tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10484377.post7334767614874288405..comments2023-12-11T06:36:57.237-05:00Comments on Random Thoughts: San Antonio 85, Cleveland 76Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17210862608619471273noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10484377.post-6730547409819978982007-06-08T21:22:00.000-04:002007-06-08T21:22:00.000-04:00Graham:What you say is very true, but for the time...Graham:<BR/><BR/>What you say is very true, but for the time being, I'm willing to chalk it up to Brown's own inexperience. Young coaches stay the course when they are unsure what to do because they don't want to make the knee-jerk reaction that blows everything up. Not saying it's right or wrong, but that's probably how Brown is thinking: Stick with what got you here, don't panic after one game.<BR/><BR/>Having said that, Brown will probably be compelled to reach the conclusion everyone wants him to reach: Right now, more Boobie and less Hughes is a good thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10484377.post-56963339750687045052007-06-08T20:51:00.000-04:002007-06-08T20:51:00.000-04:00Brown has done a great job with our defense. No q...Brown has done a great job with our defense. No question about it. <BR/><BR/>But he not only struggles on the offensive side, it basically took injuries before he inserted Sasha, Gibson, and Hughes at the point. Had the injuries not occurred in the way they did, we're probably still looking at Snow and Hughes as our starting guards. <BR/><BR/>I don't want to fire the guy. But he really struggles with offense, lineups, and substitutions. I also don't want to say the guy screwed up after without this series playing....but, depending on how it does play, I think you have to wonder if the success in the playoffs is not mostly due to LeBron and a relatively weak road to the Finals (Lets face it, neither Washington or NJ had winning records).<BR/><BR/>Its also not fair to Brown because our roster isn't that great, but at the same time, you gotta put those guys out on the floor who can win games (i.e, Gibson)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10484377.post-57485923642442353322007-06-08T09:29:00.000-04:002007-06-08T09:29:00.000-04:00Easy on Mike Brown. This was essentially his first...Easy on Mike Brown. This was essentially his first Finals game, too. As far as I'm concerned, LeBron and Brown's defensive coaching have combined to take a team that probably really isn't Finals-caliber yet and make them overachieve.<BR/><BR/>Yes, the Cavs offense needs help. Whether that needs to come in the form of an offensive assisant coach or a true point guard (I vote the latter) remains to be seen. Yes, the Cavs' lack of offense is probably going to hurt them in this series in ways it didn't hurt them against Detroit. <BR/><BR/>But I'm not about to sound the "Fire Mike Brown" trumpets. Anyone who does that right now is simply acting out of frustration at what happened last night.<BR/><BR/>Look at the Cavs' guard situation, sans Gibson, and tell me that Brown hasn't done an amazing job getting this team to this point. He's been lugging around the jump shots of Larry Hughes and Eric Snow, Sasha's inability to finish at the basket and Damon Jones' defense, and still has this team in the NBA Finals.<BR/><BR/>I, for one, am impressed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10484377.post-29960402317994134982007-06-08T08:17:00.000-04:002007-06-08T08:17:00.000-04:00He will never be a Championship caliber coach beca...He will never be a Championship caliber coach because you need have assistants around you to make up for what you lack. Just as you cant win by running JUST a good offense (see; Suns, Phoenix; Warriors, Golden State) The sad thing is, I still dont think this team is complete depth/talent wise, but we could hold our own against the spurs if Brown knew how to run a fundamentally sound offenese, we would have been right in last nights game. UGH, who knows. The cavs could come out Sunday and actaully play well and steal one. They could also fail to adjust and just get swept. Who knows. But i agree, MORE GIBSON PLEASE!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10484377.post-89195325593472749282007-06-08T03:12:00.000-04:002007-06-08T03:12:00.000-04:00Help me out here fellas, WTF does Daniel Gibson ne...Help me out here fellas, WTF does Daniel Gibson need to do to get more playing time. Perhaps he neeeds to go off for like 31 pts or something before he gets Mike Brown's attention.....wait.<BR/><BR/>Seriously, Brown screwed that up big time IMO. Spurs are throwing 3 guys at LeBron, daring the other Cavs to shot, so Brown keeps the best shooter on the entire roster on the bench. Big time mistake, and its these kind of substitution mistakes that Brown makes A LOT.<BR/><BR/>There's been a lot of praise for Brown, and rightfully so. Windhorst also wrote that Brown is gonna get an extension and that's fine, I guess. On hand, you gotta give the guy the extension for making it to the Finals and getting the Cavs to play great D. On the other hand....seriously, can we not chalk up our playoff success to LeBron? Our the Cavs in this position if we LeBron doesn't play out of his effin' mind in Game 5 of the ECF.<BR/><BR/>Hate to start getting after Brown after one game and I hope I'm way off, but I really question if he's a championship-caliber coach.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com