nba.fanhouse.com - 12/3/2008
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by Tom Ziller It's safe to call Toronto's start a disappointment: Canucks were thinking conference championship, not below .500 ball into December. As such, impeccably dressed Sam Mitchell has seen the end of his Raptors tenure. The team has named assistant Jay Triano (a former captain and ...
sports.yahoo.com - 12/3/2008
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sports.yahoo.com —
We have our third "Pocket Square of Death"
this season ... Raptors President and General Manager Bryan...
Colangelo announced Wednesday afternoon that Sam Mitchell has been relieved of his duties as the team's head coach. ( Relieved . I love ...
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Breaking news: Raptors fire Sam Mitchell
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totalprosports.com - 12/4/2008
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totalprosports.com —
It was only a matter of time before
Sam Mitchell was fired . The sooner the better...
for the Toronto Raptors with all their expectations this year they are definitely struggling to put everything together. Assistant Coach Jay Triano will take over as the interim head coach ...
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Sam Mitchell Fired By The Raptors
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... Tom Ziller, FanHouse: "If you took a time machine to 2005 when Colangelo took Toronto's reigns, and you said Smitch — the antithesis of the prototypical Colangelo coach — would be around until December 2008, we would have all called you crazy. (I mean, you have a time machine and you're worried about the ...
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Bleacher Report - NBA 12/3/2008
Sam Mitchell has been fired by the Toronto Raptors, General Manager Bryan Colangelo announced this afternoon.
After three straight wins to open the season, the Raptors have dropped to below .500 with an 8-9 record.
Toronto suffered their most ...
