I would go after Brown. Phil Jackson's teams are not known for their defense. Of all the problems our team is having, defense is our biggest problem. Larry Brown would work with the young guys and reestablish good defensive habits.

I wouldn't mind bringing back Pat Riley though. Too bad for us that he is doing great down in Miami. We need a tougher team and not the soft team we have now.

What do you guys think?

I'd like to see nelly go for a second go around.

If we're not going to play defense, I'd rather have a coach that exploits our strengths, then someone that stifles creativity.

Brown does a little of both, but I'd love to see him turn crawford into reggie miller, coming off screen after screen to get open.

Phil's system ruins PGs but it would be nice to use the zen master as an excuse for everything that goes wrong with the team

if we don't get either i would just as soon stick w/Herb for now, or for Isiah himself to take over...i'm not interested in any more interim coaches at this point.

yeah but Doc is under contract too w/Boston...& there's no way Ainge would let him go to the Knicks w/o demanding something big in return...so you have the same situation as Larry Brown in essence, only LB is a much better coach & proven.

i'm not sure what Nate's situation is, but i'm just as good w/Herb as commanding the respect of the current players on this team as someone like Nate McMillan would...at least Herb has played in NY & has some past history here...if Nate came in & started benching star players the way he did in TOR, say w/Stephon Marbury for example, it could backfire bigtime because none of these guys have any prior history w/him at all...there wouldn't be any built up respect present for guys to respond favorably to his style of doing things...at least w/Herb you know he's been working w/these guys for the past several years & they know what he's about.