OPINION: Byron Scott’s firing is disappointing, though not surprising. Right now, I think what’s happening is that the team is hearing the same voice and not listening.
Scott might have sung a happy tune in training camp, but he knew this team had deficiencies and that it had no money to play with to make up for them.
It’s sad to see the team lose Scott, who took them further than anyone else had, but the writing was on the wall after the 58-point loss to Denver in the playoffs and then the 3-6 start. The worse loss was the one to the Knicks, who have only won one game this year – against the Hornets.
Bower and Floyd
I think this move is a sign that the Hornets have called it a season. They’ll mail it in and take their lumps and then try to improve. I said before if you’re going to fire the head coach, you have to fire the GM, because he’s the one who assembled the parts. Jeff Bower is not a head coach. Tim Floyd is probably a pretty decent assistant, but he’s not a head coach. What this franchise will have to do – even with George Shinn $3 million over the cap, is have him dip into his pockets and get a coach this team can believe in and rally around.
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He’ll be unhappy. In training camp he said, “Byron Scott is my guy. He’s who I want to play for.” Paul will probably get frustrated and you have to keep him happy. Coaches come and go in this league, but players run the league. Paul is a franchise player, but, like with Kevin Garnett in Minnesota, the franchise guys sometimes get frustrated and eventually try to move on.
