Why Did Sacramento Kings Fire Coach Michael Malone?

[wildemu]

New ownership wants an up-tempo offense, while malone wanted the team to rely on defense and its interior advantages. They just clashed on ideas.

[Seto]

It was a combination of both. Indian owner has never played ball before. Doesn't really know much about it, but wants to implement things like playing 4 on 5, which is completely retarded. Malone was always at odds with him, and really pissed him off when he said publically that he didn't want the team to sign Josh Smith.

If I was a legit coach in the NBA, I wouldn't take this job no matter how much you paid me. Imagine working for Jerry Jones if Jerry Jones was overly fond of running the wishbone and wanted to sign Terrell Owens right now.

He should hire Pep Guardiola as coach. That dumbfukk recently said he didn't understand why you couldn't play defense 4 on 5 in basketball and leave a man up front like in soccer

[Seto]

Cousins out they still should be able to win. Every good team can win without their best player. Kings have a talented roster but since Cousins has been out they have looked like shit and thats not acceptable.

If that's your reasoning teams would be changing coaches every 10 games.

[Seto]

Well what do you expect when you have an Owner who believes in the skillset of a one Josh Smith....You know..many people complained about the Maloofs and how they chose to run the team...but I think this new Indian fella will give them a run for their money. The firing is clearly a personal issue run amuck...This team had something cookin earlier in the year when Cousins was healthy and even after his injury and subsequent loosing streak...they never rolled over...they play hard for each other and the coach...I wonder if the same will be said for this owner when its all said and done.......

Agree 100%.

[Robber]

Very strange

I don't get it

[Cross]

Such a bs firing, Corbin is awful!

[jtoler]

crazy timing

[MikeTizzy]

guess the bums will need to turn it around somehow..

[TheMoneyShot]

Easy answer... and I can't believe no one mentioned it.

They lost to the Pistons. He got fired.

[cankid]

Seem early for a firing

[LT Profits]

Good Read:

The doomed partnership of the Sacramento Kings and coach Michael Malone

[LT Profits]

Word is if Chris Mullin wants to make the move from consultant to head coach, the job is his.

[BigSpoon]

Really harsh firing, team had a 9-6 record with DeMarcus Cousins which is amazing since they are in the West.

[RavensFan2k3]

11-13 vs. a West schedule is like 20-4 vs. the East.

Right...is Big Bear retarded?

[indio]

with Cousins they are a top 5 team in NBA

Players must of got him axed

Its how it works LT

Really? So according to that math, if we take San Antonio, Golden St., LA Clippers, Cleveland, Memphis, Houston, and Portland, you say they're better than at least 2 of them with Cousins?

You really should stop embarrassing yourself with your inane posts.

[No coincidences]

Coin trying to talk Kings basketball Kings are on the rise fukk you haters

I admire your delusion. It rivals any poster on this site.

Wonder if you use the same tactics when you look in the mirror -- do you see a 6-7 stud when you're actually an Oompa Loompa?

[Bluehorseshoe]

Must be an analytics thing. The owner is big on that.

[44 Mag]

OK, the guy is gone, terminate this thread please. LOL.

[upscope]

Malone got a raw deal everybody knows that. But heres the real reasons why he was canned:

Basically every direction the ownership wanted to go in Malone didnt approve & wanted to go a different direction. He was creating resistance & they couldn't get on the same page. Malone did things his way & he was winning. If Malone continued to win using his ways then ownership would have had a hard time justifying firing him later in the season. Cousins goes down & predictably the Kings drop a handful of games. This opened UP the door for ownership to fire him & call the reason for the firing "disappointment with wins & losses"
Enter Tyrone Corbin. Now it doesnt matter if he wins or loses the Kings can & will can him when their ultimate plan is ready to be put in place....GEORGE KARL!!!

The Kings want George Karl as their future coach but they wouldn't have been able to do so if Malone continued to win using his system. This was their chance to get him out & they acted on it. That is the real reason for the Malone firing.

[jtoler]

So do we get to see the old cherry pick with Corbin. Jerry Jones franchise here it seems.

[LT Profits]

Malone got a raw deal everybody knows that. But heres the real reasons why he was canned:

Basically every direction the ownership wanted to go in Malone didnt approve & wanted to go a different direction. He was creating resistance & they couldn't get on the same page. Malone did things his way & he was winning. If Malone continued to win using his ways then ownership would have had a hard time justifying firing him later in the season. Cousins goes down & predictably the Kings drop a handful of games. This opened UP the door for ownership to fire him & call the reason for the firing "disappointment with wins & losses"
Enter Tyrone Corbin. Now it doesnt matter if he wins or loses the Kings can & will can him when their ultimate plan is ready to be put in place....GEORGE KARL!!!

The Kings want George Karl as their future coach but they wouldn't have been able to do so if Malone continued to win using his system. This was their chance to get him out & they acted on it. That is the real reason for the Malone firing.

It seems Mullen is more likely than Karl. BUT it came down in the last hour or so that Mullen does NOT want to step in as coach this season, although the beginning of next season is a real possibility.

Here is the latest: Report: Chris Mullin doesn’t want to jump in mid-season to coach Kings

[blstrick5]

New ownership wants an up-tempo offense, while malone wanted the team to rely on defense and its interior advantages. They just clashed on ideas.

Took 35 replies to get the right answer.

[TwoWays]

Ty Corbin starts Reggie Evans. Unreal. Now they handicapped 4 vs 5 on offense

[Robber]

OK, the guy is gone, terminate this thread please. LOL.

I still want to know why he got fired

[TwoWays]

I still want to know why he got fired

Analytics. One Malone spoke negativily of it

[survive]

Not really all that confusing given the incompetence and general dysfunction of the entire franchise.

Idiot owners, idiot players ... no coach can or will succeed there. Toxic environment. They just keep burning through coaches because they don't want to identify the real problems.

This sums it up. Did you guys hear Kings ownership was exploring the possibility of running a cherry pick offense...? To even think for one second that it could realistically work at any level above rec basketball is insanity

[Killer_Demo]

I admire your delusion. It rivals any poster on this site.

Wonder if you use the same tactics when you look in the mirror -- do you see a 6-7 stud when you're actually an Oompa Loompa?

Coin I found your cardboard box on google earth

[Seto]

What a sad franchise the Kings are.

[GIVEMETHEMONEY]

Coin I found your cardboard box on google earth

Just remember this bankrupt city is a result of liberalism, corruption and the demonazicrappy aka democrat evil regime

Every bankrupt cityand state is blue not red!

[Mr KLC]

Franchise would have been better off letting Seattle ownership take over. At least they might have had some competent management.

[NardVa]

I think the Kings want to move, but it's hard to move a winning team so they fire the coach in hopes of the team playing bad. So far the plan is working.

[jjgold]

What happened to this team??

They were good 1st 12 games or so

[Cross]

3 wins with new coach, Corbin not the answer.

[yisman]

Kings were 11-13 when Malone was fired

since then, they're 4-8

they just lost by 10 to Denver, at home