Larry Brown is a great hire for the Bobcats. He is a rebuilder. Granted he leaves teams quick and often, but when has he left them worse than when he came? Possibly with the Knicks, but I honestly think that was more Thomas and they were in bad shape regardless.
Brown when to the Spurs, made them better and moved on, but I don't think he left them in a bad spot, they've had one season since he left in which they didn't make the playoffs and that was when Robinson and, I think, Sean Elliot were injured the whole year, which by the way enabled them to get Duncan.
After the Spurs he whent to the Clippers and took a bad team to the playoffs, then he came to Indiana and became the first coach to get them past the first round of the playoffs since they had been in the ABA. He took the Pacers to two straight eastern conference finals which they lost in tough fought seven game series, after he left the pacers, they when to three straight eastern conference finals including one trip to the championship. He didn't leave them in too bad of shape.
He then spent several years at Philly where he built a winning team around Iverson, something that had proven difficult, culminated in bringing them to the championship. After he left Philly they still made several trips to the playoffs, and I don't think he left them in a bad position.
After that he when to the Pistons. By far the best team that he had ever been given. The question? Could he be sucessful with a team that was already good? After all he was a great rebuilder, but he had trouble sustaining. His result? Two straight trips to the finals and one championship. Then he left the Pistons, but I don't think they have suffered too greatly since he left, accept perhaps underacheiving in the playoffs, which would be a reflection on the new coach.
I belive the only two blights on his career would be the Knicks and the Olympic team, Both are very small blips in which he was unable to choose his players. Ultimately Larry Brown does seem to struggle with staying with a team for a long period, but that is not his strength. He is a master rebuilder who takes bad teams and makes them good. Does he leave soon? Sure, but rarely has he done anything but set the franchises up for success in the years to come.
If I were a Bobcat fan I would be thrilled. If history means anything he'll build them into a strong playoff team, then leave in a few years, but they will continue their success for years to come. How is that unproffesional? We only remember what he did last, the New York Knicks, but that is extremely unfair and it would do his brilliant career an injustice not to let him produce one more great rebuilding project.
