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there was an issue he had with assistant Terry Stotts before the season that prompted Stotts to resign before they even played a game so wouldn't surprise me that there is some personality issue at hand. I'm sure Dame is already leaking all the behind the scenes info to Chris Haynes.
 
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This is crazy. Maybe he did something kinky.
 
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I couldn't believe the story when I went to espn.com as it had the Breaking News banner. Once I found out the Bucks record of 30-13 and 2nd in the East behind the Celtics I was baffled to why he was fired, but I was thinking this has to be due to something behind the scenes.

I don't know what happened behind the scenes to get him fired, but I have to think him being coach was a big reason, not the only reason, that Andre Jackson got selected to the Bucks. You know the saying "it's not what you know but who you know". Adrian Griffin was teammates with Danny Hurley at Seton Hall in the early 1990s and I am sure they spoke to each other about Andre Jackson.
 
aceboon said:
there was an issue he had with assistant Terry Stotts before the season that prompted Stotts to resign before they even played a game so wouldn't surprise me that there is some personality issue at hand. I'm sure Dame is already leaking all the behind the scenes info to Chris Haynes.
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Oww, but so true.
 
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there must be some serious going on to fire a first year coach that is 30-13 and in second place more than 1/2 way through the seaon
 
gsmooth said:
I couldn't believe the story when I went to espn.com as it had the Breaking News banner. Once I found out the Bucks record of 30-13 and 2nd in the East behind the Celtics I was baffled to why he was fired, but I was thinking this has to be due to something behind the scenes.

I don't know what happened behind the scenes to get him fired, but I have to think him being coach was a big reason, not the only reason, that Andre Jackson got selected to the Bucks. You know the saying "it's not what you know but who you know". Adrian Griffin was teammates with Danny Hurley at Seton Hall in the early 1990s and I am sure they spoke to each other about Andre Jackson.
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His daughter also went to Uconn with Andre.

It will be interesting to see if the interim coach plays dre more or less.
 
Inyatkin said:
I'm sure the apology to Budenholzer is coming
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he lost in 5 games in a 1 vs 8 matchup in which his team was up double digits in the 4th in games 4 & 5 and lost both, firing him is understandable. looks like they just made a bad hire.
 
NJHusky said:
there must be some serious going on to fire a first year coach that is 30-13 and in second place more than 1/2 way through the seaon
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Maybe some issues between the coach and management that have been under the radar.
 
Inyatkin said:
I'm sure the apology to Budenholzer is coming
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I would have kept him. I thought he was a great coach. Giannis getting hurt messed up that series. They might have lost it anyway but once it got away from them there was nothing to be done.

Word is Griffin never really had the locker room. And with the team (mostly Giannis) complaining about the D all of the time - I don't think they had a choice. 30-13 and this team should be better than that.

The bigger issue being - they can't win a title without a change - and you need time to fix it. So you had to move now or it would be too late. They are all in.
 
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some context from chris mannix.

the terry stotts thing (damian lillard's long-time former coach) was pretty surprising when it happened. and beyond their record, they clearly weren't playing up to their potential.
 
aceboon said:
he lost in 5 games in a 1 vs 8 matchup in which his team was up double digits in the 4th in games 4 & 5 and lost both, firing him is understandable. looks like they just made a bad hire.
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They should have won the series, but the guy did win a title. And Miami was not your typical 8 seed last year, as Boston could attest.
 
NJHusky said:
there must be some serious going on to fire a first year coach that is 30-13 and in second place more than 1/2 way through the seaon
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Not necessarily. They could've just thought they weren't capable of winning the title this year with him as coach. It could've been that Giannis and Dame didn't want him as coach. The record looks good but they've had the easiest schedule in the NBA so far and there's been some troubling signs with their play. I don't think they've had the look of a team that's going to win it all and anything less than winning it all would be a failure for them this season.
 
superjohn said:
Not necessarily. They could've just thought they weren't capable of winning the title this year with him as coach. It could've been that Giannis and Dame didn't want him as coach. The record looks good but they've had the easiest schedule in the NBA so far and there's been some troubling signs with their play. I don't think they've had the look of a team that's going to win it all and anything less than winning it all would be a failure for them this season.
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thx...I don't watch NBA so have no idea how they were playing, other than the numbers. I guess if your superstars aren't happy, you make them happy
 
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gsmooth said:
I couldn't believe the story when I went to espn.com as it had the Breaking News banner. Once I found out the Bucks record of 30-13 and 2nd in the East behind the Celtics I was baffled to why he was fired, but I was thinking this has to be due to something behind the scenes.

I don't know what happened behind the scenes to get him fired, but I have to think him being coach was a big reason, not the only reason, that Andre Jackson got selected to the Bucks. You know the saying "it's not what you know but who you know". Adrian Griffin was teammates with Danny Hurley at Seton Hall in the early 1990s and I am sure they spoke to each other about Andre Jackson.
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And his daughter plays at UConn
 
Who woulda thought trading Jrue for Dame would have such a drastic impact on your defense? Not sure how a coach can fix that?

Assuming everything is squeaky clean behind the scenes, and this is only the bucks veterans using him as a scapegoat, UConn assistant coach Adrian Griffin sounds good.
 
Huskyforlife said:
Who woulda thought trading Jrue for Dame would have such a drastic impact on your defense?
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Good job by Brad Stevens. Strengthen your own team while weakening a key opponent.
 
J187Money said:
I would have kept him. I thought he was a great coach. Giannis getting hurt messed up that series. They might have lost it anyway but once it got away from them there was nothing to be done.

Word is Griffin never really had the locker room. And with the team (mostly Giannis) complaining about the D all of the time - I don't think they had a choice. 30-13 and this team should be better than that.

The bigger issue being - they can't win a title without a change - and you need time to fix it. So you had to move now or it would be too late. They are all in.
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The guy who takes his rest on the defense side of the ball 75% of the time?
 
Huskyforlife said:
Who woulda thought trading Jrue for Dame would have such a drastic impact on your defense? Not sure how a coach can fix that?

Assuming everything is squeaky clean behind the scenes, and this is only the bucks veterans using him as a scapegoat, UConn assistant coach Adrian Griffin sounds good.
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The entire approach is different. Of course there would be a drop-off even if Bud was still the coach, but it wouldn't be like this.
 
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