Timberwolves have a major announcement
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Bballkingsrock
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Yeah, its probably a trade
The Timberwolves said Saturday they will make a "major announcement" at 3:30 p.m. today, where it is expected the team will announce that head coach Flip Saunders has been fired.
Saunders has coached the team, which advanced all the way to the Western Conference finals last year, since 1995. While most of the team returned for a run at a championship this year, it has struggled so far and after Friday night's loss to the Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City, and has a losing record at 25-26.
Saunders was not coaching the team at its early afternoon practice Saturday. Instead, the practice session was run by Vice President for Basketball Operations Kevin McHale, and Randy Whitman, an assistant coach. It is expected that McHale, Saunder's college buddy, will be the replacement
http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/news/local/10886033.htm
Saunders has coached the team, which advanced all the way to the Western Conference finals last year, since 1995. While most of the team returned for a run at a championship this year, it has struggled so far and after Friday night's loss to the Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City, and has a losing record at 25-26.
Saunders was not coaching the team at its early afternoon practice Saturday. Instead, the practice session was run by Vice President for Basketball Operations Kevin McHale, and Randy Whitman, an assistant coach. It is expected that McHale, Saunder's college buddy, will be the replacement
http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/news/local/10886033.htm
Bballkingsrock
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G_M said:
Maybe Lenny Wilkens or the gotthat got fired from Denver. I forgot his name.
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annoyablepnoy
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kevin garnett got circumsized?
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SaCKiNgS24
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no one cares about that team but KG. sprewell and cassell are cancers.
Padrino
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Bballkingsrock said:
nah, AI3 was right. flip gets reassigned elsewhere in the organization, and mchale assumes coaching position.
http://www.nba.com/timberwolves/
LPKingsFan
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Interesting. They must not have any takers for Cassell or Spree.
I will never forgive Flip for when the Kings were up by a decent amount in the last minute of a game several years ago and Flip still had them fouling intentially. Hedo almost got hurt.
Oh well, the franchise needed a shakeup, I guess even the immortal KG cannot save everything with his leadership.
I will never forgive Flip for when the Kings were up by a decent amount in the last minute of a game several years ago and Flip still had them fouling intentially. Hedo almost got hurt.
Oh well, the franchise needed a shakeup, I guess even the immortal KG cannot save everything with his leadership.
iheartBrad
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thats too bad...Flip was a great coach...one of the longest tenures in the NBA
::sigh:: i can't believe they gave up on him...i really thought they were gonna get rid of a player or two first and then step back and revaluate....thats too bad
was he fired or did he resign?
prolly should go back and read the whole thread...maybe i can answer my own question
::sigh:: i can't believe they gave up on him...i really thought they were gonna get rid of a player or two first and then step back and revaluate....thats too bad
was he fired or did he resign?
prolly should go back and read the whole thread...maybe i can answer my own question
Dave McNulla
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flip was re-positioned (not in the bob knight kind of way), he hasn't been fired, he's some kind of consultant with the wolves now.
kevin mchale, flip's college teammate at minnesota and current gm of the t-wolves, will coach the team for the foreseeable future.
kevin mchale, flip's college teammate at minnesota and current gm of the t-wolves, will coach the team for the foreseeable future.
iheartBrad
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Kevin coaching...hmm i can't believe this hasn't happened sooner...(and im not saying that in refrence to the Wolves year...but just in general)
Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
Flip has been given an unbeleivably long leash forever up there -- no other coach could lose 6 straight first round series and still get accused of being a genius. But 1 year after the breakthrough year this was SO obviously a case of all of the cancers who MCHALE imported destroying the team that firing Flip is ridiculous. He was vastly overrated, and now he's a fall guy for trhe worst grouop of characters in the NBA.
quick dog
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This business up in Minnesota is just further proof that the Petrie-Adelman signing and coaching philosophy can pay dividends even without winning the Title. Petrie would have never traded for Spreewell or Cassell. Adelman would never tollerate their attitudes. Go Kings management.
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