Los Angeles Lakers head coach Byron Scott is currently in danger of losing his job because of the Hollywood team's continued woes. (Photo : Getty Images)
Rumors of Los Angeles Lakers head coach Byron Scott's possible firing this season is starting to circulate as the team is off to another poor start and is in danger of having a third straight losing season, something that is unprecedented for the illustrious franchise.
Lakers Nation recently indicated that the Hollywood organization may actually be "mortgaging their future to honor Byron Scott and Kobe Bryant", who are two of the most well-loved Lakers players in franchise history.
The report mentioned that the positivity and enthusiasm of Scott's hiring last year is slowly "getting sucked out of Lakerland" as the Bryant and the rest of his youthful crew continues to struggle this year. So far, the team has a 1-4 win-loss slate in the West's bottom three after winning their first game in a battle of winless teams with the Brooklyn Nets on Friday.
Right now, a lot of online reporters and bloggers that support the Lakers are calling for the firing of the 54-year-old Scott.
One of them is The Roar's Ryan O'Connell, who said that "the modern NBA has passed him by. To the point where he is now a terrible coach."
O'Connell pointed out that Scott's refusal to utilize "advanced metrics" and "detailed analysis of data" is hurting the franchise as he is trying to run the team the old way, which is not quite effective anymore in this day and age.
Meanwhile, Sportige reported that the Lakers and Scott are "destined to keep on failing" because of latter's attitude of "always thinking about trying to win" games instead of developing the available talent in front of him for the sake of the future.
Scott was recently criticized for his choice to bench this year's second overall pick D'Angelo Russell during crunch time of games, which some analysts think is hindering the growth of the young point guard.
