Malone fired

[Larry David]

I hope Tuesday is an epic boo-fest, whether it spoils Peja's moment or not.

I'm sure Peja will roll with that, he was always great at handling high pressure situations as a player.

 

[Bricklayer]

Insightful read by Woj

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/the-do...kings-and-coach-michael-malone-175201188.html

Just quoting this to make sure it doesn't disappear up the page. Don't want to start a separate thread on it and fracture discussion, but everybody should read this...and weep.

 

[randymoss1881]

Cousins is gone in 3 years I guarantee it. With WOJO reporting we will try the 4 on 5 crap cousins/Gay will hear about and want to run away. They fired you're favorite coach to run a 4on5 grade school stuff. cousins will never trust the FO again. Didn't calipari say it takes a lot to win cousins trust.

 

[Bricklayer]

Also: Alvin Gentry. Of course. Run, be stupid. What always amazed throughout the Maloof years was what overgrown children the Maloofs were once you got a peak into their behind the scenes dealings. Hey guess what, we have another one.

 

[Gilles]

Well, my first reaction was "never mock your boss' stupid idea on TV".

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Dumb decision. Ranadive and D'Alessandro come across like Samuel Beckett characters here: blaming their shoes on the problems with their feet. Who the hell is running this thing, the Dolmansaxil Shoe Corporation?

 

[Albatros]

Just waiting for the press release to drop.

"KINGS CALL UP BULAR FROM RENO!"

 

[sauce-26]

I don't even buy that argument, logical as it may have been.

Doomed to fail how? We WEREN'T failing! And Vivek is the owner. All he had to do was say, hey, I think the coach has it right, and there is no fail. PDA works with him, and that's that.

No the fail came because somebody, whether it be Mullin, PDA, or Vivek Basketball for Dummies book, convinced him that he had to run run run to get his NBA 3.0 B.S. going, and Vivek CAUSED the fail. We a good owner, a strong owner, an owner who has a ****ing clue, there IS no fail, because he's the owner. He makes the call. No matter who initiated this, in the end it was on Vivek's desk, and the fact he signed off on it shows just the difference between being a former success in the tech business, and having a ****ing clue what he's doing as an NBA owner.

I never said we were failing. The team was making progress and starting to win games. I said the relationship was doomed to fail. The whole him hiring a coach first was a big mistake. Malone is a good coach that essentially walked into a no win situation.

 

[Spike]

Just quoting this to make sure it doesn't disappear up the page. Don't want to start a separate thread on it and fracture discussion, but everybody should read this...and weep.

I did, and I did.

This was probably the most uplifting part of the article:
As one rival general manager said late Sunday night, "How is Cousins having viral meningitis Malone's fault? With [Malone] gone, that's one less well-prepared team to worry about now."

 

[Hoovtrain]

Holy poopoo. Shut the doors if true.

We are in deep crap

 

[Sac.Kings]

Damn we got blindsided hard. I criticized the hell out of Malone, but you have to maintain some sort of dignity and integrity. We just screwed ourselves over for years to come. We will now be known as the team that will get rid of you based on a whim. Jeez. The more time passes, the worse I feel. Watch our effort just evaporate now. The season is lost.

 

[Gilles]

Just quoting this to make sure it doesn't disappear up the page. Don't want to start a separate thread on it and fracture discussion, but everybody should read this...and weep.

Interesting choice of words in the article, that never puts Malone and PDA against each other: "one league official close to D'Alessandro and Malone told Yahoo Sports." Somebody still made all those tiny acquisitions, that moved the franchise a bit closer to the right direction. Feels like it's all Vivek instigated by Mullin.

 

[Spike]

Corbin is now in a no-win situation. If he does what management wants, this team will flounder, and he will be fired. If he tries to make this team a winner, it will likely fly in the face of "the style that FO wants", and he will be fired. I don't want to be in his shoes, and I sure as hell don't want Vivek giving coaching tidbits to professionals.

 

[Chubbs]

Just quoting this to make sure it doesn't disappear up the page. Don't want to start a separate thread on it and fracture discussion, but everybody should read this...and weep.

Does anyone doubt they were tanking at the end of last season now? I mean christ, they completely tied Malone's hands with the guard situation and forced him to play Royce White.

 

[kingjatt]

I did, and I did.

This was probably the most uplifting part of the article:
As one rival general manager said late Sunday night, "How is Cousins having viral meningitis Malone's fault? With [Malone] gone, that's one less well-prepared team to worry about now."

 

[chasen4r1]

I'm beginning to dislike Mullin more and more. Go ruin someone else's franchise

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

I wish the fans would make their voices heard at the next game, but you don't normally see any sort of organized protest on these things.

"Fire Petey" chant?

 

[D-Mass]

First player to come out:

Jason Thompson @jtthekid
Cold World.......

 

[Entity]

Time for shaq to speak up and say wtf

 

[sdballer]

The woj article reads like an Onion spoof. Not sure I've ever been this disgusted with the kings.

Had a serious conversation with another fan about whether I'd prefer a joke franchise in sac or a respected one that had moved. For the first time in my life, I had doubts about my answer.

 

[Big Cuz 15]

I'm beginning to dislike Mullin more and more. Go ruin someone else's franchise

beginning? as soon as i saw RUN TMC involved in the organization.. i knew nellie ball wouldn't be too far behind. absolute bull$*@&.

i was going to start a tanking thread if the losses piled up i guess i won't have to soon.

 

[Chubbs]

Here's an analogy. Vivek is like a 3 year old. Sure, he'll play with you and let you touch his toys. But you better play with HIS toys the way HE wants you to. If not, someone is throwing a fit.

Malone forgot whose toys he was playing with.

 

[Albatros]

Oh god Mullin is in the frame for the job according to Woj.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA
Another long-term candidate to monitor for the Sacramento Kings coaching job, league sources tell Yahoo Sports: Vinny Del Negro.

For **** sake! What is this crap?!

Del Negro? I'd rather have them hire Becky Hammon. I'm not even kidding.

 

[Dime Dropper]

This is complete horsesh1t. Vivek is an embarrassment, I cringe every time I hear him talking about basketball. Not difficult to see this as the end result.

I won't go off on a tangent as most poster's have already summed up how I feel. But all the confidence, chemistry, momentum has been well and truly killed. This season, once again, is a write off. The problem is that it need not have been.

Malone was head and shoulders our best coach since Adelman. Perfect, no, but had us on the right track and deserved to get a proper shot at this. I'm very worried what Boogie thinks about all this.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

If I lived closer you I would come out and you WOULD hear me. I'd chase Mullin and his little disciple right out of the building. ****ing smallball loving never won a ****ing thing in their entire career wusses. Get the **** back to your loser franchises with your loser pretty boy gutless philosophies. You're not welcome here anymore. Scram insects.

You should stop holding back so much, and tell us how you really feel.

 

[Dime Dropper]

Oh god Mullin is in the frame for the job according to Woj.

I will find it very difficult not to take a hiatus from watching the Kings if this happens. Small-ball, run-n-gun can go **** itself, and so can anyone who thinks it wins in the NBA, or that this roster is suited to it.

 

[Big Cuz 15]

Ok. So the chatter is saying that he was fired because his philosophy was different than that of the front office. That he was a defensive coach and the front office and ownership wanted an uptempo style. So my question is this. Why did vivek hire him in the first place? He knew what kind of coach he was from his days at Golden State. If he really liked Malone, then why didnt he hire a general manager that fit with that. Or why did he hire a coach before a general manager. The root of this issue lies at the feet of vivek for making this mistake in the first place. This was screwed from the very beginning and was doomed to fail

cuz he likes yes men. he claims he hires ppl smarter than him and when they disagree.. you see the ax fall. gerbil will be sacrificed next. all that will be left standing in the heap of dust will be mully. big cuz will be out the door by then and we'll be rebuilding yet again. mark my words

all this talk of defense defense defense when they acquired the team. but really them bitches want to play ****y position-less nellie ball 3.0. makes me sick.

 

[Merdiesel]

As someone who has had to work through two management takeovers in my previous job, it really sucks!

Hiring Coach Malone before your GM was a huge mistake. I can see why Vivek did it. There were rumblings of interest in Malone throughout the league and he didn't want to miss out on his guy.

Two things come to mind...

Vivek looks flat out unprofessional in this.
Will Cousins regress back into his angry, lost self?

It is never going to happen but how insane would it be if Rick Adelman came walking through that door with Peja?

 

[John Galt]

Just got an email from Kings ticket rep. Special offer... up to 40% off games thru December.

Yes, I told her where to shove them. Hope she forwards it on. Called Vivek "Joe Maloof 3.0".

I'm really ambivalent about the freaking franchise now. So morbid. Hopefully this just lasts a day or so. Wish I could shake Mike Malone's hand.