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K22
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2/16/2009  11:29 AM
Even Stevie Wonder saw this coming.

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PHOENIX -- Terry Porter is out as coach of the Phoenix Suns, just four months into his first season with the club.

Porter told The Associated Press on Monday morning that Suns general manager Steve Kerr broke the news to him at a Sunday night meeting.

"I'm going to wait a few days to gather my thoughts before I say anything," Porter said.

Assistant coach Alvin Gentry will replace Porter, although the Suns have not yet made an announcement concerning their coaching situation.

Porter's dismissal was first reported by The Arizona Republic on its Web site Sunday.

Porter was in the first year of a three-year, $6 million deal to replace Mike D'Antoni, who left after four highly successful seasons to coach the New York Knicks.

8 coaches lost their jobs this season. That's insane.

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2/16/2009  11:39 AM
That Steve Nash, hes a coach killer I tell ya.
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2/16/2009  11:49 AM
Kerr is an idiot. Why do you fire MDA, who got you to the playoffs for like 5 straight years, to hire Porter and then not give Porter a full season to implement his program. Porter is a decent coach and it is ashame no team has given him a fair chance.
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2/16/2009  12:14 PM
Posted by TheGame:

Kerr is an idiot. Why do you fire MDA, who got you to the playoffs for like 5 straight years, to hire Porter and then not give Porter a full season to implement his program. Porter is a decent coach and it is ashame no team has given him a fair chance.

Any Phoenix gossip RE coach-team dynamics and/or coach-GM dynamics that we are not privy to? Is there some kind of "Amaregate" story that sealed Porter's fate?

Seems like a rather quick exit, though, no matter what the team/coach situation was like. There has to be some kind of growing process and "give and take" that exists among the players, the head coach, and the GM, in my opinion, and given the investment that was made in Porter, you would think that they would have given him a season to work things out.

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2/16/2009  12:45 PM
Posted by TheGame:

Kerr is an idiot. Why do you fire MDA, who got you to the playoffs for like 5 straight years, to hire Porter and then not give Porter a full season to implement his program. Porter is a decent coach and it is ashame no team has given him a fair chance.

For the same reason Isiah churned and burned his coaches: to keep his job
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2/16/2009  12:48 PM
Posted by SupremeCommander:
Posted by TheGame:

Kerr is an idiot. Why do you fire MDA, who got you to the playoffs for like 5 straight years, to hire Porter and then not give Porter a full season to implement his program. Porter is a decent coach and it is ashame no team has given him a fair chance.

For the same reason Isiah churned and burned his coaches: to keep his job

Kerr is doing a nice Isiah job thus far....all he needs to do is make some free agent signings....
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2/16/2009  1:12 PM
Pretty bad, but the fact is that the players didn't buy into the system. Granted, that's their fault and the players were acting like pure babies, but he didn't have the players at all. It was time to cut the leash. Next it's time to cut Kerr's leash and they have to rebuild that roster.
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2/16/2009  3:29 PM
Also- sounds like Ownership doesn't know what to do.

Sounds very much like Dolan & Isiah, but with the wasteful spending.

We need to trade with the suns for a future first rounder that isn't protected in years 3-4, as I can see that being a lotto pick!
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2/16/2009  4:17 PM
This team is the perfect target for a Curry trade, so what if they have Sgaq, Kerr = Igayah
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2/16/2009  5:24 PM
It could be worse. He could be Chris Mullin. A powerless GM who has been castrated by his head coach and owner. That boy can't go to the bathroom unless Nellie gives him permission.
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2/16/2009  5:39 PM
It has to be hard to expect your team to play defense, play in a structured offense, and practice hard when the guy before you didn't demand any of that and won. Porter was put in a very tough spot and needed a total commitment from management to make a drastic change. It is alot like when JVG replaced Nelson. Nelson was not the coach for a half court team with a hall of fame center.
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2/16/2009  5:45 PM
Posted by CrushAlot:

It has to be hard to expect your team to play defense, play in a structured offense, and practice hard


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OT: It's official - Terry Porter is #8

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