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Change I Don’t Believe In
slamonline.com - 12/10/2008
Change I Don’t Believe In
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by Myles Brown For the past few years, between Glen Taylor, Kevin McHale and Jim Stack, the Minnesota Timberwolves front office has uttered mischaracterizations and miscalculations that I dare not repeat out of a legitimate fear that some of you may die laughing. But as Taylor and McHale ...
McHale Fires Wittman, Appoints Only Successor He Can Trust to Maintain Minnesota’s High Standards of Ineptitude
emptythebench.com - 12/9/2008
McHale Fires Wittman, Appoints Only Successor He Can Trust to Maintain Minnesota’s High ...
— emptythebench.com — In typical McHale fashion there was a complete lack of foresight and planning and no successor had... been groomed or considered in the last few seasons. And with typical Glen Taylor frugality on the sidelines, we have to wonder if simply not wanting to pay anyone factored into the decision. (more) McHale Fires Wittman, Appoints Only Successor He Can ...

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Breaking news: Timberwolves fire coach Randy Wittman
sports.yahoo.com - 12/8/2008
Breaking news: Timberwolves fire coach Randy Wittman
— sports.yahoo.com — Wittman never wears a pocket square, so this was a little more difficult to slip by him... ... Yes, the Minnesota Timberwolves finally fired coach Randy Wittman on Monday , two days after an embarrassing 23-point loss at home to the Clippers. It was ... (more) Breaking news: Timberwolves fire coach Randy Wittman

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rockymountainnews.com - 12/9/2008
Nuggets' Carter says McHale will be better : Nuggets : The Rocky Mountain News
— rockymountainnews.com — Kevin McHale had a decent 19-12 record the last time he took over the Timberwolves. Perhaps he... offered ample thanks to his assistants and players. McHale stepped down Monday as Minnesota's vice president of basketball operations to take over as coach ... (more) Nuggets' Carter says McHale will be better : Nuggets : ...

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Wolves Updates 12-10
TWolves Blog - Minnesota Timberwolves News and Articles — ... From Myles Brown/SLAM Online: While I don’t think he would sabotage this team, I do wonder how badly he wants to coach it. This wasn’t the look and sound of a captain determined to right a ships ...

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