Then why in the world did Vivek hire him?
Because he doesn't know poop about basketball.
Then why in the world did Vivek hire him?
If nothing else, Karl has an amazing track record. He's sitting on 21 consecutive seasons at or above .500 (and only one of those 21 was exactly .500). He hasn't been under .500 since the '80s. He's a career .599 coach. And some of those Denver teams were at .600+ with quite a bit of smoke and mirrors.
That said, he's in his mid-60s and has been in and out of poor health lately. So caveat emptor. But for all of his teams' defensive deficiencies, he wins games.
Malone is definitely more popular on this thread than he is in the game threads.
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Aaron Bruski @aaronbruski
Per @BMayNews10 DeMarcus Cousins did not know about this decision as late as 8 p.m. PT tonight.
Vivek, you've already lost your rep. Don't make it any worse bro.This was the right decision, although the timing is crazy. The organization want to win now, and this sends that message. Our record might be better than we all expected, but it should be better than it is. Once Cousins went out, it was clear that his coaching decisions were questionable at best, especially his rotations. He is responsible for a lot of the losses in which we could have won. Ultimately PDA noticed the same horrible coaching that was being displayed, and instead of dragging it out, they just pulled the trigger. It took nerve but like I said, it sends a message to the players. Mediocrity is not acceptable, and unfortunately Malone was the epitome of that. Now if we can only do something about Sessions and JT.....
Not to defend Corbin, but this team is far superior in talent than any of his previous 4 teams in Mormon land! I'm still heated over thisSo odd when Malone was Vivek's guy and praised repeatedly by Vivek, although the philosophical differences with PDA were pretty obvious. I am hoping the players will respond with Corbin. Can't say Corbin inspires a lot of confidence after his stint in Utah.
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Aaron Bruski @aaronbruski
Per @BMayNews10 DeMarcus Cousins did not know about this decision as late as 8 p.m. PT tonight.
Christ.Oh poop...
Aaron Bruski @aaronbruski
Per @BMayNews10 DeMarcus Cousins did not know about this decision as late as 8 p.m. PT tonight.
great. FO is about to crap away Boogie's prime
Interesting:
Malone had disagreed with ownership's pursuit of a Josh Smith trade in July, and made his position known to Ranadive, league sources said. Ranadive joined D'Alessandro in talks with theDetroit Pistons, but no agreement was ever reached.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources--kings-fire-coach-michael-malone-061241211.html
The article is worrying as can be. Den/GS part II is the plan.
Normally you don't want to loudly utter an expletive waiting in line in a busy Japanese train station and draw attention to yourself, but I couldn't help it after finding out.
I guess I was more angry about this than shocked. The big red flag for me was how Reno has been turned into a farce. I'm a Loyola Marymount alum who was there during the Gathers/Kimble years and adored how fun it was to watch and experience, but the concept of trying to implement that in a pro game is so ridiculous that I didn't think any management in this day and age would be dumb enough to try such a stunt ever again. But it's a more logical extension of what they'll be trying to go for with Corbin at the helm. God help us. Mullin never ceases to amaze me.
seriously how the hell do we give Vivek a piece of our mind. this is absolutely farcical
Malone had disagreed with ownership's pursuit of a Josh Smith trade in July, and made his position known to Ranadive, league sources said. Ranadive joined D'Alessandro in talks with the Detroit Pistons, but no agreement was ever reached.
I've noticed that too.. he was ok with mediocrity on Friday. Maybe I'm reading too much into this, but it seemed like he wasn't expecting a win since Cousins was out. He just wanted to see the guys do the right things do the right plays and just wanted them to move the ball. I don't know, but this isn't right..Malone's post-game comments were strangely positive. Thought he made good points, but in retrospect, I think it makes more sense now. He also took a long time to come out of the locker room to speak with media.
Lucky you...I was there during the stretch where LMU was dead last in the nation. It was a magical timeNormally you don't want to loudly utter an expletive waiting in line in a busy Japanese train station and draw attention to yourself, but I couldn't help it after finding out.
I guess I was more angry about this than shocked. The big red flag for me was how Reno has been turned into a farce. I'm a Loyola Marymount alum who was there during the Gathers/Kimble years and adored how fun it was to watch and experience, but the concept of trying to implement that in a pro game is so ridiculous that I didn't think any management in this day and age would be dumb enough to try such a stunt ever again. But it's a more logical extension of what they'll be trying to go for with Corbin at the helm. God help us. Mullin never ceases to amaze me.
Oh poop...
Aaron Bruski @aaronbruski
Per @BMayNews10 DeMarcus Cousins did not know about this decision as late as 8 p.m. PT tonight.
seriously how the hell do we give Vivek a piece of our mind. this is absolutely farcical
Surely Malone couldn't have been fired for basketball reasons, not with Sacramento tied for its best start through 24 games in a decade despite playing more than a third of those games without star center DeMarcus Cousins. Yet apparently that's exactly what happened, with a source telling ESPN.com's Ramona Shelburne the Kings "expected more."
Expectations? In Sacramento? Certainly not from objective outside observers. My SCHOENE projection system forecasted 35 wins; a projection based on ESPN's real plus-minus pegged the Kings for a dismal 25-57 record. The ESPN Forecast panel split the difference, predicting an even 30 wins, and the Westgate SuperBook set its line for Sacramento at 30.5 wins.