Cavs could be in big trouble.

[The Disector]

Looking at what has happened so far with the Cavaliers this off-season I'm very disappointed and even more so worried about the direction of this ball club.

1st we sign a coach.
Is it Phil Jackson or Flip Saunders, or even a accomplished coach--of course not.
The new coach is Mike Brown who has never even coached an NBA team.

2nd we let our best back up big man walk when all we had to do his pay him a didly squat NBA type of salary to keep him.
Tractor played well for the Cavs last season and they repay him by kicking him out the door.

3rd we hire a GM who is another unproven and unaccomplished addition to the front office.
Ferry can be talked up by people all they want but the truth is the Spurs were a damn good team before Ferry even got to play for San Antonio much less be in thier front office.

All this adds up to is the Cavs have people running this organization who have accomplished nothing more then the owner who now runs this team.

I'm not saying the Cavs are doomed and things won't work out for the better or anything like that but I sure do not like what I've seen so far this offseason.

 

[E-Light]

We're DOOMED:chuckles: I'll give er a wait, and see. We'll know in a month what direction ferry and his little helpers are taking us in.

 

[LyXo]

1st we sign a coach.
Is it Phil Jackson or Flip Saunders, or even a accomplished coach--of course not.
The new coach is Mike Brown who has never even coached an NBA team.

Phil Jackson didn't want to come here, and I don't think he really considered it. We talked him up here, but in reality there was probably very little dealing with him. Also, I don't think LeBron would have been really happy if we picked him up. He'd be open, but I think that deep down he wants to win something on his own, create something on his own, rather than ride the coattails of Phil Jackson to the trophy.

Flip Saunders wanted too much power in the FO, so we didn't take him.

The past has shown that brand new coaches are those that take teams to championships. Phil Jackson was new when he was in Chicago, then he essentially carried it on to LA. Popovich never was a head coach before San Antonio. I'm pretty sure Houston was Rudy T's first coaching job. Before NJN scrapped their team, Lawrence Frank, first time and youngest coach, lead the team to back to back East championships.

Mike Brown seems like a classy coach with a good mind. He's worked with the best. If we want up-and-coming, it doesn't get better than Mike Brown. He's someone that can remain with LeBron for several seasons. I think that it was a good call by Gilbert with the pickup of Brown.

2nd we let our best back up big man walk when all we had to do his pay him a didly squat NBA type of salary to keep him.
Tractor played well for the Cavs last season and they repay him by kicking him out the door.

1.7 mil doesn't count much towards the cap, of course not. But that 1.7 mil is the difference between a 5 year, 75 mil contract and a 5 year, 80 mil contract (through raises) that we could offer someone, theoretically. That difference could be a signature or no signature. I think that this move was strictly business, we need that money to throw at a high-calibur free agent rather than a replacable backup big man. I have all respect for Tractor and am all for him, but the 1.76 million is more important now.

3rd we hire a GM who is another unproven and unaccomplished addition to the front office.
Ferry can be talked up by people all they want but the truth is the Spurs were a damn good team before Ferry even got to play for San Antonio much less be in thier front office.

This is something that I agree with. I have some reservations about Ferry, he doesn't seem assertive/aggresive enough, and that could cause us harm this summer. He's from a high class organization but I don't think that cuts it. People speak extremely highly of Mike Brown and it seems he's rolled up his sleeves and worked hard to get here. Ferry doesn't seem to have taken the same path. Tait mentions how Ferry is his favorite Cav for his perseverence and working under pressure and disgust. That's a great trait, but do we really want that in our GM? We should want someone aggressive, someone that will take the steps necessary to be the best, not just to be enough. But now that Ferry's on board, we have to see how the ball rolls. Hopefully he won't choke with negotiations this summer and screw everything up.

 

[Karma]

A coach with a defensive mindset! I thought that was right up your alley Disector. In regards to Ferry, we'll be able to make some quick judgements with all the decisions he needs to make this next month.

 

[The Disector]

A coach with a defensive mindset! I thought that was right up your alley Disector. In regards to Ferry, we'll be able to make some quick judgements with all the decisions he needs to make this next month.

You right that I wanted a coach with a defensive mindset but a good coach is a someone who manages his team on both sides of the ball, teaches the fundamentals, has a good feel for the game, knows how to have his team manage the game, is good at making game plans, and knows how to motivate his players.

I'm not saying anything positive or negative about Mike Brown personally but what I am saying is so far the Cavs have a whole front office of inexperienced people which is not a risk you should be taking with the Superstar of your team paying very close attention and ready to go if the team doesn't turn out the way he likes.

On another note I love the trade for the Lith big man, which is the 1st player acquired by this new regime and maybe it could mean the Cavs finally do have a front office that knows what it is doing.