David Blatt FIRED

[PhoSita]

Wow.

Another Woj hatchet job on LeBron, but it sounds like it's probably deserved.

[BudweiserCeltic]

Wow.

Another Woj hatchet job on LeBron, but it sounds like it's probably deserved.

Agree on both counts.

[2short]

Good for blatt.   A good coach, and he is, can't really coach Lebron.  See Paul Silas.
In the end who cares

[tarheelsxxiii]

Wow.

Another Woj hatchet job on LeBron, but it sounds like it's probably deserved.

Agree on both counts.

Thirded. And thanks for sharing BC.

[konkmv]

I am from greece and i did never understand the hiring of blatt.. he is supposed to be a good coach but not great... he is not at the obradovich ivkovic messina level... he is not the best at creating plays... i think if you have a good manager everything can be done. But... being born in us does not mean that you are familiar with us basketball..big mistake to start his career in a top nba team with so many egos

[SHAQATTACK]

Deserved to be fired. Blatt failed to make that group of individuals a team. They do not play together as a unit. Just as individuals. Especially LeBron and Kyrie.

You nailed it .

Couldn't be a worse watch than Cavs in the NBA , except maybe Rockets .......Cavs the WORST at team basketball in the league . 

LeBron is the most responsible .  Him bringing the ball up,court ...while two little short guys stand around ....like idiots and watch .

Basically ......Blatt really did not have control of the team .......NO coach who understands basketball would ...organinize the team in such a screwball manor .

Blatt either didn't have the nads or was told not to,interfere with the VETS running the team

Blatt let him self be pushed around by the older players and let them blame him for their sorry attitude .

The load of thugs on that team are just looking for a little punk yes man like Spobott in Miami they can push around and dominate ......pass,the blame onto the coach with out fear.

[rondofan1255]

I am from greece and i did never understand the hiring of blatt.. he is supposed to be a good coach but not great... he is not at the obradovich ivkovic messina level... he is not the best at creating plays... i think if you have a good manager everything can be done. But... being born in us does not mean that you are familiar with us basketball..big mistake to start his career in a top nba team with so many egos

I think he was hired before Lebron decided to come back to Cleveland, and therefore probably thought he would be coaching a rebuilding team.

[Moranis]

Wow.

Another Woj hatchet job on LeBron, but it sounds like it's probably deserved.

I'm not so sure it is deserved.  The reality is once James came back Blatt never should have been coach.  He just didn't understand the American game and that was very apparent.  Now maybe James could have helped him more, but if you don't have or earn the respect of your best player, then you won't get it with anyone.  Blatt never understood that and never gained James' respect or trust. 

ESPN had an article last night with 5 of their NBA writers, all 5 said it was the right move from the Cavs.  That is powerful.

[jpotter33]

Lots of goodies in this article, but what I found most interesting is that Blatt seemed to flat out fear Lebron. In this article and others, it is mentioned that he would consistently not criticize Lebron during film sessions, and he would even call all kinds of fouls in Lebron's favor during practices. That' pretty much a no-win scenario right there.

http://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2016/01/23/locker-room-not-right-so-cavs-fire-blatt-and-hire-his-assistant

Also, all of this seems to make you respect Riley and Spoelstra a little more, because it seems that they at least didn't let Lebron rule things completely.

[jpotter33]

http://www.mlive.com/pistons/index.ssf/2016/01/pistons_patter_stan_van_gundy_4.html

Here's another interesting article with Stan Van Gundy ripping the Blatt firing. He's saying essentially that "meeting expectations" must somehow go beyond wins in Cleveland.

[celticsclay]

Wow.

Another Woj hatchet job on LeBron, but it sounds like it's probably deserved.

I'm not so sure it is deserved.  The reality is once James came back Blatt never should have been coach.  He just didn't understand the American game and that was very apparent.  Now maybe James could have helped him more, but if you don't have or earn the respect of your best player, then you won't get it with anyone.  Blatt never understood that and never gained James' respect or trust. 

ESPN had an article last night with 5 of their NBA writers, all 5 said it was the right move from the Cavs.  That is powerful.

ESPN'S writers agreeing on something is powerful?

[Celtics4ever]

Classic case of trying to please all and pleasing no one.   LeBron needs a follower for a coach so he can tell them what to do like Spoelstra.

[Vox_Populi]

I think it has become increasingly apparent to LeBron that he has little to no hope of beating the Warriors. And it made him do something drastic.

[BudweiserCeltic]

[hwangjini_1]

here is an interesting read on blatt's firing. quite a bit in this article worth looking over.

http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2016/01/why_david_blatt_got_fired_and.html