The timing of this is kinda hard to fathom …..
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Stunning: Nuggets fire both Coach & GM ….
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Park Bites
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Always thought malone was a good coach.
He is, but he is extremely stubborn and abrasive, so he tends to wear on his players and organization, so I'm not particularly shocked by this other than the timing.
The Jazz Wonderbra
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Fire the GM, keep the coach through the playoffs. THEN fire the coach. I think firing both is insane just 4 games out of the playoffs.
homeytennis
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It sounds like Coach and GM hated each other's guts. Not unlike DL and Quin. Ownership must have grown tired of it and pulled the trigger.
Tremendous Upside
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The Nuggets obviously have a new coach waiting in the wings. Denver had been trending the wrong way lately (like Memphis), so they decided to try the "shock to the system" approach.
This move was definitely not just about Malone and Booth hating each other.
Firing a coach who won you a ring isn't shocking?
The timing of this seems strange on the surface but it makes sense if ownership was frustrated with them. If you keep them around and they make a big run in the playoffs which is certainly possible then you are almost forced to move forward with both guys for at least another couple years. This allows them a clean slate and they are still very capable of making a title run if the top 5 is healthy.
Not at all, lots of recent winners no longer with their teams. Add to that when you have the best player in the league, most of the credit goes to that player over the coach- i.e. there are probably 50 coaches that could have won at least one championship in Malone's tenure with the same roster construction. He's a good coach, but in no world is he irreplaceable.