Larry Brown says he wants to coach again, but he's not acting like it.Brown gave an overly candid interview for the February issue of Philadelphia Magazine, criticizing the franchise for the way they treated him and even accusing the Knicks of planting "spies throughout the arena" during his brief tenure at the Garden.
(Larry, Larry, Larry. Didn't you know that the man behind those binoculars was just Isiah, scoping out the cheerleaders?)
In 11 coaching stops at the pro and college levels, Brown has a track record of both success and short stays. Brown's teams have won two championships and been runner-up four other times, and he is widely known for being a coach that can extract the maximum out of his teams. And perhaps that ability -- more specifically, how much he demands from his players -- is why he quickly overstays his welcome.
In New York, during the 2005-06 season, Brown once again rubbed people the wrong way. He publicly criticized Stephon Marbury (can you blame him, really?) and granted interviews to team beat writers along the side of the road (gotta have a PR team member handy, Ron; you know that). Except this time, even Brown couldn't work his magic, so the Knicks fired him after just one season.
We all know that the Knicks are a franchise in the state of free fall, and whomever you choose to blame for that, it shouldn't be Brown. His failure in New York was only a symptom of the problem.
But if he wants another coaching job -- and he says he does -- Brown needs to keep his mouth shut about his miserable experience with the Knicks. As it is, franchises are leery of leaving Brown alone with their players, and a healthy dose of former-employer bashing won't help his case any.
Brown says Knicks treated him poorly (AP, via espn.com)
Larry Brown (Wikipedia)
1 comment:
I don't really like Larry Brown despite on his pretty good coaching job.
Post a Comment