The Former Little General

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I really like the way Brown comports himself in the interviews. Don't know about the coaching part but Brown clearly learned how to handle himself in public from Pop better than Avery did. I like the quote of Brown in the article about when the Cavs won a game and the players were dog piling he wanted to do it too but he knew somewhere Pop would be watching. About how much he's learned from Pop about being a coach. When and if Avery gets to the top he won't be giving Pop a lot of public credit, it'll be mostly about Avery.

[NCaliSpurs]

I just listened to the post game comments and I completely disagree. AJ is obviously frustrated about going to SA for game 7 but he doesn't mention the referees at all. Just because he would have liked to go to the line more than they did doesn't mean he is complaining about the officiating. The Little General bashing has got to stop.

I love the little General.

But to say that he wasn't complaining about the officiating is a bit naive and forgiving on your part.

He was complaining about the officiating in one breath and then complaining that they don't complain in the other breath.

It is funny. C'mon.

And I am not in the "F Avery" crowd. AJ is my man, but as long as we are in this series, I don't have to smell the horse that he is talking and say that it smells like roses.

[Chris]

I love the little General.

But to say that he wasn't complaining about the officiating is a bit naive and forgiving on your part.

He was complaining about the officiating in one breath and then complaining that they don't complain in the other breath.

It is funny. C'mon.

And I am not in the "F Avery" crowd. AJ is my man, but as long as we are in this series, I don't have to smell the horse that he is talking and say that it smells like roses.

Yeah, you are right, I am an AJ homer. Great post btw.

[2centsworth]

Overall I'm losing the love for Avery. Hopefully he leaves Dallas and goes to a classier organization.

[SPARKY]

Pop can't coach forever...

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I would love to see what aj could do in new york

I think he would do well actually



I want mike brown when pop is done

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cuban would offer aj 15 million a year to keep him from the spurs
he is not coming people

[reydawg]

I want mike brown when pop is done

Good, because the fans in Cleveland want Mike Brown to go somewhere else too. Lebron will probably miss the fellatio.

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why do cavs fans want him gone?

he has pushed the pistons to the limit
minus hughes

hughes should be traded though if danny can do it......

[Beer is Good]

Wow, it seems that most Spurs fans are about 50-50 on the AJ issue right now. I think you have to take into account all that he did while in SA, and I will always like him for the mental toughness and the spark he brought to the 99 Champs. I probably went too far to say we shouldnt put up his jersey, but I am really disappointed to see him slide so far towards the Mark Cuban mentality of , , . He may have not directly said anthing about refs, but he was complaining and IMO he has absolutely no reason to complain after the officiating in games 3 and 4 in the 4th really gave his team the close games. I think he had gotten so accustomed to being given the games and the calls that any game now that is officiated evenly will seem like he is getting screwed. I hate to see what he has let happen to him, and am afraid that he is now down that path to being a complete cry baby. That's what bothers me... the guy who was the mentally tough leader for us is now becoming a huge cry baby. It's sad.

[reydawg]

why do cavs fans want him gone?

he has pushed the pistons to the limit
minus hughes

hughes should be traded though if danny can do it......

Well leaving Lebron in that blowout where he ended up getting injured didn't endear him to the Cavs faithful. And though every coach at that level gets second-guessed quite a bit, Cleveland fans seem to be convinced that Brown is trying to ruin their great team's le run.

Not that I follow Cleveland too much, but the consensus seems to be that they've (or Lebron has) pushed Detroit to the limit despite Brown.

http://cavaliers.infopop.cc/groupee/...1/m/1821040431

http://cavaliers.infopop.cc/groupee/...1/m/7651030431

[EVAY]

It was quite ironic that in the middle of a rant about how they aren't shooting enough free-throws he says

"and the hard part is that we are the ones that don't complain."

Classic.

This is the one that got me, too. He started the complaining after the first game when he ranted about Bowen's "bear-hug defense". Then Cuban's ranting blog about officiating, and his posting of Manu's alleged "flops" on the Mavs jumbotron during game 4, plus his continual complaining to the league about everything in the world (Cuban). So when AJ said that bit about "we are the ones who don't complain" it was infuriating.

I acknowledge that the guy had just lost a tough game, and I acknowledge that the spurs did get more free throws in the game than the Mavs did, but even SUGGESTING that they (Mavs) are "the ones who don't complain" reflects a whininess that divorces itself from reality. Even the NBA tv anchor responded to this by saying that even though the Spurs got to the free throw line more than the Mavs in that game, the Mavs had STILL been to the line more than the spurs in the entire series, even AFTER this last game.

One final thought on AJ and fouls being called on Mavs. It is clear to me that AJ has employed a "foul Duncan and make him get his points on the line" coaching style. I don't belittle him for this, because a lot of times it could work. Last night it backfired, though, because not only were the fouls called, but Tim got the ball in the net even through the foul, and they made his free throws. As Pop said, it was a miracle that we made so many free throws, but we did. Had we missed them, as we usually do, AJ would have said that his strategy worked. He said before the 4th game that his bigs had 12 fouls and he "planned to use them all".

[Loose Cannon]

Out of Timmy's 5 fouls, two were legitimate. Shut the up, Avery.