hoopheadsnorth.blogspot.com - 12/5/2008
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The 8-9 Toronto Raptors take on the 12-8 Jazz tonight at 10:30pm EST. Jay Triano makes his debut as head coach for Toronto as the interim replacement for Sam Mitchell. Sam Mitchell had his success in Toronto with an Atlantic Division title and Coach of the Year award in 06-07 but it's a new day...
Sam Mitchell Fired By The Raptors
totalprosports.com 12/4/2008 — 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 ...
Raptors fire Sam Mitchell
thesportscorner.ca 12/4/2008 — In a surprising move the Toronto Raptors today announced head coach Sam Mitchell had been fired in the wake of the Raptors 39-point thrashing in Denver. Mitchell was in his fifth season as the Raptors coach and won the 2006-07 NBA Coach of the Year Award after leading the team into the ...
Post-mortem
raptorblog.com 12/4/2008 — Now that Sam Mitchell is gone, the spotlight goes on Bryan Colangelo.
Analysis: Mitchell firing not a surprise
nba.com 12/4/2008 — After his Toronto Raptors were drilled in Denver, 132-83 Tuesday night, Sam Mitchell could not have been surprised at what transpired Wednesday. The 2006-07 NBA Coach of the Year became the league's third coaching casualty of the young season, fired ...
A Wave to Sam Mitchell and An NBA Coverage Note
celticsblog.com 12/4/2008 — A year and a half ago, he distinguished himself as the NBA's Coach of the Year. Yesterday, Raptors head man Sam Mitchell officially became former Raptors head man Sam Mitchell.
Whether or not Mitchell was the cause of the problems thus far ...
Sam Mitchell Leads the Toronto Raptors Into Darkness
bleacherreport.com 12/3/2008 — Sam Mitchell walked down the dark corridor on his way to the visitors’ locker room.
The light from a nearby camera cast his 6'11" shadow on the red jersey-wearing Raptor contingent walking behind him. His eyes were low. His paces were ...
Colangelo Wants the Raptors to Run
nba.fanhouse.com 12/5/2008 — by Matt Watson When discussing Sam Mitchell 's firing yesterday, my colleague Tom Ziller cited Toronto's dismal defense as a likely contributing factor -- last year the Raptors' defense ranked slightly above average; this year, it's one of the worst ...
Sam Mitchell's Time Is Up in Toronto
nba.fanhouse.com 12/3/2008 — 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 ...
NBA | Raptors fire coach Sam Mitchell; Triano takes over
thestar.com 12/3/2008 — Doug Smith Basketball Reporter DENVER — Sam Mitchell is out as the head coach of the Raptors. Citing a series of blown double-digit leads and “mental breakdowns” in games this season, team president and general manager Bryan Colangelo fired the ...
Sports | No parting shots from Mitchell
thestar.com 12/5/2008 — DENVER There were times Sam Mitchell could be as bombastic as the best of them, as cantankerous as anyone in the world. But in the hours after being fired by the Raptors less than two years removed from winning the NBA's coach of the year honours, the ...
Millsap Leads Jazz Past Raptors —
Wash Post NBA 12/6/2008
In their first game since Sam Mitchell was fired as coach, the Toronto Raptors lay an egg in Utah, 114-87, as the Jazz's Paul Milsap records his seventh straight double-double.
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