After a disappointing 1-4 start to their season, Los Angeles Lakers head coach Mike Brown has been fired.

According to ESPN, after numerous discussions over the past 48 hours, Lakers management made a unanimous decision that the team wasn't heading in the right direction with Brown as a coach.

On Wednesday, Lakers Vice-President Jim Buss admittedly expressed his disappointment in the 1-4 start, but made clear of Brown's job security.

"I have no problems with Mike Brown at all," Buss said. "He just works too hard and he's too knowledgeable for this to be happening.

"So either the system is flawed or something's going on. Or, like the Triangle, it's very hard to pick up and understand. I'm not a basketball mind like he is or the players are, and the players are fine with it, so I just have to be patient

"You have to give it time to understand [what's going on]. I don't know if there's an actual game total that would make me impatient. I know if we're 1-15, I don't think that would be very good. I'm sure that would be a panic button. But at this time, I'm fine with what's going on. It's a learning process for the players. As long as everybody is on the same page, I think we're fine."

The team has been trying to institute a form of the Princeton offense, a system that relies on reads and ball sharing in order to take some offensive load off Bryant. The results have been mixed so far.

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