Fratello fired

[wickedwritah]

Confirmed.
http://www.wmcstations.com/Global/story.asp?S=5867075

All five NBA fans, discuss.

 

[Chef]

Marv, Mike.

Mike, Marv.

 

[dawgpounddiehard]

With Fratello fired and Jerry West in his last season as GM, it seems as if this franchise is returning to its roots as the Clippers of the east.

 

[Kable]

Even though they are in the Western Conference.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

Fratello will be fine. Kudos to him lasting as long as he did with that freak show franchise.

 

[Songbird]

The Czar will coach every team at least once during his career. What is this, his 8th job? Soon becoming the Gene Shue of this generation.

 

[PCLoadLetter]

Even though they are in the Western Conference.

...and its roots are in Vancouver.

 

[BYH]

The Czar will coach every team at least once during his career. What is this, his 8th job? Soon becoming the Gene Shue of this generation.

Yeah but he hadn't coached in nearly 20 years before this.

 

[SoCalScribe]

Fratello is a good coach in a poor situation. I hope to see him get another chance elsewhere, perhaps somewhere with more appropriate talent.

I always loved watching Fratello coach defense...the man had it down to science, at least back in his Cleveland days.

 

[Guy_Incognito]

The Czar will coach every team at least once during his career. What is this, his 8th job? Soon becoming the Gene Shue of this generation.

Yeah but he hadn't coached in nearly 20 years before this.

Neither has Gene Shue.

 

[Chuck~Taylor]

I think Fratello was fired a month too late. Santa could've really used another elf.

 

[Double J]

Even though they are in the Western Conference.

...and its roots are in Vancouver.

Hey, you say to-mah-to....

So, anyway, wasn't this thread about the Fratellis? And whatever happened to One-Eyed Willie's treasure? Did Josh Brolin, Corey Feldman and pals chase down the pirate ship after it burst out of hiding?

 

[BYH]

The Czar will coach every team at least once during his career. What is this, his 8th job? Soon becoming the Gene Shue of this generation.

Yeah but he hadn't coached in nearly 20 years before this.

Neither has Gene Shue.

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.

 

[Armchair_QB]

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

 

[Songbird]

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

 

[wickedwritah]

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.

 

[indiansnetwork]

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.

 

[expendable]

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.

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

 

[Freelance Hack]

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.

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.

 

[KP]

When will Mike rejoin Marv?