I don’t think it’s accurate to call former Flyers coach Mike Keenan the Larry Brown of hockey because everybody knew why four seasons were the longest he lasted in any of his eight NHL jobs.
“Iron Mike” had a bad disposition that quickly wore thin with players, management and ownership. Brown, who includes the Sixers as one of his 10 NBA jobs, with three more at major colleges, was just an oddball whom everybody liked but who could never quite figure out his wanderlust.
Still, the thing that Keenan and Brown had in common was the ability to turn a bad situation into something good in a hurry.