About a month ago, I wrote (but didn’t publish) this piece on David Blatt, head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers. With LeBron James out due to injury, the Eastern Conference favorites had lost nine of ten ball games. There were some pretty hearty rumblings calling for Blatt’s head. Suddenly, LeBron returned, the Cavs won twelve straight, those rumblings dissipated and Blatt became the smartest man in the league. The Cavs are now fourteen games over .500. I guess time plus LeBron heals all wounds. But with Blatt’s job on the line mid-season, I couldn’t help but compare his fate to a similar coaching situation not long ago and wonder why certain coaching lifers don’t have more pull. Follow along at: http://sportschump.net/2015/02/26/nba-coaching-carousel-redux/15094/
