Comments on: The Kiss of Death

By: SpurredOn

SpurredOn — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:44:47 +0000

Yeah, Brownie better watch out. If LeBron leaves he’ll get part of the blame. When the record sags he’ll be fired. If LeBron stays and they don’t win a title in the next two seasons, he’ll be fired. Either way, I see this happening to him in the next three seasons.

By: Ivander

Ivander — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:26:06 +0000

Firing Byron Scott was a terrible decision.
I think the problem is that the Hornets overachieved when they lost in 7 games to the Spurs 2 seasons ago. They were good, no doubt, but they weren’t as good as it may have looked like, David West had a career year, he made all the difference.

After that the expectations were too high and, to me, the Hornets GM failed to put the right players on the team. Trading Chandler for Okafor was like doing nothing at all, I even think it was a bad move because CP3 and Chandler were playing well together and they are close friends.
Peja simply isn’t the player he used to be when he played for the Kings.

They shouldn’t have fired Byron Scott, but as we know, it’s always a lot easier to blame the coach if things ain’t working out like people expect them to.

By: Drom John

Drom John — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:22:38 +0000

Money and endorsements, I think the Knicks job is very coveted.

By: BB

BB — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:44:19 +0000

tim floyd is like the worst disaster you can wish upon an NBA team. If he lays a hand on these Hornets, they’re finished. Realizing that ‘this Jeff Bower figure’ is a Tim Floyd disciple, and has indeed hired Tim as an assistant, I have low expectations for this team. I think few of those Coach of the Year winners were mediocre, but lucky coaches (Avery Johnson is bad). But Byron Scott got a raw deal. 3-6 doesn’t mean a thing! It makes Pat Riley’s firing of SVG a few years ago after a bad start look reasonable.

By: 09.20.21.50

09.20.21.50 — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:27:08 +0000

Speaking of coaches.. I don’t think Byron Scott was the problem in NO. He’s one of the better coaches in the league; anyone would have a problem producing results with that roster. The decision has made CP3 unhappy and frankly, I don’t think this Jeff Bower figure is going to fix any of the problems the Hornets are facing. What a poor decision by a seemingly passionate organization… My heart goes out to their fans.

Go Spurs.

By: Juan

Juan — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:18:08 +0000

Interesting, although I would add:

Winning that award is often because the team overachieved by having it play better than just the sum of its parts, thus creating high expectations for later years just to fall short and creating a domino effect that ends up with the coach getting fired. We should also not underestimate, as owners and casual fans often do, the lost of important role players that are actually better for the team than the recently acquired star that elevated those expectations even higher from revelation to contenders.

By: Navin

Navin — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:27:17 +0000

think u forgot Sam Mitchell…..