hardwoodparoxysm.com - 6/18/2009
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Kevin McHale has few equals in his status as an NBA punchline. His track record as an exec is covered with the torn jerseys of players past and soaked in the tears of Wolves fans everywhere. From polaroids of Joe Smith to Dwane Casey’s headstone, the evidence of McHales failures as ...
sports.yahoo.com - 6/19/2009
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sports.yahoo.com —
A good chunk of analysis that will follow
Kevin McHale's dismissal from the Minnesota Timberwolves will likely...
include the following chortle -- "and he gift-wrapped a title for his former team in Boston by sending them Al Jefferson ." ...
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Cutting Kevin McHale some slack
twincities.com - 6/18/2009
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twincities.com —
After 17 years with the Minnesota Timberwolves, the
Kevin McHale era ended not with a bang but...
a tweet. Forward Kevin Love said in an early-morning posting on Twitter that McHale will not return as coach. "Today is a sad day," Love tweeted. "Kevin ...
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Al Jefferson 'shocked, disappointed, hurt' over ...
twincities.com - 6/18/2009
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twincities.com —
The search isn't scheduled to begin until after
the June 25 NBA draft, but what the Timberwolves...
are looking for in their next coach sounds a lot like the one they just let go. In announcing Kevin McHale's departure Wednesday, Wolves president of ...
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Wolves looking for a Kevin McHale-type coach
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Wolves Updates 6/18 Part 2
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... From The Howlin' T-Wolf: Goodbye Kevin McHale, Thanks... I think?
From Hardwood Paroxysm: Kevin McHale and the Cult of Reason ...
The TrueHoop Network Shootaround
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... Rob Mahoney of Hardwood Paroxysm: "At this point in his career, I don't think there's much that Kevin McHale is entitled to. He hasn't earned a second chance. But considering what the Wolves were able to accomplish in short spurts this past season (a 10-2 run in January, in particular), shouldn't David Kahn and his staff face the possibility that McHale may be the right man for this job? ... I fully understand the importance of a fresh start, but I can't shake this feeling that the reasons McHale was fired have little ...
Late Thursday Mini-Bullets
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How do we know Kevin McHale was not a good coach? Britt Robson of Secrets of the City says McHale was the second-best coach in 'Wolves history, but still had to be fired: "The toxic public relations is reason enough to cut McHale loose, but that aspect is actually dwarfed in significance by the philosophical, hierarchical, and temperamental train wreck in the internal affairs of the Wolves braintrust that could have easily occurred if McHale had stuck around. As I've said many times before, what daft, self-destructive gene would ...
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examiner.com 6/18/2009 — You can consider the Kevin McHale era of Timberwolves history officially over.
After the news was broken by Wolves forward Kevin Love via Twitter, Minnesota President of Basketball Operations David Kahn held a press conference Wednesday to announce that the team will not retain McHale as coach.
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twolvesblog.com 6/17/2009 —
From Kevin Love's twitter account:
Passion bucket empty at the moment...
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Kevin McHale out as Timberwolves coach
insidehoops.com 6/17/2009 — According to Kevin Love via his Twitter account, Kevin McHale will not be back as head coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves.
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Goodbye Kevin McHale, Thanks... I think?
howlintwolf.blogspot.com 6/18/2009 — So although I really don't want take too much time to talk about him, this wouldn't be a true Minnesota Timberwolves blog without a proper farwell to the man that has had his hand on just about every action the Wolves made in the past decade and a half. (Save for maybe thinking the ...
So Long And Thanks For KG
celticsblog.com 6/17/2009 —
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Thanks Kevin!
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Looks like Kevin McHale is out in Minnesota.
Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kevin Love says on ...