dcprosportsreport.com - 11/24/2008
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After a miserable 1-10 start, the Washington Wizards have fired Head Coach Eddie Jordan and replaced him with Eddie Tapscott. Eddie Tapscott held the post of Director of Player Development, but he travelled with the team and served as a kind of extra assistant coach. He’ll handle his first ...
Bye Bye Eddie
bulletsforever.com 11/24/2008 — Bye Bye Eddie
Editor's Note: Well, that happened quicker than I expected, but then again, Ernie Grunfeld's a man who isn't afraid to make bold moves. Ed Tapscott is set to take over, which is really interesting. Ed and Ernie have a history ...
When Ed Tapscott Followed Gary Williams
voices.washingtonpost.com 11/24/2008 — Ed Tapscott, with Bernie Bickerstaff. (2004 AP photo by Christopher A. Record) The last D.C.-area basketball coach who Ed Tapscott followed as a head coach? Try Gary Williams, in the spring of 1982, when Gary left American U. to take over at Boston ...
The Wizards coaching change presser
dcprosportsreport.com 11/25/2008 — Wizards GM Ernie Grunfeld held a press conference earlier today with new interim head coach Ed Tapscott to discuss the firing of Eddie Jordan, the hiring of Tapscott, and the sorry state of the franchise. Michael Lee of The Post breaks it down for us, but what it really comes down to is the ...
Wizards Won't Hang With Ed Tapscott Long
nba.fanhouse.com 11/25/2008 — by Tom Ziller The rumors are light right now, but Eddie Jordan 's sacking and the resultant ascension of exec-level Wizards man Ed Tapscott to the head coaching job seem more like an intermediate procedure than a final decision on who will run this ...
The Wizards next 71 games
dcprosportsreport.com 11/25/2008 — The Washington Wizards fired Coach Eddie Jordan yesterday and replaced him with Ed Tapscott, a long-time confidant of GM Ernie Grunfeld. It remains to be seen how the players will react to this change, but team captain Antawn Jamison appears to have the right attitude, as usual:
Bullets 124, Warriors 100 —
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The Washington Bullets, in their first game under new head coach Eddie Tapscott, defeated the Golden State Warriors, in the Phone Booth, 124-100. The Bullets were led by Caron Butler who scored 35 points and shot 13 for 19 from the field. Butler also hit 75%, 3 of 4, from three point ...
Wizards whack Eddie Jordan —
SmackCaster SmackBlog
No Gilbert Arenas, no Brendan Haywood, no job for the Wizards’ Eddie Jordan . A 1-10 start will cost you, just ask P.J. Carlesimo. Poor guy who takes over is Ed Tapscott. Good luck to him until the pair of starters find their way back into the lineup.
Two Reasons I'm Surprised Eddie Jordan Was Fired —
ESPN.com - TrueHoop
If there's a memo to NBA head coaches from the last few days, it's certainly this: Do NOT lose to the New York Knicks. That seems to have sealed the fate of Eddie Jordan, who is, surprisingly, no longer a Wizard. Is Anyone Better Available? Interim coach Ed Tapscott is respected, but I don't ...
Wizards fire Eddie Jordan —
The Scores Report - The National Sports Blog
After a 1-10 start, the Washington Wizards have fired head coach Eddie Jordan. The team has been without Gilbert Arenas all season, but still should have more than one win at this point.
Ed Tapscott, the Wizards’ director of player development, will replace Jordan on an interim basis, ...
Wizards fire coach Eddie Jordan —
InsideHoops
Washington Wizards President Ernie Grunfeld announced today that the team has relieved Head Coach Eddie Jordan of his duties. Ed Tapscott will lead the team as interim head coach beginning immediately.
“This was an extremely difficult decision because I’m personally very fond of ...
Eddie Jordan Fired —
RightFielders Women in Sports
Washington Wizards head coach Eddie Jordan has been fired after the team started off with a 1-10 record this season. Ed Tapscott, the former Director of Player Development for the team, has been named as the new coach in the interim.
Gilbert Arenas: Injury proving costly?
Jordan, who’s ...
I hate to say I told you so; Wizards fire coach Eddie Jordan. —
yoonewverse
I told you a few weeks ago that the Wizards should fire Eddie Jordan, and after losing to an 8-man lowly Knicks team on Saturday, the Wizards pulled the plug on the EJ era. You can take a peek at the article below to understand why I said the Wizards should have fired EJ a few weeks ago and ...
NBA: Another coach bites the dust —
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Eddie Jordan became the second coach in the NBA to be fired this season, as the Washington Wizards relieved him of his duties on Monday morning. Ed Tapscott, Washington's director of player development, will take over on an interim basis. Jordan was in his sixth season in Washington, making him ...
Eddie Jordan Can’t Feel Wizards, Fired From Team —
SPORTSbyBROOKS
Eddie Jordan will no longer act as head coach of the fantastically awful 1-10 Washington Wizards, replaced by a nominal front office presence that has been shadowing the team all season. According to WIZARDS INSIDER, Ed Tapscott runs the team as of practice this morning.
Jordan took over ...
Who's Next After Ed Tapscott? —
Wizards Insider
Folks were speculating about the Washington Wizards head coach before Ernie Grunfeld held a news conference to announce that Eddie Jordan had been relieved of his duties and was going to be replaced by Grunfeld's trusted friend and confidant, Ed ...
Grunfeld: "1 and 10 Not Acceptable" —
Wizards Insider
Team President Ernie Grunfeld answered a bunch of questions regarding his decision to fire Eddie Jordan this morning and replace Jordan with Ed Tapscott, but the thing he kept coming back to was the team's 1-10 record. First a couple of notes: - ...
Washington Wizards Fire Eddie Jordan —
Bleacher Report - NBA
Eddie Jordan fired by Wizards The World Famous LayupDrill Rumor Mill 11/24/08
News out of DC isn’t good if you are a fan of Eddie Jordan. The underachieving Wizards, who we said Friday would tank the season , fired head coach Eddie Jordan ...
