Magic Hire New Head Coach

[TA9]

Josh Robbins: The new head coach of the #Orlando #Magic is Jacque Vaughn, the @OrlandoSentinel has learned.

Surprised this guy got hired, personally I never saw him as a head coach. But one thing is for sure, this wont improve the Howard situation haha!

This might explain why he got the nod over the likes of Brian Shaw etc. It will be interesting to see how he handles the team down in Orlando this season.

General manager Rob Hennigan and Vaughn are familiar with each other from their time with the Spurs. - Orlando Sentinel

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Should've kept Van Gundy.

Some good it did firing him, eh?

[FatjohnReturns]

Fail.   Magic should have kept Van Gundy or promoted Ewing.

[KGs Knee]

The former player, Jacque Vaughn?  Didn't know he was in coaching.

Stupid Magic, they couldn't buy a clue.

[Yoki_IsTheName]

Fail.   Magic should have kept Van Gundy or promoted Ewing.

This. I'm out of words. I mean, they were actually better with Brian Shaw.

[tarheelsxxiii]

I made a joke about Jacque Vaughn the other day when trying to think of the most random, irrelevant PG from the past I could. Had no idea he's still involved in bball.

It'd be so fitting to hear from Dwight's agent that he has now been swayed to stay and will sign an extension through 2017.

[JSD]

Poor Ewing, nobody will give him a shot.

[Lord of Mikawa]

Poor Ewing, nobody will give him a shot.

With those garbage teams, I wouldn't want him to waste his time on them anyway.

[CelticSooner]

I'm sure Pierce is happy for his former teammate. This seems like a desperate hire. Handing the reins over to someone that's only been coaching a few years?

[hardlyyardley]

I remember when he was at Kansas....his IQ was tremendous, just not his physical talent....he was a 4.0 student in both high school and college

[2short]

eh
best thing would have been to make a statement and trade howard to (insert team) for first round picks for however many years and players
I'd make sure the team was a dud
Howard has forced  or sort of forced the magic to move players and fire the gm (correct job on that one) and coach but he is not going to stay anyways
the owners mgt of the orlando magic is a laughing stock for most the nba, watch how this affects free agent signings for years to come

[FatjohnReturns]

eh
best thing would have been to make a statement and trade howard to (insert team) for first round picks for however many years and players
I'd make sure the team was a dud
Howard has forced  or sort of forced the magic to move players and fire the gm (correct job on that one) and coach but he is not going to stay anyways
the owners mgt of the orlando magic is a laughing stock for most the nba, watch how this affects free agent signings for years to come

this is true. Managements decision makes me wonder if Dwight isnt that.crazy. You give the guy the job thats been sitting on the bench paying his dues for nine years. 

[bfrombleacher]

Would getting Ewing and making a few good moves not have helped them keep Dwight?

When you see teams do crap like this...In Ainge we trust.

[pearljammer10]

jauque vaughn! righteous for him. wish it would have gone to ewing, really, they should have kept van gundy.

[chambers]

I remember when he was at Kansas....his IQ was tremendous, just not his physical talent....he was a 4.0 student in both high school and college

I did not know this. Explains the hiring, and the Spurs history can only be a good thing.
Thanks for the info, TP.