2008-2009 NBA Coach of the Year?

Does anyone else think that Mike Brown should not have been coach of the year? I thought maybe he deserved it at first, because of the Cavs record. But I didn't pay much attention to the Cavs because I didn't watch. But after watching the Cavs-Magic series. I don't understand why he got it. He seemed clueless and did absolutely nothing to help the Cavs. Van Gundy made him look a little foolish, even with his own odd techniques and being dubbed "master of panic" by Shaq, and being questioned by Howard during the series with the Celtics.

Mike Brown has the best player in the NBA (arguably) so there's not much strategy involved. The game plan should be simple, get LeBron the ball. While I don't think he's a horrible coach, during the Magic series I certainly didn't see a good one. I think even Doc Rivers deserves it more, barely missing the Eastern Conference Finals after you thought you'd have Garnett in the playoffs, then discovering you won't. And then Leon Powe went out, too. They won games when Paul Pierce was out because of foul trouble, and Ray Allen in another game. The C's went 62-20 despite not having KG for 25 of those games. They did a lot better than people expected, writing them off without KG. Many thought the Magic would go 4-1, or even sweep them.

Or Rick Adelman, who managed to help take the Lakers to 7 games without Tracy McGrady, and some of it without Yao, too. Or even Mike Woodson.

But I really think that Nate McMillan was snubbed. He took the second youngest team in the NBA and made them a certain playoff team after missing last year. And that's without any major changes in the lineup. Many people didn't think Portland would be that good. Before the season even started I knew Portland had a good chance to be one of the top 4 teams in the Western Conference. Mainly because I live in Washington and so I know Brandon Roy and Nate McMillan very well. He was also a good choice for the 2004-05 season, although I think Mike D'Antoni was just as deserving.

The Cavs were expected to be good this year, the Blazers however, came as a surprise to many people. That is why I think Nate got robbed of coach of the year. They are going to be good. They'll probably do very well next year.

What do you think?