Just say no to Larry.

With every passing day the anti Doc campaign gains steam with speculation about when he’ll go and who will replace him. That is the nature of the rumor mill. And you can say whatever you want as long as we can agree on one thing: Larry Brown can not coach the C’s. Consider the following:

1. Brown seriously hampered the Piston’s repeat attempts. The franchise has never fully recovered. Although Flip Saunders was officially exposed, which was good for everybody. Somewhere Garnett is smiling.

2. After the aforementioned sabotage of the Pistons Brown couldn’t even leave with dignity. He had to squeeze a few extra dollars out of the organization.

3. Following his separation from the Pistons Brown parlayed his newly found freedom into a massive deal with the Knicks, which apparently was his dream job.

4. The Brown led Knicks posted an abysmal 23-59 mark. In the process he was Larry Brown at his worst – sticking with washed up veterans, burying promising youngsters, throwing his guys under the bus, taking shots at management, and allegedly holding unauthorized trade talks. In his defense Brown did not assemble the roster. However, he did agree to coach it.

5. He’s not getting any younger (66).

6. Let’s face it the Knicks were not a good team but they weren’t that bad. As Jalen Rose put it, “I put together our roster on "NBA Live" and we're pretty good.”

7. I do agree with Brown's approach to defense. However, at some point you have to set a rotation and realize that the roster isn't changing drastically. There’s something to be said for adapting to your personnel rather than trying to force a system that’s doomed to failure.

8. As the off-season began Brown made logical people wonder, “Is he trying to get fired?” You just can’t cut 5 to 6 guys off NBA rosters. It doesn’t happen.

9. Brown redefines whiney at times.

10. Of course the Knicks fired Brown and the Hall of Fame coach eventually walked away with an $18 million settlement. Mark Berman’s account of how it all went down is damning for 2 reasons:

- “Brown asked for $53.5 million in the hearing - an additional $12.5 million beyond the $41 million for ‘liquidated damages’ and attorney's fees.” If he cared at all last year this would not bother me.

- “Brown confidants say he will coach again, possibly for his buddy Michael Jordan in Charlotte.” While this is not coming directly from Brown he often communicates through the media or his friends. I’d like to think he is not lobbying for a job that is currently filled, a major coaching faux pas. I’d like to think.

In conclusion let Brown bring his turmoil to some other organization. The Celtics have enough already.