MrCleveland
05-14-2014, 07:48 PM
SportingNews.com
The Cleveland Cavaliers have fired Mike Brown from his position as head coach, the team announced on Monday.
This marks the third time Brown has been fired in the last four years and second time the Cavaliers have relieved him of his duties. The Lakers also fired Brown five games into his second season with the team.
When Brown returned to Cleveland, there were smiles all around, from Brown himself and team owner Dan Gilbert. They talked about how this time their journey together would be different from the previous stint, which ended with Brown being fired and LeBron James bolting for Miami.
That honeymoon was short-lived, as Brown was fired after only one season. Gilbert said it was a tough decision to fire Brown — again.
“This is a very tough business," Gilbert said. "It pains all of us here that we needed to make the difficult decision of releasing Mike Brown. Mike worked hard over this last season to move our team in the right direction.
"Although, there was some progress from our finish over the few prior seasons, we believe we need to head in a different direction. We wish Mike and his family nothing but the best."
The Cavaliers also announced that David Griffin, who worked in an interim role last season, will now function as the team's general manager. Griffin's first official decision came when the team let go of Brown.
"There is no harder working or better human being in our league than Mike,” Griffin added. "This was not an easy decision. We thank Mike for his efforts and wish him, his wife Carolyn, and their family only the best.”
When the Cavaliers did not meet expectations this year, Brown was put on the chopping block with several coaches who were expected to be released at the end of the year.
The Cavaliers finished the season at 33-49, which was well shy of the postseason expectations the team entered the season with. A failed experiment with Andrew Bynum and tough year for Kyrie Irving equaled the end of those thoughts.
Irving had good numbers, but found it hard to raise teammates to his own level of excellence. That spelled the end for the Cavaliers and Brown, who was unable to solve the Cavaliers' problems.
Brown served as head coach for the Cavaliers between 2005-10 prior to this most recent tenure. He finished with a 305-187 overall record with the Cavaliers.
Okay...what the hell is in the Cleveland Waters? Lead? AIDS? It seems that Cleveland has a One and Done deal with (almost) ALL of our teams!
The Cleveland Cavaliers have fired Mike Brown from his position as head coach, the team announced on Monday.
This marks the third time Brown has been fired in the last four years and second time the Cavaliers have relieved him of his duties. The Lakers also fired Brown five games into his second season with the team.
When Brown returned to Cleveland, there were smiles all around, from Brown himself and team owner Dan Gilbert. They talked about how this time their journey together would be different from the previous stint, which ended with Brown being fired and LeBron James bolting for Miami.
That honeymoon was short-lived, as Brown was fired after only one season. Gilbert said it was a tough decision to fire Brown — again.
“This is a very tough business," Gilbert said. "It pains all of us here that we needed to make the difficult decision of releasing Mike Brown. Mike worked hard over this last season to move our team in the right direction.
"Although, there was some progress from our finish over the few prior seasons, we believe we need to head in a different direction. We wish Mike and his family nothing but the best."
The Cavaliers also announced that David Griffin, who worked in an interim role last season, will now function as the team's general manager. Griffin's first official decision came when the team let go of Brown.
"There is no harder working or better human being in our league than Mike,” Griffin added. "This was not an easy decision. We thank Mike for his efforts and wish him, his wife Carolyn, and their family only the best.”
When the Cavaliers did not meet expectations this year, Brown was put on the chopping block with several coaches who were expected to be released at the end of the year.
The Cavaliers finished the season at 33-49, which was well shy of the postseason expectations the team entered the season with. A failed experiment with Andrew Bynum and tough year for Kyrie Irving equaled the end of those thoughts.
Irving had good numbers, but found it hard to raise teammates to his own level of excellence. That spelled the end for the Cavaliers and Brown, who was unable to solve the Cavaliers' problems.
Brown served as head coach for the Cavaliers between 2005-10 prior to this most recent tenure. He finished with a 305-187 overall record with the Cavaliers.
Okay...what the hell is in the Cleveland Waters? Lead? AIDS? It seems that Cleveland has a One and Done deal with (almost) ALL of our teams!