The Kings are rumored to have fired Reggie Theus

[jemagee]

I would think 'second time around' is a reason not to birng him back.

I think sports writers are lazy and jordan is the hottest of the fired names this year (most likely to get another job) so they just start throwing his name everywhere.

At least the raptor speculations were more creative

[JoMal]

Well, Jordan was fired by the previous owner, Jim Thomas, who wanted a more veteran coach after one season of giving Eddie his first head coaching experience, when the Kings got Chris Webber and Vlade Divac. He did not think Jordan had the chops to handle good, veteran players.

I guess now he does. 

[westkoast]

Well, Jordan was fired by the previous owner, Jim Thomas, who wanted a more veteran coach after one season of giving Eddie his first head coaching experience, when the Kings got Chris Webber and Vlade Divac. He did not think Jordan had the chops to handle good, veteran players.

I guess now he does. 

Don't you think Flip Saunders might be a better fit?

[JoMal]

Personally I am holding out for Phil Jackson, but barring that, the team needs a guy who can turn kids into NBA men. Can Saunders do that? Jackson, actually, has never really had to do that, though the last few seasons have come closest.

[WayOutWest]

Personally I am holding out for Phil Jackson, but barring that, the team needs a guy who can turn kids into NBA men. Can Saunders do that? Jackson, actually, has never really had to do that, though the last few seasons have come closest.

Larry Brown turns boys into Pros, but once they become Pros they stop listenting to their coach.

[JoMal]

Personally I am holding out for Phil Jackson, but barring that, the team needs a guy who can turn kids into NBA men. Can Saunders do that? Jackson, actually, has never really had to do that, though the last few seasons have come closest.

Larry Brown turns boys into Pros, but once they become Pros they stop listenting to their coach.

Larry is busy.

Ugly rumor of the day.

The main reason behind the Maloof's wanting a coaching change right now was because they were feeling left out of the national spotlight. They would go back east and ask their compadres what they thought about the Kings and would get a "You mean the LA hockey team"? response.

Would not surprise me if that were the case.

[westkoast]

Personally I am holding out for Phil Jackson, but barring that, the team needs a guy who can turn kids into NBA men. Can Saunders do that? Jackson, actually, has never really had to do that, though the last few seasons have come closest.

Larry Brown turns boys into Pros, but once they become Pros they stop listenting to their coach.

Larry is busy.

Ugly rumor of the day.

The main reason behind the Maloof's wanting a coaching change right now was because they were feeling left out of the national spotlight. They would go back east and ask their compadres what they thought about the Kings and would get a "You mean the LA hockey team"? response.

Would not surprise me if that were the case.

I kind of felt that this is what prompted both the Adleman firing and the potential Theus firing.  They want to return back to the elite status in the league they got use to earlier this decade.  Eddie Jordan is not going to do that.  Maybe Michael Jordan from 1997 but not Eddie Jordan.

I think Flip does a good job of getting players together on the same page that is why I thought he would be a better choice than Eddie Jordan. 

[jemagee]

If they thiink firing Theus brings them closer to "Elite" status they're nuts.

[Ted]

So I heard on AM radio this morning that Sloan protege Kenny Natt is the interim coach.

[westkoast]

Let me ask this to the board and JoMal specifically....

Do you think the Kings are still able to attract a free agent of Chris Webber's caliber (at the time)

[JoMal]

Let me ask this to the board and JoMal specifically....

Do you think the Kings are still able to attract a free agent of Chris Webber's caliber (at the time)

Remember, wk, that Webber was brought to the Kings in a trade with Washington for Mitch Richmond <side note - Mitch is STILL my favorite all time SacTown King> and not as a free agent.

Actually, yes, once the Kings eliminate all that bogus cap-choking salary they are carrying with Kenny Thomas and Brad Miller, they certainly can attrack a quality star in two years - not THIS summer - they will still be choking on those two contracts, but the one after.

God, is it me or do these things seem to take for ever to get going.   

[jemagee]

Let me ask this to the board and JoMal specifically....

Do you think the Kings are still able to attract a free agent of Chris Webber's caliber (at the time)

In principle - yes - because 99.9% of free agents take the biggest contract offered - so if they have cap room or pieces for a sign and trade - yes

[JoMal]

I would think 'second time around' is a reason not to birng him back.

I think sports writers are lazy and jordan is the hottest of the fired names this year (most likely to get another job) so they just start throwing his name everywhere.

At least the raptor speculations were more creative

It is completely certain that Geoff Petrie will not be dropping any hints to the media on who he plans on interviewing. Kenny Natt, Sloan's old assistant (for nine years) is now the interim coach. He plans on implementing Sloans' accountability measures to curtail the player's from missing practices, shootarounds, and meetings, and told the local media he has 100 % backing of Petrie and the Maloofs to do what he feels is necessary. He also is going to simplify the offense (Theus' was complex, to say the least), and push much harder for players to defend, with playing time the carrot on that one.

We will see. None of these things will make the younger players immediately older and wiser, cure the ailments of Garcia and Martin, or make Udruh worth the contract spent on him to hold down the point guard spot. But we are talking about the Kings, so somewhere Gavin and Joe are cracking open that 25 year old scotch to toast that.