Mike Brown

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1. Awful take, sorry. Mike was a great member of the coaching team, and he’s doing well at SAC, and except when they play us, I’m glad for it. I don’t know where you get the opinion you expressed, but without some corroboration from current or former players, I don’t buy it.

2. That do be Mike Brown.

   But lets think about this, we basically lost another head coach caliber person when he left.

   It happens, but Kerr is the head coach and 90% of us couch coaches dont agree with him.

   He needs another person.

3. They just haven’t been the same since he left, especially on defense. I remember when he filled in for Steve and you could clearly see that the players really liked the guy.

4. Mike Brown does things Kerr doesn’t tend to do- switch a bad strategy right away, call a quick timeout, spam a good strategy, react quickly to adjustments. Kerr likes to let the players figure things out but damn it’s frustrating, especially when we roll bad lineups out there.

5. Brown was the ying to Kerr’s yang. He brought balance to Kerr’s coaching style and that’s what we miss the most.

   Kerr was the numbers, Brown was the heart.

6. Whoever the guy is he has to be 6’11+

7. Don’t get me wrong, I was sad when Mike B left. He was great with us, which is why the Kings sought him out. But, the yearning this fanbase sometimes does for Mike seems to come with a bit of revisionist history that I find confusing, if not a little bizarre. There are a variety of things you could find to criticize Kerr for if you wanted to but not being a players coach is without a doubt, unquestionably not one of them and never has been. That’s what he is THE BEST in the league at lol bar none.

   Take it from Steph. He said the below with respect to the topic of Steve’s leadership style and how he manages players when he was on the All The Smoke Podcast back in January 2020:

   >”He’s wise in terms of how to manage people. That’s a big thing in the league, no matter if it’s the first guy or the fifteenth guy. You have to be able to be honest, you gotta be able to set expectations, and figure out ways to get the best out of guys. Anyone that would’ve played for him will tell you, you always know where you’re at [with Steve Kerr]. If you get a couple of ‘DNPs’, he’s gonna tell you why. He’s not going to just walk by you and not say anything to you….”
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   >”I think that’s the biggest thing for long-term success. You know who your best players are and what they need to go out and do every night, but your role players and the guys that are going to help you out throughout the regular season, and have those spot moments during the playoffs that’s gonna make the difference, they have to be engaged all year long, and it starts in the summer time and the training camp and all the way through, and Coach is the best of being able to paint a picture of how you’re going to help this team, and being real. Like, you feel that care factor that he brings.”

   Or take a story Steve has given a few times in interviews about why he quit Twitter a few years ago. It’s a great example of what a good players coach looks like in practice (not the literal sense as in basketball practice but in practice in the day-to-day sense):

   >”A couple years ago, I went to James Wiseman and I asked him how he was doing with the social media stuff and he goes, ‘Yeah, it’s a little tough,”” Kerr shared. “I said, ‘Why don’t we both quit Twitter for a while,’ and he said, ‘Yeah, that’s a good idea.’ I literally haven’t been back. It’s been two years, I think, for me. I asked him recently and he said, ‘Yeah, I’m not on either.’
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   >”So a guy like James, I had a conversation and we both agreed it might be a good idea and it turned out to be great for both of us. I feel way healthier, it’s really refreshing not knowing that people are crushing every decision I make. Ignorance is bliss, in some ways. But there are also a lot of really great stories that come from social media. [Steph Curry] is a master of handling social media. He does so much good on his platforms, so one size doesn’t fit all.
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   >”I just try to remind our guys that if you’re going down a path that’s not healthy, then try a different path.”

   Like I said, there are things you could nitpick about Kerr if you wanted to (his rotations are, for me, a frequent personal annoyance lol), but not being **a players coach** has never been one of them. He’s shown his entire career to be the epitome of a players coach.

8. He’s ok.