Larry Brown to Coach Bobcats

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Larry Brown shocks everyone and decides to comeback to coaching and the Charlotte Bobcats is team #664523534.

This comes after the firing of rookie head coach Sam Vincent, who finished the season 32-50, but had clashed with players on a couple of occasions. Sportsline says:

Brown hasn’t lasted anywhere long, and has had some ugly divorces. His last coaching job was the disastrous 2005-06 season in New York, when the Knicks went 23-59 and Brown clashed with management.

His dismissal was followed by a long dispute over how much money he was owed for the rest of his contract.

A deal eventually was struck and Brown became an executive vice president with the Philadelphia 76ers, but Brown yearned to return to the bench.

“I was a bad coach. I did a bad job. I learned from that,” Brown said, referring to his time with the Knicks. “But being out of it in the last few years, even though I had a title in Philly … I just missed being around the game. I love it. I want to be a part of it.”

Jordan said he contacted Brown before hiring Vincent last spring, but Brown said he wasn’t ready to return. He changed his mind late this season, quitting his job in Philadelphia after being interviewed for the Stanford opening.

If you’re like me, you wonder why Larry Brown hasn’t just decided to coach 30 teams at once. He is a hall of fame coach but he has only won 1 NBA title, despite coaching 500 teams in the league. I still believe he is a coach that can turn the ship around if the players are good enough, but he won’t lead you to a championship.

We’ll see how this plays out, but I’m not too fond of the hiring.