Something I have been keeping up with in the world of sport is the swiftness of coaching changes. The most prominent example is the recent firing of Laker's Coach Mike Brown merely 5 games into the season. Think about that...5 games. I think it is utterly ridiculous to think that a person can be on the "hot seat" that quickly without doing something controversial. All he did was implement an offense that was unsuccessful for a time. Sure, that may be cause for firing him much later in the season if the failures continue, but judging that he is not the right fit after only 5 games is just mind-blowing. in today's sports, there is no sense of job security as a coach, unless you have made a name for yourself and become an icon, a face of the franchise which you belong to.

Coaches are so often put on the "hot seat" when a team is losing games, and the team believes it must go in a different direction. I completely understand that this is part of the game. Also, I understand that a franchise like the Lakers, which has experienced so much success in the past, would put a lot of pressure on new coaches to win games with talented players. Clearly Brown's system wasn't working, but I don't think 5 games is even an accurate sample of his ability as a coach. Given more games, maybe the team would adapt to the system, or maybe he would change it altogether. Perhaps the players just weren't playing well and it wasn't the system at all. It just makes no sense to put so much effort into hiring a coach in the off-season only to fire him after such a short span of time. Coaches like Andy Reid of the Philadelphia Eagles have been on the "hot seat" for while, but such coaches are normally given more of an opportunity to figure it out, or at least try to. Oh well, let's see how Mike D'Antoni does with the team now...