OT: Iavaroni Fired

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Well I guess what I meant was I wouldn't want both of them together on my team, even if they resolved their issues. Miles just isn't that good of a player anyway.
And Mo, I think results speak for themselves without needing to observe him everyday in practice. He's a great players' coach, great guy off the court, but not the greatest X's and O's coach and was simply outcoached many times while in Portland and Philly which is partly why he is not employed.
I'm sure he's got a lot to offer as maybe an assistant, but as a head coach? I don't know if he'll be given another opportunity.

Mo is slated to be the assistant coach and as their 15th guy Darius doesn't figure to get many minutes. Whats the problem again?

I wouldn't want them on my team either, but also like you I don't think I'd necessarily mind them as peripheral guys as long as they got along and helped/complimented the main cogs. I don't think us fans really have the best vantage to judge whats whats what with the internal workings of team chemistry and nothing I've read about the primary guys in this situation sets off fire alarms. They're probably not going to win the championship this year but the world will probably keep spinning as well.

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One other thing. I would hire Iavaroni and with him as a member of the Blazers staff, I would have him testify about the pressure to play Miles from the front office.

If he hesitated to play Miles, he deserves to be fired.

Miles could be a huge part of turning that team around.

So could Johnny Davis.


Iavaroni joins this stellar coaching non-squad:

Iavaroni's firing makes him the seventh NBA head coach to be fired this season. Reggie Theus, Sam Mitchell, Maurice Cheeks, Eddie Jordan, Randy Wittman and P.J. Carlesimo were also let go by their organizations.