New Philly Coach Brown fires everyone left on staff

[Eric M VAN]

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/sixers/20130817_Sixers__Brown_dismisses_assistant_coaches.html

Really? I guess it doesn't matter with a team that's been blown up so completely but I'd think he'd keep someone around during the transition.

I'm more on board with Brad Steven's way of doing this.

[Who]

Ha, good for him. Love how quickly he did it once getting the job. Decisive.

Making the space his own.

Really? I guess it doesn't matter with a team that's been blown up so completely but I'd think he'd keep someone around during the transition.

I'm more on board with Brad Steven's way of doing this.

Personally, I think it is much better when a Head Coach hires his own staff than keeps the team's former head coach's staff in place.

An NBA head coach (other pro sports too I suppose) requires high degrees of loyalty and trust in his assistants in order to function properly -- too much risk of back-stabbing (to players or front office types) in NBA circles + as well general stuff like as having people with the same coaching philosophies and stuff like that -- so forcing him to take on people he doesn't know / trust is usually a recipe for behind the scenes problems.

They tend to ignore, orstracise or minimize assistants around them when they are unsure if they are unsure said assistant(s) have their back. Better to give your Head Coach people he is more willing to be open with, trust and use appropriately than guys he is going to be suspicious / paranoid about.

If you have ever heard a Head Coach do interviews about the importance of assistants - and interference from front office in assistant coaches - and you know "paranoid" is the right description for many Head Coach's response to working with assistants they were forced to take/keep. Major distrust. George Karl and Stan Van Gundy are two names that pop out who have talked some about this is in recent seasons.

I say give your Head Coach people they are confident they can work well with and let them get on with the job. No point giving a guy a multi-million dollar contract and then refusing to give him the tools / support needed to the job to the best of his abilities.

Good for this guy having the backbone to make hard decisions - to fire so many people -- in order to put the right infrastructure around him that he can be comfortable with in order to be successful. 

[GreenEnvy]

Ha, good for him. Love how quickly he did it once getting the job. Decisive.

Making the space his own.

That's precisely what I don't like about it. He is in no rush with like 6 weeks before camp opens. He should have sat down with them, see what their views are, what they bring to the table, how they can ease the rebuild, etc.

By just cleaning house as soon as he gets the job makes it seem like he is just marking his territory. Not impressive when you have the worst roster in the league, and potentially a historically bad one at that.

[saltlover]

Ha, good for him. Love how quickly he did it once getting the job. Decisive.

Making the space his own.

That's precisely what I don't like about it. He is in no rush with like 6 weeks before camp opens. He should have sat down with them, see what their views are, what they bring to the table, how they can ease the rebuild, etc.

By just cleaning house as soon as he gets the job makes it seem like he is just marking his territory. Not impressive when you have the worst roster in the league, and potentially a historically bad one at that.

Eh, if you're not going to keep them, might as well give them as much time to find something else.  Not his fault he was hired in August.