More than 30 years of coaching have given Brown with sufficient latitude for venting. There are numerous ills, but nothing eats at him more than the egomania run amok.
"You know what really irritates me now?" he says. "It's when I hear of a (maximum contract) player asking to be traded. That's the most unbelievably ludicrous comment I've ever heard because when you demand a max contract, you're saying that you're committed to winning with them and leading the way. And then I hear these guys say they can't win there and need to go elsewhere. If that's the case, then you're not a max player."
He laments over the stars' inability to handle the word "No."
"Nobody has ever told them that before," he says. "They surround themselves with hangers-on whose only interest is doing whatever it takes to stay close to the money. They tell them that the name on the back of the jersey is more important than what it says on the front. How can we be surprised then when some young players have a hard time handling things that don't go their way?"
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