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Re: Windy: Offer to Shaw or Scott could come soon
When Shaq and Kobe had issues, Shaw led the closed door meetings to keep the two on the same page. I believe that could help the Cavs ten-fold over Mike Brown, who had issues keeping both LeBron and Shaq happy.
Pros don't need motivation exactly, they need to be kept engaged, challenged, and focused. That's what makes Phil so brilliant.
Brian Shaw has some strong recommendations, but that's all we've got. Just like with Mike Brown, we'd be starting from scratch and discovering all his true strengths and weaknesses.
Mike's strength as an assistant (besides defense and work ethic) was how he related to the players and was able to keep the Pacers together and focused on playing ball after the brawl. maybe Shaw motivates great ... but what about when the shit hits the fan? Can he manage that without Phil around? I don't think we can know. He hasn't been a head coach or put in to that position as far as I know.
What I think we all want is a coach who when things are going downhill in a game will blow his whistle, recognize the problem, wave his magic wand, and make the problem go away. A coach who will keep the opposing coach on his toes and guessing what's coming next.
Is that Shaw? How can we possibly say?
When Shaq and Kobe had issues, Shaw led the closed door meetings to keep the two on the same page. I believe that could help the Cavs ten-fold over Mike Brown, who had issues keeping both LeBron and Shaq happy.