extra draft picks and don?t waste salary cap on old guys with killer contracts. They did what they said they?d do up-front, so why are you people so put out by the results? Modern NBA expansion teams do not make the playoffs in three seasons. I hear incredible nit-picking about rotations, or who should start or the ridiculously divisive Raymond Felton-vs.-Brevin Knight debate. In the NBA, you?re typically more defined by your big mistakes than by your coups. Bernie has avoided the quick fixes that can hound you for years. The guy is a mediocre coach. But a brilliant coach wouldn?t get this team to the playoffs. I wrote that before the season, so why would I be surprised they?re not in playoff contention now? There?s simply not enough talent, and particularly not a go-to guy, to make that kind of difference. If they could hire Larry Brown, right here and right now, then Bernie should step aside to make that happen. But that would involve Bob Johnson taking a huge financial risk that I?m not sure he?d make. If you?re not replacing Bernie with a clear step up, somebody who is a five-season solution, then there?s no good reason not to finish the season with the current coaching staff.</div> Source Larry Brown would bring credibility to this franchise immediately. His ties to North Carolina would go over well with the fans, and the Bobcats have the defensive approach to the game Larry Brown drools over. Brown's reputation has taken a hit because of the Knicks job, but putting his fingerprints on this Bobcat team and taking them to the postseason would resurrect his career.
He rolled the dice with the knicks and lost (but made lots of money). I think he would be looking for more of a sure thing if he gets back. I wouldn't be surprized if we don't see him for a while if at all.
At the end of the day, Larry Brown was simply a scapegoat for the Knicks, some one to put all their problems on. Brown wasnt the reason they went 23 - 59, he was coaching possibly the biggest team of misfits ever assembled in NBA history, if anyone should've been fired, it should've been Isiah Thomas, but no, it was some ones bright idea to make him Head Coach aswell This season so far has gone to show that, I mean Marbury got what he wanted, and he's playing worse than ever, and the Knicks are still under .500% in the easiest division in the entire league.
Brown wasn't completely blameless. Following a pattern (Detroit, Team USA), he was uncooperative with the GM and I think he made changes or said things just to make a point, even if it sacrificed wins. Honestly, the Knicks should've fired Isiah that summer and hired Brown as a GM or GM/coach. Isiah and Larry didn't see eye to eye from the beginning.
Oh absolutley right, but he wasnt the problem is what I was basically trying to say, I think the Knicks should've had a bit more faith in him. Some of those players need their heads read.
