I agree that Larry Brown is overrated. He won the championship last year and one in college yet is hailed as a Phil Jackson or Red Aurbach equal. Please! The Olympics did expose him. Chuck Daly showed how to run an Olympic team.
What I dislike about Brown most is when the team loses like last night, he immediately blames the players. When the team wins, he takes all the credit and is the master tactician who wins with an outmanned team due to his genius. You can't have it both ways.
Besides all of that, he doesn't always honor his contract which makes him more than selfish.
He is an egomaniac like so many coaches but his mellow speaking style let's him get away with seeming like the old professor who knows so much and we are all so lucky to be able to pick his fertile mind. I have had enough of his b.s.

Larry Brown is a great coach. Not Hil, or Red, but a great coach. His love for teaching in legendary, and his "flakey" ways were just before its time. He just quit and moved on berore he was fired like many do these days.

What, since his team si not clicking he is not "the man?" The dude needs a vacation, he has not stopped working since last season, and he has had a new hip put in !

The olympic loss was not his fault. In fact, I think George Karl is now excused for the world championships loss given the team and the players who quit on him. He was blasted for that loss, and it did suck, but it was bigger than just him!

I think the thing that has hurt the pistons is the refs not allowing wing players to arm check the offensive player- Detroit did that a lot last year and this year they've gotten whistled for fouls

unbelievable! now that detroit is struggling we assume that wallace sucks and brown is an overrated coach. this tells me that some people have limited basketball knowledge. ask the pacers and clippers what coach they enjoyed their best years with. brown. he turned MANY teams into great, not good, but great teams. the clippers were laughingstocks until brown came and made them a dangerous playoff team. he actually made charles smith lok like a god player. he sure duped us. he tok philly to the finals with only iverson as the only superstar and a lot of decent role players. as far as wallace, he is playing within the limits of the team. this is, like many of larry brown's teams, a guard oriented team while solidiying the defense in the paint. he did that with the likes of smith/vaught, smit/davis boys, and mutumbo/ coleman. this team will turn it aroung after the all-star break IF brown's heart is still in it.

Whatever!! By gettting Sheed , Detriot made it to the finals and won a ring.

Sheed's #'s have gone down because of the kind of sytem he's adapted too.

His role now is more defensive-minded than offense. The team offense is heavily incorporated via the lethal backcourt of Billups and Hamilton.

Posted by Travla:

I like Sheed as a player but his numbers have steadily gone down since the 2001 season where he averaged 19 and 8. I don't think he would have been much of a difference maker here. He's only averaging 13 and 7 since joining Detroit and he's only shooting 40% from the field including 28% from 3 point land. I know he's not the focus of their offense (he would'nt have been the focus of ours either) but for the kind of money he was seeking 13 and 7 doesn't get it done. I watch his body language and he doesn't seem to have his head in the game that much, doesn't have the "I wan't the ball" mentality.....just an observation. Anyone agree?? Disagree??

[Edited by - Travla on 12/31/2004 00:50:39]

Disagree, Sheed injured his elbow on his shooting arm. He is still a great defender, and a good option on the low post. As far as his numbers going down, he excels in the role that he has, and can still put up numbers if he needs to.