nba.fanhouse.com - 12/8/2008
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by Tom Ziller As rumored this morning, Minnesota put the axe to coach Randy Wittman after dude led his team to 4-15 start one year removed from a 22-60 record. The Wolves have lost 75% of their games under Wittman. Worse, Minnesota has looked like a group of sedated slugs on the court, lacking ...
emptythebench.com - 12/9/2008
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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.
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McHale Fires Wittman, Appoints Only Successor He Can ...
rockymountainnews.com - 12/9/2008
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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 ...
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Nuggets' Carter says McHale will be better :
Nuggets : ...
redsarmy.wordpress.com - 12/8/2008
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redsarmy.wordpress.com —
I’m begging someone to please make it stop.
I loved Kevin McHale. He was awesome. I mimicked...
his post moves in high school. But as an executive………. ugh. Now comes word that the Timberwolves are about to fire Randy ...
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I Don’t Want To Remember Kevin This Way
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TWolves Blog - Minnesota Timberwolves News and Articles —
... From Tom Ziller/Fanhouse:
If becoming a coach is the only way McHale scrams out of Minneapolis, then it's what must be done. Really, this is a victory for Wolves fans who'd like to see McHale go. Unless you think the ...
The Internets are alive: Wittman out, McHale in
Ball Don't Lie —
... NBA FanHouse: "How many wins does McHale need to win to keep his job? Fourteen in the remaining 63 games, which would beat Wittman's record this season? If McHale does well from the bench, will Taylor ask him to stay on the sideline and leave the front office work to GM Jim Stack and franchise golden boy Fred Hoiberg? Does McHale want to coach permanently? (I think we know the answer to that last one.)" ...
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Kevin McHale and Blogger Power
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BREAKING NEWS: Kevin McHale To Coach T-Wolves
dimemag.com 12/8/2008 — Kevin McHale
Maybe the T-Wolves brass read what Aron wrote last night about how they should can Randy Wittman. Or, maybe they just realized that he isn't doing anything to help this 4-15 team win games. ESPN.com is reporting that owner Glen Taylor ...
Lay into, but lay off of Kevin McHale
sports.yahoo.com 12/10/2008 — After a while, even an owner as oblivious as Glen Taylor
will get the right idea.
You have an idea about Glen Taylor, I'm sure. He's the
Timberwolves owner who doesn't like to be spurned (who does?), and took to
various alternative papers and city ...
Minnesota con continues for Taylor, McHale - NBA - Yahoo! Sports
sports.yahoo.com 12/9/2008 — The William Clay Ford of the NBA just sent his Matt Millen downstairs to the court, an incompetent owner betraying the Minnesota Timberwolves faithful again. Together, Glen Taylor and Kevin McHale conspired to carry out one of the worst cases of fraud ...
