"Outraged"

First, I am outraged by the rumors of firing Mike Brown. I would rather see the coach of the Denver Nuggets fired, but that is another story for another time. Second, Skip Bayless of ESPN is an idiot and should be fired for suggesting that Mike Brown be fired and that LaBron can’t win the big one with him at the helm.

LaBron didn’t get into the NBA finals this year because he came up against a better team in the Orlando Magic. During the regular season Orlando beat the Cavs 4 out of the six times they played. Also, LaBron’s supporting cast needs help. Get LaBron a better supporting cast, and I promise you the big game will come.

I was also outraged by Skip Bayless assertion that LaBron needed a coach of “statue.” He began to rattle off names like Phil Jackson, Larry Brown, and Pat Riley etc. Question? Can anybody tell me who these men were before Michael Jordan, the Pistons, and Magic Johnson? Perhaps, Skip Bayless didn’t name any African-American coaches because with the exception of the great Bill Russell, Black coaches have not been given the same opportunities, past or present, to get it right over a period of time as others have. I’ll say it, White coaches.

For Skip Bayless to suggest that LaBron was acting as coach during periods of the Orlando series is insulting, a slap in the first to Mike Brown, and not the first time a star player exerted influence. I’m sure Phil listened to Michael Jordan. Paul Westhead got fired because he refused to listen to Magic. Does one think Kobe doesn’t have some juice right about now? Think again.

I would agree that there needs to be some changes in the NBA, but not starting with the Coach of the Year—Mike Brown.