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    Mr KLC
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    Nate McMillan New Coach For Pacers

    That didn’t take long. Just over a week after Indiana Pacers president Larry Bird announced that head coach Frank Vogel would not be retained, he’s lined up a replacement in-house. The Vertical‘s Adrian Wojnarowski is reporting that Nate McMillan, who’s been an assistant in Indiana since the 2013-14 season, is getting the job.

    This hire is unexpected and a little bit puzzling. McMillan is a good coach who won a lot of games in Portland and helped that franchise out of the “Jail Blazers” era. But Bird’s chief criticism of Vogel was that his teams didn’t play with enough pace, and McMillan’s Blazers teams finished at or near the bottom of the league in that category most years. Bird’s rationale for letting Vogel go also involved the need for a new voice in the locker room, which makes promoting an assistant who’s been with the team for the past three years a confusing decision.


    http://nba.nbcsports.com/2016/05/14/...Bbasketball%5D

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    not unexpected or surprising

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    Another loser

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    Good decision I like it

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    Bird is a failed administrator.

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    Players win games

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    I still can't believe that Indiana coach lost his job.

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    Bird wanted a puppet

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    I guess Bird coaching from the box next year

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    Awful coach

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    He's just a yes man. Not a winner.

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    should have went after mark jackson

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    Safe and recycled...Pacer fans should be disappointed.

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    Why fired the coach when he clearly need to get rid of retarded players like.. george hil, ellis, stuckey, and a few others. You all see how they play, none of these players are fast paced players and they dont take thier open shots instead they like to pump fake for no reason other than to let defenders get close so they dont have to shoot. When pg goes on bench none of tbese turds can step up other than ue clock.

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    This is a color hire.

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    They let Vogel walk for..... Nate fukking McMillan???

    Larry oh Larry.

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    Larry Bird could be going to senile.

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    Quote Originally Posted by greypimps View Post
    Why fired the coach when he clearly need to get rid of retarded players like.. george hil, ellis, stuckey, and a few others. You all see how they play, none of these players are fast paced players and they dont take thier open shots instead they like to pump fake for no reason other than to let defenders get close so they dont have to shoot. When pg goes on bench none of tbese turds can step up other than ue clock.
    Those were Vogel's players no?

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