May 19, 2013

Breaking Report: Byron Scott, Not Shaw To Be Cavalier Coach

June 30, 2010 by 30 Comments

The ways things have been going these days you really have to be careful with reports coming from anywhere. Yesterday we had reports all over the place that Brian Shaw was going to be the next coach of the Cavaliers. Byron Scott was said to have sent a congratulatory email to Shaw. We had reports on WKNR and all over the local press saying everything from he was “the leading candidate” to Glenn Moore saying on air this afternoon that he would “bet his house” that Shaw was the next coach of the Cavaliers.

A late report from Chris Broussard has us scratching our heads-

The Cavaliers are in contract negotiations with Byron Scott. He will be the club’s next head coach.

How did we get here? More importantly after the reports we’ve heard from Broussard this week, are we willing to believe this one? Well, Brian Windhorst seems to think the momentum has changed-

After a series of meetings today the #Cavs have started contract talks with Byron Scott. No deal is done yet but sides moving that way.

Strap in ladies and gentlemen. It’s going to be an interesting ride.

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  • http://www.waitingfornextyear.com Denny

    Sam Amick tweeted the following:

    “Brian Shaw’s agent, Jerome Stanley, tells FanHouse that he withdrew his name from consideration this afternoon… Shaw & his agent were under the impression the job was theirs, but it appears Cavs were going to string them & Scott along in negotiations.”

    Byron Scott it is. Now we gotta figure out what this all means. Xanax ahoy.

  • http://www.waitingfornextyear.com Andrew

    If that’s how this went down, it reflects VERY poorly on the Cavaliers as an organization. It also makes Byron Scott’s agent’s comments about the Cavs yesterday puzzling. So after his agent more or less blasts the Cavs for their professionalism, he’s now going to be hired as coach? This is downright ugly. Hope we get some clarity soon.

  • Stinkfist

    can he hire Chris Paul as a player-assistant coach because they would solve all of our problems?

  • Tim

    I blame Branyan for all this confusion.

  • Stinkfist

    ya, Branyan…. haha

  • mgbode

    We’ll all mostly forget this through the FA frenzy once the coach is named officially.

    It’s not really bad on the organization if they liked both about equally and wanted to negotiate contracts with both to see which they would prefer. I don’t see how that is bad business, that is good business. Or, Shaw’s agent is making stuff up? No idea.

    I preferred Scott to Shaw, so if we get Scott, I’m happy and that is the bottom line.

  • mgbode

    I meant that is MY bottom line, but hey, if making me happy is important to everyone else too, then I guess it could be THE bottom line as well :)

  • http://www.waitingfornextyear.com Denny

    Also, Marc Spears:

    “Shaw withdrew name this afternoon from cleve. Wasn’t comfortable taking job if offered b4 July 1 w/o knowing whether lebron would be there.”

    Not as troublesome, but still perplexing.

  • mgbode

    didn’t Scott’s agent say something similar?

    i think they wanted to negotiate contracts with both, and Shaw/Scott weren’t willing to play that game. they made them choose, and we chose Scott. that’s just me reading the tea leaves and misinformation though.

  • MattC

    Pretty amazing that an assistant would turn down the chance for a multi-million dollar offer to coach the Cavs, LeBron or not. Anyone get the sense Shaw might smell blood insofar as the Lakers job goes and is now issuing this statement to save a bit of face for essentially reneging?

    The truth is probably somewhere in the middle of that scenario and his agent’s representations…

  • http://www.twitter.com/core013 Laura

    at this point, i just want the cavs to hire a coach and be done with it. i can’t handle the rumor mill anymore. can we just fast forward until the coaching search and FA is over?

  • mgbode

    allright, good night.

    don’t expect the NBA world to come to an end while I’m away from my keyboard, but you never know.

  • http://www.waitingfornextyear.com/ Rick

    Obviously we don’t know what was said in meetings, but the Cavaliers never said anything publicly about either coach. Everything we heard was third hand at best.

  • Alex

    Im much happier with Scott than Shaw for many reason, but really i wish this would all be over.

  • Scotty

    So can anyone actually confirm this?

  • Ike

    This was who I wanted all along, so this is fantastic. Great sign heading into free agency; a coach that has been to the finals as a coach, won it as a player and knows how to relate to players. Well done, Mr. Gilbert.

  • http://www.waitingfornextyear.com Denny

    @ Scotty – Windhorst just published an article saying the Cavs are in contract negotiations and that Scott is likely the guy.

  • http://www.waitingfornextyear.com/ Rick

    @Scotty- yes. I can confirm that Broussard and Windhorst actually reported these on twitter. Aside from that- no.

  • jimkanicki

    @stinkfist3 FTW yet again.

    if we’re getting bscott, does it mean pjackson is staying? because byron scott’s ‘thing’ for the lakers is strong and i’m not cool with knowingly getting in to a lane kiffin situation. like, would you date a girl who tells you straight up that if her old bf would take her back, she’d be all over that? (answer is no, i hope. you would not.)

    just curious: has any MSM type predicted lebron stays in CLE? we’ve got windy on the podcast saying that that his best guess. (and he’s the most knowledgable of any of them, imo.) but other than that … no one. the WWL in their ‘summit’ had 3 (wilpon, kornh, simmons) saying chicago, and one (stein) saying miami. i found that very surprising. and on several levels, offensive.

  • http://www.mattyfos.blogspot.com MattyFos

    Man, I was excited about the triangle offense.

  • Rich

    My best guess would be Shaw expects the Lakers job to open up. Scott was on record as saying he would coach the Cavs no matter the Lakers situation and no matter the LeBron situation. Maybe Shaw caught wind of Phil stepping down and decided to take a wait and see approach. Clearly Cleveland wants to be naming a coach by tommorow, and I’m guessing Shaw wanted to wait just a bit longer.

    Don’t think this reflects poorly on the organization at all, really.

    to jimkanicki, Barkley said he would stay in Cleveland today on Sportscenter, Bucher said it, and I think Broussard said it, and then immediately said that Chicago was a front-runner while tweeting that LeBron to Miami was a done deal all the while talking about New York.

  • Shamrock

    @20 Why the Cavaliers don’t have any kind of big man which is the key to that offense?

  • http://www.zfcomics.com dgriff13

    well, heres the inevitable denial by Scott’s agent: http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/38029689/ns/sports-player_news/

  • TSR3000

    I prefer Scott. No more first time NBA coaches.

  • bobby

    wow… can this search get any more screwed then it already is? geez, they are about to hire shaw but o no, now its scott and he hasnt talked to them… WTF CAVS!!!

  • jimkanicki

    @dg23 thanks for that bscott update. i’m cool with that. many times the last option is the best… joe morgan (redsox), rutigliano, lombardi, stan van gundy(?!) … hell john wooden would’ve been with minnesota if the phone lines were up.

    if everyone else passes maybe then we get laimbeer.

  • Matt#2

    I knew you were going there, jimkanicki.

  • Shamrock

    Looks like Scott is the man and I do believe LeBron said weeks ago how Scott was his man if not one of his top choices. This is a good thing for Cavaliers fans. Hopefully Scott can get on the hotline if he hasn’t already and beat the long line of romancers headed to Bath Township.

  • swig

    @jimkanicki, I also saw said article and found it moderately offensive/ignorant. To be fair none said it was greater than 50% chance.

    Really no one knows, but you would think some mainstream person would “go out on a limb” and take Cleveland just to be different.

  • Sean

    I love how you get that dig in their towards Glenn Moore. From Prey to Pretator.