Byron Scott Discussion 2015-16 - FIRED!!! (PAGE 172)

On my phone so I can't give links to tidbits I like about him, so I'll keep it short.

To start he was in my list of coaches that I wanted the Lakers to go get (Thibs, Blatt, Ollie).

1.) Accomplished - He's done it all overseas, he's won and won multiple times. Multiple coach of the years, multi champion. One year in the NBA and he's already in the Finals. The resume, compared to other candidates is there, how much it translates varies from person to person, but to me it holds weight because he's won, he's done it at that level and that's a good asset to have for these young guys looking to get to the top.

2.) He can adapt - He was brought to CLE to rebuild with all the young guys and then suddenly was thrust into win now mode. He took it in stride and took Lebron and a bunch of role players to a pretty impressive Finals performance under heavy scrutiny. I remember BBallBreakdown raving about how good the offense looked early in the season and then suddenly went to crap when Lebron went into douche mode. He can make things work.

3.) He's not afraid to sit players to win games/Accountability - He put Love on the bench so many times in crunch time because he didn't play defense. He didn't buy into the he's a star he has to play stuff. He's going to make the best decisions to win ball games and make players work for it. I respect a coach that goes against the grain like that. Much like Pop does.

4.) Reputation - Past players of his love him and have nothing but praise. I don't know what went on in CLE, but IMO a lot of it had to do with Lebron and his group of s*** sticks. Lebron tried the same crap with Spo and with Lue (Coaching for him and Iman throwing a towel on Lue). Other than Lebron and DMC, there aren't really big douche bags that do that stuff so while I'm skeptical that he might not relate to NBA players, I'd like to think the environment was toxic and not him. Still though that's a wavering points with me. IMO I think he would be good with the young guys that aren't douche bags and want to work to get better.

He's not Mike Brown, Brown couldn't coach worth a s*** and I hated watching his CLE teams. Blatt's team was actuall enjoyable to watch when they weren't in Lebron ISO mode. I don't get that Brown or Scott vibe from him.

I think Blatt is the most well rounded and prepared for the job.

Ollie or Blatt and I'm ecstatic, I lean towards Blatt because he's the safer bet between the two but I would be happy either way.

Luke - He isn't ready to be a head coach. I think people are jumping the gun on him being a head coach by a couple years. I want him to take some lumps and bounce back.

Brooks - I was more than happy when he signed with Was. He's good with young players but man other than that there is nothing to be looking forward to with him.

Jackson - Mehhh average signing
Fisher - Hell no
Rambis - Hell no (No Phil people l, another reason I don't like Walton)
Messina - I don't think he leaves Pop that's a good replacement gig for him.

I'd be happy with a no namer assistant coach as well, but that takes extremely good coach scouting, something that we have none of.

 

go offline for a week, we might get Jim outta there

 

Hearing that the front runners are Luke and Ollie are great. This decision can be the starting point for us to be back where we belong.

I think Ollie edges out Luke just a little bit because he has more experience as a coach and can develop our kids. It's 1A and 1B situation for me.

 

Just imagining if Luke gets the job when he gets introduced in starting lineups next season the chants of Lukkkkkkkkeeeeee raining down.

 

Hope that continues this year; we could use that pick.

 

I know Blatt isn't Brown (or Scott)... but I just don't like the idea of getting another Cavaliers reject.

 

He has, but I still believe Blatt can regain respect within the league if he goes to coach somewhere else and has success. If he does that I don't think anyone is gonna care about what happened in Cleveland. They know the hand he was dealt. Like I said not my first choice, but if Luke says no (can't imagine that) or Ollie opts to stay with Connecticut it would be between Blatt and Messina imo.

 

I recall reading a report last week that Luke was going to interview with the Kings. Had that been debunked or confirmed? I'm mainly wondering if Luke had given any indication that he's willing to interview and take another job during the post-season. Because if we're trying to get the coach search out of the way before the lottery, that probably gives Ollie a huge edge if Luke feels the need to wait until after the playoffs.

 

yup...and one of the reasons the FO let Byron go was because he could affect FA signings


if we do end up with Blatt (just typing that disappointed me), we should go after LeBron in free agency...just for comedy...