However his recent actions have been both shocking and deplorable. I don't recall any coach in a professional league that has been playing the shell game that he has. He should have never talked about working for another franchise (President of the Cavs) in the middle of the conference finals series .
What has the Pistons franchise done to Brown to warrant him acting in this manner? You would think he would be somewhat gracious towards the Pistons given that he got his first world title with a team that was virtually created before he got there (I think the only starter who got there after Brown was Sheed). Even if Brown planned to stop coaching and wanted to do something else, there's no question that he should have waited until the end of the season.
And leave it to Larry Brown to do something that would get me and Bill Walton to agree. Listen to this rant that Walton lays on Brown on ESPN's "Mike and Mike In the Morning" that leaves no question that Brown is in the wrong. Brown wouldn't condone a player asking to be traded in this situation. Brown wouldn't allow this type of drama to be created in his locker room, yet he's creating it here. Why? This isn't fair to the players he coaches, the front office that helped create that atmosphere to win the NBA title last year, and it isn't especially fair to the fans, who's going to be pointing to all of this drama if they knocked out of the playoffs tonight or in Game 7. Brown's actions have no justifiable excuse.
Now that I think about it, I'm glad he didn't take the Carolina job. I don't think Baddour would have given it to him anyway, but he was definitely a name that consistently came up for it once Dean, Guthridge, and Doherty left.