Byron Scott fired

[Walt]

STOP Listening to sports talk radio. thats not true at all. now was he the best coach for this super young and dumb team in this era of soft egos? no

was he a solid coach in a prior era? YES. he had his team in the championship with a lesser cast than most. he had cp3 and the hornets balling out even vs the much better laker team in the playoffs. so sorry i cant call a coach a bad coach when he has a team full of kids that are not lebron status or shaq status. sorry. that aint his fault. oh and this season cant be counted against him one bit. you had kids and the kobe tour. that right there says there is no way in hell you're going to win games like that.

You just gonna accuse someone who would never waste time listening to sports talk radio of doing so, and then follow up with a shallow and cliche take?

Byron been a shytty coach from jump. He succeeded when he coached two of the all time greatest PGs because they served as coaches on the court, often overriding his plays and freelancing. Both of those PGs thought he was a garbage coach while they played for him and made that clear. His assistants used to leave the game footage at weird times in the tape and when they'd get them back the footage would still be at that same random time - proof he simply didn't watch the tape. He never ever managed to adapt to changes in the game, whether we're talking in-game coaching or overall adjustment for the style of play of the era. He's a fukkin bonehead who thinks his tag-along rings with the Lakers gives him the right to be arrogant and dismissive as a coach, and that has led to one of the worst records for any coach in NBA history, despite having the fortune of having Kidd and CP3 coach for him during some of his seasons.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Byron Scott is not the right coach for this team AT ALL

Scott isn't the right coach for any team. I'm cringing at all the posts from apologists in this thread coming to his defense.

 

[Full Measures]

They all better than Byron Scott. The fourth coaching search time will be the charm.

Great now were gonna hire a coach that preaches running out to the 3 point line on fast breaks instead of streaking towards the basket?

I'm talmbout that article excerpt you posted

 

[IGSaint12]

People want to cape for Byron in this thread because he's black but don't. He's not the black coach to die on the cross for. He doesn't have a single redeeming quality about him as the coach of any team.

 

[GreatestLaker]

was he a solid coach in a prior era? YES. he had his team in the championship with a lesser cast than most.

"Lesser cast than most" You do know that the Nets played in the very weak Eastern conference right? The Nets had one of the more talented rosters compared to the other teams in the east.

Jason Kidd ran that team anyway. He thought Byron Scott was a garbage coach. He even got the man fired.

he had cp3 and the hornets balling out even vs the much better laker team in the playoffs.

What? Monty Williams was the Hornets coach in 2011.

 

[Woodwerkz]

The Lakers ain't the dream job in the NBA just like the Cowboys ain't the dream job in the NFL

Nikkas gotta stop thinking like it's 20 years ago

Unlike the Cowboys...the Lakers have won in the last decade so this is already a bad analogy. The Lakers are one of the few...(if not only) teams to have a title in each decade since the 70's.

 

[slikkp]

Unlike the Cowboys...the Lakers have won in the last decade so this is already a bad analogy. The Lakers are one of the few...(if not only) teams to have a title in each decade since the 70's.

That success was based upon their ability to draft and acquire talent. Something that hasn't been done since their last title in 2010.

In the mid 90s wasn't no coaches jumping at the opportunity to coach Van Exel and Eddie Jones.