Overview
- During games, Brown routinely pulls players aside when substituting to explain decisions, minutes, or corrections.
- Players say this stops second-guessing and reinforces responsibility across the roster, without raised voices.
- The style contrasts with Tom Thibodeau’s more stern, yelling approach, according to players and team observers.
- Brown links the method to lessons from Gregg Popovich and Steve Kerr and to Kenneth Chenault’s “give hope while defining reality” mantra.
- Early returns include a faster, spacing-heavy, read-and-react offense and a 5-3 start with a 5-0 home record, including a three-game winning streak.