The fate of the Cavs is in owner Dan Gilbert's hands. Is he up to the task?
Cavs owner Dan Gilbert faces a task more daunting that guarding LeBron on a one-on-one breakaway: finding a new coach for team that may or may not have its superstar.Cleveland, Ohio -- Cavs owner Dan Gilbert has dumped the winningest coach in Cavaliers history. The consensus is that Mike Brown had to go. Maybe he wasn't the cause of the Cavs' collapse against Boston, but as the coach, he has to take the blame.
But LeBron James' pending free agency makes the task of replacing Brown that much more daunting. And, while the King is getting all the ink in that regard, he's not the only Cleveland player who may have played his last game at The Q. Zydrunas Ilgauskas and Shaquille O'Neal become free agents just like James on July 1.
The uncertainty of just who is going to be on this team will have to weigh on any coaching candidate's mind, and could influence his decision. Clevelanders want Phil Jackson, but there's no way a coach with his resume is going to want to come into a rebuilding situation.
Unless, of course, Dan Gilbert has powers of persuasion we don't know about.