Rumour now official: Terry Porter fired

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Per Suns fans contacts I have. Should be official in a few hours.
 
Re: Terry Porter fired

tlongII said:
Per Suns fans contacts I have. Should be official in a few hours.
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via some fans? I don't know about that. It's not reported anywhere on the Internet yet if it was real.
 
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Damn, that franchise seems to be in full meltdown.

I bet Kerr isn't long behind.

Funny thing is that when it's all said and done, they could have a lineup right now of Nash/Fernandez/Joe Johnson/Amare/Some stiff, coached by D'Antoni. Basically, just hold on to the good players and pay them what they're worth. Talk about an utterly terrifying assortment of offensive talent.

It would've been cheaper, and it'd sell a hell of a lot better to the fans.
 
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tlongII said:
Per Suns fans contacts I have. Should be official in a few hours.
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I believe you, it's being talked up on the ESPN general boards. One guy says he works closely with the Suns organization. I know it sounds sketch but with you claiming the same thing I'm pretty sure it's true.
 
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Theres also some stuff up on the Real GM boards now too.

I guess it could be anything. All it looks like is Porter, Kerr and Sarver are in a meeting.

Could be a firing, or a Trade.
 
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That's pretty shitty if they fire him already. I don't know if he is a good coach or not. Personally, I think he could be a good coach. Seems like you get veteran teams like that, and all they ever want is for things to go back to the way they were at some other time. Detroit was/is like that. It's unfair to Porter to bring him in, with his gameplan he wants to implement, and then leave him with 3/4 of a roster set to play D'Antoni's style. And then butcher it worse by taking away Diaw and Bell, and adding Jason Richardson, one mopre person looking to score, as if that was PHX's problem.
 
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The Suns contacts on realgm have confirmed it. Although it may not be official for awhile because he is out doing publicity with NBA people for the all-star game. But tlongII is correct. The same Suns contacts on the realgm board broke the Shaq trade a week before anyone else even sniffed it and same with the Richardson deal.

No surprise as Porter is an atrocious coach.
 
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mook said:
Damn, that franchise seems to be in full meltdown.

I bet Kerr isn't long behind.

Funny thing is that when it's all said and done, they could have a lineup right now of Nash/Fernandez/Joe Johnson/Amare/Some stiff, coached by D'Antoni. Basically, just hold on to the good players and pay them what they're worth. Talk about an utterly terrifying assortment of offensive talent.

It would've been cheaper, and it'd sell a hell of a lot better to the fans.
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Yet Mixum will tell you that they're beat us out of a playoff spot this year somehow. The glass is always half empty for some people I guess.
 
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Who's taking his job? Kerr? That is one dysfunctional front office at the moment.
 
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If true then the question is who do you bring in to replace him. Too bad D'Antoni isn't available. Maybe they'll take Jeff Van Gundy, although I was never a fan of his teams that played really slow either.

They need to go back to playing fast, how they were a year or two ago. They were so good on the break. It doesn't matter if Shaq doesn't run the court great. He'll rebound, outlet to Nash, and then they'll run a 4-man fast break with Amare, Richardson, etc. and score before Shaq gets across half-court. Which means he can play 2x times as many minutes...right? Something like that.
 
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Tough break for TP, but he had to know he was tackling a helluva tough assignment with a team of aging stars and trying to totally re-work the scheme and philosophy.

I'm sure he'll get an assistant's gig somewhere in the next year or two, though it's hard to see him ever getting a head coaching position.
 
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Nikolokolus said:
Tough break for TP, but he had to know he was tackling a helluva tough assignment with a team of aging stars and trying to totally re-work the scheme and philosophy.

I'm sure he'll get an assistant's gig somewhere in the next year or two, though it's hard to see him ever getting a head coaching position.
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I wouldn't say "Ever", but I've never been impressed with his coaching jobs anyways.
 
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If this is true, I can see Eddie Jordan as a replacement. Although, if he's still being paid by Washington, the Suns might have to pay him more, and I can see them wanting someone cheap. So, probably Alvin Gentry (if he's still assistant coach there).
 
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Hopefully this doesn't put the kibosh on any Amare trades.

If they were smart, they'd hire Avery Johnson and try to salvage the season.
 
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If this is true, perhaps Flip Saunders might be recruited. He's a very good coach, especially when it comes to offense.

I hope not, though. I would actually like Portland to hire Saunders to be head coach.
 
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hah kerr is on TNT pre-game show right now. someone should ask him.
 
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This semed inevitable. Not that it was his fault, but he was in a NO WIN situation.
 
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Maybe they can take Marc Iavaroni... he was the understudy under D'antoni and could maybe revive their old play-style?
 
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andalusian said:
Maybe they can take Marc Iavaroni... he was the understudy under D'antoni and could maybe revive their old play-style?
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I forgot that he was fired. Yeah, that would be a good fit.
 
Re: Rumour: Terry Porter fired

I would like to publicly take issue with a moderator placing "Rumour" before this thread title. You should at least use the american spelling....



Minstrel!
 
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tlongII said:
I would like to publicly take issue with a moderator placing "Rumour" before this thread title. You should at least use the american spelling....



Minstrel!
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Haha. Normally we like the be faceless and nameless. But Minstrel's penchant for wacky spelling gave him away this time!

Ed O.
 
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I can't help my odd up-bringing causing me to be a hybrid speller and I can't help not caring enough today to consciously stick to one.
 
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Unfortunately I'm now hearing that this may be a fabrication of the Phoenix media.
 
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Kerr and Co. has fucked this franchise up. Trading for Shaq was dumb. Firing D'Antoni was really dumb. Bringing in Porter, I thought was dumb. But firing him before the season is over? Well, maybe that's the smartest thing Kerr and Co. has done, especially if they have Flip or someone else lined up. I just don't see Porter as HC material, but I could be wrong. At least not HC material on a team full of veterans like Phoenix.
 
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Kerr's got no plan. Either that, or Sarver's calling the shots and Kerr is irrelevant. Whoever's in charge of Phoenix has got no plan.
 
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tlongII said:
Unfortunately I'm now hearing that this may be a fabrication of the Phoenix media.
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"Unfortunately" sounds a bit harsh actually. Sorry about that...
 
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