Grizzlies fire Taylor Jenkins with one week left until the playoffs
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iowamcnabb
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Have we ever seen something like this? Had it happened after the season it would still be stunning but I would have assumed it was to hire their assistant coach. This is wild
chief bromden
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This is shocking
QWERTYLICIOUS
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I kinda posted this already over in the NBA forum, not thinking it deserves its own dedicated thread, but since we're here, I will simply copy my message over, minus the link I added...
The current Western Conference 5th seed showing their coach the door with 9 games remaining in their regular season schedule is such a "2024-2025 NBA Season" thing to do...
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
Timing came after the season but the Grizzlies fired Dave Joerger despite him coaching them to the playoffs with a roster so injured Matt Barnes was probably their best player. The Grizzlies’ injury situation hasn’t been as bad this season and a lot of their issues have been self-inflicted (trading for and then having to give away assets to get rid of Marcus Smart or the whole LaRavia situation) but that’s probably the closest I can think of.
coolhandluke
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Taylor Jenkins has been doing a good job keeping the Grizzlies afloat despite the injuries. Maybe they are comfortable going forward with Tuomas Iisalo, who surely should be attracting heavy interest from other teams (including Kings) for the HC position?
Padrino
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Wow. Why now? It just seems strange to give up on the season like this when you're tied for the 4th seed in the notoriously brutal Western Conference. This feels like a front office power play of some kind. It would be harder to justify firing Jenkins in the off-season if the Grizzlies were to make noise in the playoffs.
I'm not necessarily interested in a Jenkins hire for the Kings, but I suppose it's another name to consider if the Kings do a proper head coaching search in the off-season.
I'm not necessarily interested in a Jenkins hire for the Kings, but I suppose it's another name to consider if the Kings do a proper head coaching search in the off-season.
Padrino
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Not entirely sure, but my understanding is that the issue with Jenkins for Grizzlies fans is... pretty much the same issue that Kings fans currently have with Doug Christie... and pretty much the same issue that every fanbase has with every head coach. Rotations, rotations, rotations.
coolhandluke
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Some team must have approached the Grizzlies asking for Iisalo and they had to elevate him to avoid losing him.
iowamcnabb
Hall of Famer
every fan base eventually hates their coach haha
So this begs the question, barring some scandal, do we try to hire him? I don't know much about how he coached the Grizzlies, but their fans seem to think they underperformed as a team. But, to me, looking at their team and all the injuries, it's a miracle they are where they are.
coolhandluke
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I still remember the Adelman hate around these parts.
coolhandluke
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LPKingsFan
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Sounds like maybe Memphis is trying to avoid the Kings fate of letting a prized assistant get poached right before firing your head coach, and instead decided to fire the coach and elevate the assistant sooner rather than later.
iowamcnabb
Hall of Famer
Is this Jackson/Kerr 2.0. It could be
iowamcnabb
Hall of Famer
Jenkins is just 40, I thought he was a bit older
Joshyjosh31
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No we weren’t the two seed for half the season and we fired Mike before January how do you fire a coach two weeks before the playoffs
Joshyjosh31
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What he did to that offense was legit stuff more teams are gonna follow
iowamcnabb
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Tuomas is viewed as next up. Coach of the year at every level so far for him. I thought he would have been an absolute dream fit with Monte.
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