sports.yahoo.com - 11/24/2008
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Eddie Jordan was fired as coach of the Washington Wizards on Monday after opening the season 1-10 without injured starters Gilbert Arenas and Brendan Haywood.
Ed Tapscott, the Wizards’ director of player development, will replace Jordan on an interim basis, running his first practice as the ...
Wizards fire Jordan, hire Tapscott
dcprosportsreport.com 11/24/2008 — 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 ...
Eddie Jordan fired as Wizards head coach
wtop.com 11/24/2008 — Dave Johnson , WTOP Radio WASHINGTON - A 1-10 start to the 2008/2009 season has cost Washington Wizards head coach Eddie Jordan his job. Team President Ernie Grunfeld informed Jordan of his decision to change coaches in a Monday morning meeting. ...
Wizards fire Jordan after 1-10 start
msn.foxsports.com 11/25/2008 — Even without Gilbert Arenas and another injured starter, the Washington Wizards never imagined they would be as bad as the franchise ever has been. So after opening 1-10 to match the worst start in team history, the Wizards fired coach Eddie Jordan and his top assistant Monday.
Wizards Fire Eddie Jordan
slamonline.com 11/24/2008 — by Ryne Nelson
The Wizards are headed for the lottery, and Coach Eddie Jordan already received his pink slip. Injuries and bad luck ultimately defined Jordan’s five-year tenure with the team.
From the Washington Post (H/T: BDL ):
According ...
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 ...
Eddie Jordan doomed by Wizards' vanishing defense - Chris Mannix
- SI.com
sportsillustrated.cnn.com 11/24/2008 — Why was Eddie Jordan fired by the Washington Wizards on Monday, just two months after the team picked up his contract option for the 2009-10 season? That's easy: defense. Jordan is regarded by most league insiders as a polished offensive coach. As an ...
Eddie Jordan Out as Wizards Head Coach
blog.ingamenow.com 11/24/2008 — After losing to the lowly Knicks, the Wizards fired Eddie Jordan this morning. Wiz started 1-10 and have yet to play an injured Gilbert Arenas who they recently re-upped for $110M.
The Wizards are Finding Their Range
dcsportspulse.com 12/3/2008 — Here’s a stat for you. In the 15 games that the Wizards have played they have shot 31.1% from 3 point land while allowing opponents to shoot 36.1%. Last night the Wizards shot 54.2% while holding the Nets to 35% from long range. The ...
Wizards fire Jordan after 1-10 start (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - NBA News 11/24/2008
Eddie Jordan was fired as coach of the Washington Wizards on Monday after opening the season 1-10 without injured starters Gilbert Arenas and Brendan Haywood. Ed Tapscott, the Wizards' director of player development, will replace Jordan on an interim ...