OT - Denver just dumped George Karl.

[PapaG]

Looks like he nailed that pretty good, lol.

I note he didn't mention that you can't win a play-off series with Andre Miller as your starting PG.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA -Beyond Brian Shaw and Lionel Hollins, Denver plans to examine Nate McMillan and Alvin Gentry for head coaching job, league sources tell Y!

 

[Pinwheel1]

With "veterans" like crybaby Andre Miller, I'm sure Karl is glad to be gone.

This idiot thinks he should be starting over Ty Lawson. Hahaha!

Plus, no wonder the team flamed out against GS, when Miller had already thrown in the towel before the All-Star break.

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/blog/e...-not-a-happy-camper-thinks-he-could-be-traded

The ironic part is that one of the knocks on Karl was that he played Miller too many minutes...

 

[NOVoodoo]

Reminds me of this Spoelstra quote from when Karl won COY -

“I congratulate George Karl (said with laugh), I know he didn’t want to win it either, no disrespect…. I’m not very superstitious, but all coaches, I think, understand (the stigma of) that award. It’s not quite as definitive as the Sports Illustrated (cover) jinx, but it’s pretty close.”

—Heat coach Erik Spoelstra, speaking of his second place finish in the Coach of the Year award voting, via Tom Haberstroh at ESPN’s TrueHoop blog.

The jinx is that the Coach of the Year got fired not long after for a long stretch — Mike Brown in Cleveland, Byron Scott in New Orleans, Sam Mitchell in Toronto, Avery Johnson in Dallas. The award garnered a superstition because of it.

George Karl won the award this year and the previous three winners — Gregg Popovich, Tom Thibodeau and Scott Brooks — are all still with their teams.

http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports....a-is-just-fine-not-winning-coach-of-the-year/

Odd...

 

[Charcoal Filtered]

With "veterans" like crybaby Andre Miller, I'm sure Karl is glad to be gone.

This idiot thinks he should be starting over Ty Lawson. Hahaha!

Plus, no wonder the team flamed out against GS, when Miller had already thrown in the towel before the All-Star break.

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/blog/e...-not-a-happy-camper-thinks-he-could-be-traded

Funny Miller talks about needing that marquee player to advance. First, he has never advanced and should accept his role. Second, that marquee player would probably want a teammate that could hit an open shot.

He should be very happy that he got the contract from Denver that paid as much as it did considering his age.

 

[maxiep]

Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA -Beyond Brian Shaw and Lionel Hollins, Denver plans to examine Nate McMillan and Alvin Gentry for head coaching job, league sources tell Y!

Are any of those coaches even a fraction as good as Karl? The rumor here is that Karl was being a pain in the ass because they let Ujiri go.

This is all personal and has little to do with basketball.

 

[maxiep]

Those comments from Dre are disappointing. If we would have kept him, could you imagine the friction that would exist on this team with the minutes we play Lillard?

 

[Boise Blazer]

Are any of those coaches even a fraction as good as Karl? The rumor here is that Karl was being a pain in the ass because they let Ujiri go.

This is all personal and has little to do with basketball.

Kurt Helin ‏@basketballtalk 3m
Nuggets reportedly parted ways with George Karl because he wasn’t listening to management http://dlvr.it/3TmmQ1

 

[maxiep]

Kurt Helin ‏@basketballtalk 3m
Nuggets reportedly parted ways with George Karl because he wasn’t listening to management http://dlvr.it/3TmmQ1

There's a huge conflict between Josh Kroenke (Stan's son) and Pete D'Alessandro on one side and Ujiri and Karl on the other. We saw what happened to Ujiri, is it any surprise what happened to Karl? As for which side to take, of the two sides, which one was more responsible for the success of the team?

 

[Charcoal Filtered]

There's a huge conflict between Josh Kroenke (Stan's son) and Pete D'Alessandro on one side and Ujiri and Karl on the other. We saw what happened to Ujiri, is it any surprise what happened to Karl? As for which side to take, of the two sides, which one was more responsible for the success of the team?

It is great for Blazer fans. Hopefully we can benefit from this since it seemed Ujiri always made the right moves. He has his work cut out for him with the hand he was dealt in Toronto.

 

[MARIS61]

Avery Johnson was fired after being coach of the previous month. This also demonstrates why awards should be voted for after the post season.

Or maybe it demonstrates that GM's are slow-witted miscreants who fire coaches for reasons having nothing at all to do with their win record.

 

[ABM]

...........If I ever repped anyone, I'd consider you right now before laughing it off, so hold up your chins and feel proud.

repped

 

[jlprk]

You get a moral rep too, so get those chins up in the air.

Karl not respecting a new young GM is nothing new. When Wally Walker fired him, he delayed his job search until his favorite GM, Bob Whitsitt, told him he wasn't hiring. Karl has a big mouth but he's not a hypocrite. He expects his players to argue with him, making him the perfect coach for players other coaches don't want.