Posted by tomverve:
Posted by crzymdups:
Whatever, guy. You can smirk and keep telling yourself that it's just a CRAZY conspiracy.
I'm not saying it's a crazy conspiracy that has no chance of being true. I don't know what Larry Brown is really like (neither do you). So, you could be spot on. But there's a good chance you're off base as well. I just don't think you're justified in being so absolutely, 100% confident that Brown is really nothing more than this manipulative SOB who's going to wreck the team. It's like you're already convinced, but there's not enough to go on to be convinced. You list some circumstantial evidence, but all those things you list could just as well be explained by recourse to scenarios where LB is not a megalomaniacal dictator who's not above losing on purpose just to get his way with management.
granted. but there were plenty of theories going around the said Brown didn't REALLY need to miss 17 games for Detroit last season. He was asked to stay away from the team, Dumars' final shot at reining in LB. Again, sure, you can make reasonable excuses for Brown in every scenario - but there's no denying that he's left 8 prior NBA jobs and the teams he left didn't really shed any tears. I'm just going by what I see here, and it looks like Brown is tanking with very specific goals. He's making certain guys on this team look very bad on purpose because he wants them gone. Either that or he's a complete idiot. Since I know he's not an idiot, I'm guessing he's up to something. He's done it before. Ask any fan that used to have him as a coach. If he doesn't like a player or players, he'll make them look awful and force the GMs hand.