Randy Wittman -- Fired
Hoops and Other Pop Culture —
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3754151 I guess taking over a team that is 20-20 under Dwayne Casey and then going 12-30, 22-60 and 4-15 is probably enough to get you fired. I also guess that a 26.6% winning percentage is not sufficient to keep you going as an NBA head coach. Now Kevin McHale takes over. McHale is a HORRIBLE HORRIBLE HORRIBLE GM, but he is actually a pretty good coach. So........why doesn't he coach? Because he is unbelievably lazy and he hates to work. But forced into the job by his boss ("I ain't paying anyone more money to ...
McHale to step down from front office duties
Canis Hoopus —
McHale to step down from front office duties
The Minnesota Timberwolves fired Randy Wittman, who will be replaced by vice president of basketball operations Kevin McHale on the bench.
Randy Wittman has coached some bad teams and they haven't gotten better ...
Wittman fired, McHale to take over as coach sans front-office duties
TWolves Blog - Minnesota Timberwolves News and Articles —
... The Wolves were 38-105 under Wittman. He coached one full season and parts of two others.
From Marc Stein/ESPN:
"There were certain goals and expectations that we had for this team at the start of the ...
McHale to replace Wittman as Wolves coach
The Moonball Blog —
Yeah, that should solve everything. If they're not going to replace him with a qualified coach, the least they can do is hire an old favorite like Sam Mitchell. Or, there was an article in yesterday's Strib about Tony Campbell coaching a high school team in NY. Coming to coach the Wolves might be a step backward for him, but it would be fun to see that old timer back in town.
Random Afternoon Headlines
Vent About Sports —
Minnesota Timberwolves fire head coach Randy Whitman. He is being replaced by Kevin McHale, I doubt he'll do much better. ...
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McHale Takes the Floor Once More
The Slanch Report —
... Minnesota Timberwolves VP of Basketball Operations Kevin McHale has fired head coach Randy Whitman after the ‘wolves started out 4-15 on the season and announced that he will take over as the new coach. Even more surprising, he announced that he was relinquishing his front office position in order to focus on the game-to-game requirements of coaching. McHale, who features a 19-12 career record as an NBA coach (and also two of the greatest cameos on Cheers of all time) isn’t likely to find much success with his current roster, all of which he ...
Monday Bullets
ESPN.com - TrueHoop —
... is not the script anyone envisioned for Joakim Noah in Chicago when he was drafted as the lynch pin of a two-time NCAA champion. Mark Cuban with some ideas for the auto industry. Grappling with the proper role for Allen Iverson in Detroit, where the winning seems to have left town with Chauncey Billups. Since Jerry Sloan took over the Jazz, 223 NBA head coaches have been fired. The 223rd was, of course, Randy Wittman -- a firing that ESPN's Marc Stein predicted yesterday.
Wolves fire Wittman, move McHale to bench
tonyblogs.net - Sports news, humor, videos and prognostications. —
... Randy Wittman is no longer the head coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves, after being fired today and replaced by VP of Basketball Operations, Kevin McHale. McHale will step down from his previous post to focus solely on coaching. Wittman was 38-105 during his Minnesota tenure, which included one full season and parts of two others. ...
Another One Bites The Dust
Rumors and Rants —
... On Monday, the Minnesota Timberwolves fired Randy Wittman. Why do we care? Because Randy Wittman is an Indiana University legend. Remember, we’re the guys who gave Isiah Thomas a free pass. What can we say, we love them Hoosiers. ...
McHale's Back to Coaching...The Punchlines Just Write Themselves
Hardwood Paroxysm —
... Wittman out, McHale in. I fully expect the Wolves to go on a ten game win streak and eventually make the playoffs, before falling to the Lakers in an epic seven game, second round series. ...
Video: Foreshadowing Randy Wittman’s Firing
You Been Blinded - Now in Dazzling HD —
... Glen Taylor, the owner of the 4-15 Minnesota Timberwolves, sent coach Randy Wittman to the unemployment line today, and demoted Kevin Mchale from vice president of basketball operations to head coach. Kayvon TV caught up with Randy Wittman and Kevin Mchale during the preseason, and dropped a semi prophetic line on KM at the 1:42 point in the video. ...
Morning Rounds, December 9th
The Sports Complex —
... That’s my boy,” Cheek said of Wayns. “I told him he would be the man, his show,” Wayns said of Cheek.
Three lines on their world:
Behind DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart the Carolina Panthers took control of the NFC South MLB’s winter meetings are providing new rumors almost hourly and the Minnesota T’Wolves’ Randy Whitman is the latest head coach to get the axe
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