Name: ‘It’s just time’ - Zach Lowe on the 76ers firing head coach Brett Brown | Get Up
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After getting swept by the Celtics in the first round, the Sixers fired Brett Brown yesterday after seven seasons.

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He coached the Sixers through losing at least 60 games each of his first three years and made the playoffs in his final three seasons.

And I don't know, as we bring back Zack and and Big Perk on this topic, I don't know if you guys were watching earlier, but Bruce Bowen Zack came on here and delivered really an impassioned thought on how this is less about bread brown and his mind than about a superstar in Joel Embiid, who needs to be a leader and who needs to be accountable and who needs to demand greatness from himself and from others around him.

That was Bruce's perspective, If I could paraphrase it so with that sort of is the backdrop.

I wonder what you thought of the decision they made yesterday and what you think the prognosis is for them going forward?

Well, I think some of the accountability stuff is on Britain.

If you talk to people inside the team, they would describe him as sort of a non controversial, genial sort who didn't deal well with that kind of thing.

Look, Brett Brown is a really good coach.

He did a really good job with the Sixers.

I mean, the most painful rebuilding process in the history of sports.

Sometimes it's just time, and I bet it's time for Brett.

I bet Brett is tired of sitting around thinking about how can I space the floor with a point guard who can't shoot or won't shoot and a center who wants to be with his back to the basket.

And by the way, my front office gave me another center for $25 million a year, and I have 16 power forwards on my team.

I bet Brett Brown could use a break from that.

Sometimes the coach runs its course, so I don't think it's a good or bad decision.

But in this case, I do think it seems like it seems like it was time.

I don't know if you had a chance to hear what Bruce said, but but it was passionate and It was fascinating and it was really his thought was that if that team is gonna go where everyone wants them to go, it's gonna be about Embiid and a change in his mentality and his level of accountability.

Well, here's my thought is Bruce and I love him to death, but it's it's Spurs nation.

No bread brown need to be held accountable.

At the end of the day, if I get into it with 10 ESPN workers, that's working behind the scenes, it's not them that have the problem.

Sooner or later, I got to check myself bread.

Brown has been into it with ah lot of his players.

You've seen players like a guy like Jonathan Simons, who tweeted out yesterday, said It's about time You look at a guy like Jimmy Butler who he had problems with, Ah, high lottery pick and okay for that.

They had to get rid of because he had problems with you had Tobias Harris come out and say that they had chemistry problems.

Big Al Horford, who you signed 100 plus million dollars to this summer had a problem with him.

Joel even shot slugs at him sooner later.

They need, uh, They need a new change of scenery.

They need to get some young blood in their tie.

Lewis the guy for the job, in my opinion.

It was bred brown, and it was time for him to go.

Thailand, by the way, is the name that Roach brought up earlier here when we talked about it.

The replacement for Brett Brown in Philly.

Thailand, to me, is a good fit for one reason.

They need someone who's willing to look atyou l and Beat and Ben Simmons and have the hard discussions and get in their face about it and not take no for an answer, not take.

Let's talk about it tomorrow for an answer, not take.

I'm walking out of the room sulking for an answer.

In Thailand, you is willing to have those conversations.

He'll get right in your face, and I think that's what they need.

And and he has seen that, And working with LeBron sometimes could be, ah, benefit and occurs because people will give all the credit of LeBron.

But Tyler, you obviously took that team to three consecutive NBA Finals.

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