DUNCANownsKOBE2
11-29-2009, 11:50 AM
2009 - Mike Brown - After winning the award, his team couldn't even win a conference everyone thought was theirs. In all likelihood, Cleveland doesn't sniff 66 wins this season or win a championship, and Mike Brown's only chance at keeping his job is Lebron returning to Cleveland and requiring that Brown stay.
2008 - Byron Scott - The following season, New Orleans didn't sniff its W-L record in 2008, and then the team quit on Scott in the playoffs losing by 58 points at him. It didn't take long to fire Scott this season.
2007 - Sam Mitchell - Won 6 less games in 2008, and only lasted 17 games into 2009 before being fired.
2006 - Avery Johnson - After a finals appearance and promising 67 win season to follow up his COY award, was massively out coached by Don Nelson and lost a series everyone on this board has talked plenty about. In 2008, his team quit on him in the playoffs which led to him being fired.
2005 - Mike D'antoni - Had another good playoff run in 2006, then the team got steadily worse the following two seasons. He currently coaches the 3-13 NY Knicks, with a rapidly shrinking approval rating.
2004 - Hubie Brown - Didn't even win a playoff game in 2004, and only lasted 12 games into the next season.
2003 - Greg Popovich - Actually won a championship the year he won COY. Perhaps the only coach in the last 7 years who has proven to deserve the award.
2002 - Rick Carlisle - Lasted only one season after he won the award. Then, watched Detriot win a championship with another coach who got the team to play with more discipline than he ever could.
It seems like in recent history, most coach's careers peak when they win Coach of the Year, and then their career spirals downward afterwards. Is it safe to say coach of the year is slowly becoming a curse?
2008 - Byron Scott - The following season, New Orleans didn't sniff its W-L record in 2008, and then the team quit on Scott in the playoffs losing by 58 points at him. It didn't take long to fire Scott this season.
2007 - Sam Mitchell - Won 6 less games in 2008, and only lasted 17 games into 2009 before being fired.
2006 - Avery Johnson - After a finals appearance and promising 67 win season to follow up his COY award, was massively out coached by Don Nelson and lost a series everyone on this board has talked plenty about. In 2008, his team quit on him in the playoffs which led to him being fired.
2005 - Mike D'antoni - Had another good playoff run in 2006, then the team got steadily worse the following two seasons. He currently coaches the 3-13 NY Knicks, with a rapidly shrinking approval rating.
2004 - Hubie Brown - Didn't even win a playoff game in 2004, and only lasted 12 games into the next season.
2003 - Greg Popovich - Actually won a championship the year he won COY. Perhaps the only coach in the last 7 years who has proven to deserve the award.
2002 - Rick Carlisle - Lasted only one season after he won the award. Then, watched Detriot win a championship with another coach who got the team to play with more discipline than he ever could.
It seems like in recent history, most coach's careers peak when they win Coach of the Year, and then their career spirals downward afterwards. Is it safe to say coach of the year is slowly becoming a curse?