Mike Brown Fired

Dwight Howard is starting to wish he stayed in Orlando. Maybe not, but the Lakers are already a mess 5 games into the season after firing head coach Mike Brown. The team's 1-4 start put a lot of unnecessary heat on Brown. Let's face it; this would not be a big deal if it was the Raptors or Wizards we are talking about. We are talking about the Los Angeles Lakers. We are talking about the 16 time champion Los Angeles Lakers. They have started a little slow, but this isn't the first time a team built a star-studded starting lineup and struggled to start the year. We last saw it with the Miami Heat after they signed LeBron James and Chris Bosh. We all remember when questions rose about Eric Spoelstra. The Media and others felt like he wasn't the right person to coach. A year later they won the championship and those questions were put to rest. The point is that "super" teams take time to gel. Firing the head coach could backfire quickly and will not fix the team chemistry.

 In an 82 game season there is no reason a team can not bounce back from a 1-4 start, especially L.A. This is a foolish move. Who's going to be the coach now? Phil Jackson? Good luck. Mike D'Antoni? He'd only teach Howard not to play defense. The team wasted training camp and the preseason to get adjusted to Brown's scheme and now they are going to need to adjust the scheme under a new coach, whoever it will be. I will say that Brown was not the right hire for a team of this caliber. The Lakers realized that and seem to think that there is someone more qualified for this job out there other than Brown. The timing is way off. Brown should've never had the job in the first place. You have to feel bad for him though. I'm sure that this was a head coaching job that he was really excited about. It just didn't work out. L.A. has a lot to iron out right now or reaching the playoffs may not work out for them either. Again, this is an 82 game season. They have time to fix their problems but they will need a new head coach first.

Mike Brown was unfairly targeted for the Lakers early season struggles.

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