Dancing with Mr. Brown

Even though Larry Brown hasn't been officially fired from his job as coach of the New York Knickerbockers, rumors are already growing that his next coaching destination will be here in Oaktown, as head coach of the Golden State Warriors. We have no idea if there's any dint of truth out there about the rumors and think it's probably just wild speculation due to the fact that Golden State is one of the few remaining NBA teams who Larry hasn't coached yet. He is also neighbors of Warriors owner Chris Cohan in East Hampton. Still, there's enough out there to have message boards full of stories that everyone in Golden State has been fired or at least Brown has already been hired or that Brown was about to fired except Mullin objected and so now Mullin might be fired.

Phew.

The benefit of having Mr. Brown is that he is well acknowledged as some sort of basketball genius, well praised as having invented the game, the first person to ever do a slam dunk, and helped personally ease tensions between Kobe and Shaq. He is also justifiably famous for taking crap teams and turning them into playoff-bound teams. That would pretty much describe the Warriors. Finally, it also goes without saying that his hiring would immediately put the Warriors on the NBA map, something they haven't been in years. Hell, you can't watch one episode of PTI without at least one segment detailing the latest in whatever soap opera Larry is involved in.

And that brings us to his downside, the reason why he's not such a hot pick. Usually, the first thing Larry does when he gets hired as a coach is call his agent and see if there's another job out there. The second thing he does is call every member of the press and complain about the team he just agreed to coach and bash all the players (the forum on WarriorsWorld already has a thread going on which Warrior would Larry complain about first with Baron Davis getting most of the votes). Yes, Larry wins, but he brings with him the Larry Brown Circus, complete with constant rumors of his leaving, speculation about if he's going to leave, and "unknown sources" whispering about Brown's unhappiness. Brown, in a way, is the Terrell Owens of coaches, undeniably great, yes, but not really worth the headache.

Considering Brown is about to get a $40 million dollar check to the Knicks (on top of a huge check he got from the Pistons) if he is fired, we really have to wonder why he'd even coach again. Do you know how many lines of coke you can do off stripper's chests with $40 million dollars?