Fratello fired

I have no idea what I was thinking, but I thought Fratello was crapcanned by the Cavs in the late '80s and had been out of work since then. He'd only been out of work since '99 when the Grizzlies hired him in 2004. Seemed much longer given how many jobs it seemed he was up for during that time.

 

Tony Barone. Holy shit was he entertaining to watch on the sideline when he was at Texas A&M.

 

Fratello would be good for Seattle right now. The Sonics' defense is god-fucking-awful. My grandma could've scored 18 points on layups last night. Hill needs to be shitcanned and Fratello should take the job if it happens.

 

Someone please tell me what Fratello has won in his career, even though at one point he had one of the league's top five players (Wilkins) and a nice supporting cast (Willis, et al) in ATL.

 

Fratello is a under rated coach. He is a very good technical coach with a good understand of defenses. I am sure he will land on his feet again. I look forward to the Czar joining Steve Kerr and Marv in the booth.

 

Thank you. The man had one of the most talented teams in the league for a stretch and...nothing came of it.

 

There are three reasons:

1. Bird and McHale
2. The Bad Boys
3. Some guy named Jordan

Atlanta was very good from the mid-80s to the early 90s, but not nearly as good as the Celts, Pistons or Bulls.

 

When will Mike rejoin Marv?

 

Points 1 and 2 are very good, but how far did Fratello's teams go in the playoffs? They went to the conference finals once maybe? Did they even win any division titles? I just never saw why he was considered a good coach.

 

At the same stage in their careers, there's little discernible difference between Fratello and Larry Brown.

 

Larry's taller.

 

I was geographically speaking, of course.