BREAKING: David Blatt fired as the head man in Cleveland

News just broke out of Cleveland and that is David Blatt who if you remember was hired before last season to sort out the newest "Big Three" and more importantly the LeBron James' return to Cleveland. Despite a 30-11 record this season, which is first in the Eastern Conference this season. Also a 53-29 record last year which was second in the East. Cleveland ran threw the playoffs without any problem to reach the NBA Finals and squared off against the Golden State Warriors and lost to them in six games. losing 105-97 on their home floor in the final game of the series.
Many experts questioned the signing last year due to the little success over seas for Blatt. He did win the EuroLeague Coach of the year four times and most recently in 2014. Rumors from the time that Blatt took the head job for the Cavs always hindered him as it seemed that nobody in Cleveland trusted him with the job that he was just a face to connect with Cleveland.
The timing of the firing does seem extremely odd and maybe even rushed from Dan Gilbert, David Griffin, and company. The pressure of winning may have forced their hand, and the most recent thirty four point blow out to the Warriors may have not helped Blatt's case. Assistant Coach Tyronn Lue is taking over as intrum head coach and agreed to a multiyear contract extension. The Cavaliers should be fine for the rest of the year with the coaching staff in place, however this is an unneeded distraction for a really good team already facing an uphill battle with the pressure from the Warriors and of course having LeBron James on roster. Lue has to lockdown trust in the locker room and in the sidelines, two concerns that Blatt struggled with.
For Blatt it was a job that was unfair to him for the start again due to his past. He never really was put in a position to deal with the scrutiny that comes with coaching LeBron and at times in game and post he seemed like a deer in headlights and he was possibly just the wrong fit for Cleveland and may coach for an NBA team sometime in the near future.
Sources:(nba.com, basketballreference.com, sports.yahoo.com, @WindhorstESPN on twitter, espn.com)

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