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

Yep. They are now firmly in the "get off my lawn" territory.

 

As in, get off my grass
Befo I kick yo a**?

 

Something disheartening: John Ireland on AM710 said he believes Byron Scott won't be fired next year. Says he listened to Jeanie Buss on an Amick podcast and got the feeling that she is not going to interfere with any basketball operations for another year, thereby sticking to Jim's deadline (I honestly don't remember what year we are in of his supposed ultimatum).

It's all very he said/she said, but it was still annoying to hear Ireland say that.

 

That's not really disheartening. That's just his opinion. I don't think you can tell from a podcast if Byron is gonna lose his job or not. Jeanie isn't gonna come out and say that they're gonna fire him.

 

Yea, it's just that Ireland is in the thick of things and has his ear to the ground on a lot of the issues. I can't remember what it was exactly, but I know Ireland accurately predicted something else (can't remember if it was related to Brown, D'Antoni, or Dwight). Doesn't mean he's right though, like you said.

 

Like it was said, these remaining games are an audition for Scott. That hasn't changed. Why do you think he is changing so much now, actually playing Princeton sets, actually playing DAR?

But now there are even media outlets praising Scott and saying that "this was the plan all along", ruin Russell so he can be built back up, in essence boot camp. If that's necessary to instill humbleness and get your player to respect your authority then you just don't have a coaching personality. And anyways, does DAR seem humble to anyone now? No, not really. He has confidence verging on cockiness and who cares. Much worse to have someone with introversion. That's how DAR can score 39 in his rookie year and Scott couldn't his entire career. You don't try and suppress a player like that. Maybe he's a bit of a show-off but big deal. It's killer instinct with an attitude and it works for LA's big lights anyways.

The NBA's level of play can take care of itself in the humbleness department. Throw him in the fire and let him get burned, it will have the same effect. Anyways Byron can't hold him back now. Hopefully. Then again, look what he's done to Swaggy for months now. Who knows what the jacka** will do.

 

Looking at some Bulls numbers, mainly W/L...

The two seasons prior to Thibs being there they were a 41 win squad. The 5 years he was there he bumped them up to a 51 win team on average. Season he leaves they are looking at being back at 41 wins.

Coincidence? I don't think so. If you have a coach out there that can give you +10 wins just through coaching why wouldn't you pursue that? Especially if your goal is to compete for the WCF with a self imposed timeline.

Byron stays next year, Mitch/Jim/Byron will all be looking for employment and that is pretty much a lock.

 

What's the status with our draft pick? If we keep it this year, does it go to Philadelphia automatically next year? The only possible rationale to keep Byron is if we wanna tank again next year and that would be devastating to the Laker brand.

I still think it's all media posturing. Obviously we're not gonna fire Byron with a month left in the season. I actually don't think we "fire" him at all. I think he "steps down" in the off-season and we clean house in the front office. It would just be so foolish to hold on to such an incompetent relic of the past past as we try to move forward in the post-Kobe era.

 

Breaking news!
KJLH has been bombed!
News I hope to hear?
Byron's body found embalmed

 

With DAR and Randle blowing up these last games and the reported or rumored contact to the front office from their agents it seems like there could be another Westhead situation brewing if in fact Jim is planning on bringing back the a-hole with the worst record in NBA history. These guys, especially Russell, have juice now. DAR in his read between the lines comments clearly has had it with him.

 

It's more than +10 in our case because you have to take into account the games Byron is costing us. Thibs is a +25 win coach here.