Suns fire Hornacek

[Sievers81]

http://hangtime.blogs.nba.com/2016/02/01/report-suns-fire-jeff-hornacek-in-wake-of-2-19-skid/?cid=nbacomsocial_tw_sf20067114

Bit over a mess over in Phoenix, not sure what management really wants out of the current roster.

[Who]

One of the most disappointing teams in the league this year. I thought that team had 50 win potential at the start of the season. Injuries have hurt them lately but they should still be better than they are doing now.

[TA9]

I would like to thank him for not starting Isaiah during his tenure with the Suns. Man I'm glad that we got him for nothing

[Sievers81]

I would like to thank him for not starting Isaiah during his tenure with the Suns. Man I'm glad that we got him for nothing

They had Bledsoe and Dragic on the team, bit of a rock and a hard place for the coach because they really got IT as an insurance policy for Bledsoe who hadn't signed and Dragic was becoming a free agent later on.

Isaiah has spoken about it on Woj's podcast and holds no grudge and is still friendly with both players because they all knew just how screwed the situation was fighting for minutes.

[Csfan1984]

I look at the Suns as really struggling that roster is a mess.

[Celtics4ever]

I am sure they will try a new coach to right the ship but they may panic in a few weeks and make some bad moves.

[JSD]

Whoever traded that Laker pick should be fired

[TA9]

I would like to thank him for not starting Isaiah during his tenure with the Suns. Man I'm glad that we got him for nothing

They had Bledsoe and Dragic on the team, bit of a rock and a hard place for the coach because they really got IT as an insurance policy for Bledsoe who hadn't signed and Dragic was becoming a free agent later on.

Isaiah has spoken about it on Woj's podcast and holds no grudge and is still friendly with both players because they all knew just how screwed the situation was fighting for minutes.

I know
But Hornacek could have started IT and benched either Bledsoe or Dragic, but luckily (for us) he didn't !

[SHAQATTACK]

75 % Management

25 % coach

He was gifted some poor frt Off decisions

[jambr380]

They are certainly a bad team, especially with the injury situation, but hopefully this shows some kind of commitment to trying to win a few extra games and keep ahead of BKN.

I don't think it's Hornacek's fault - that team was much better off before the trade deadline last year.

[DefenseWinsChamps]

After the assistant coach firings from a month ago, I thought there was a behind-closed-doors deal with Hornacek to play young players more and tank for a better pick this year.

He started Booker. He was playing Warren more. He got Len in when he can. He has been giving huge minutes to Goodwin.

This is weird to me, because I thought they would let him tank this year and then give him another year to develop talent and become competitive again.

Did they fire him to make him a scapegoat to the fan base? Hornacek takes the blame. Interim can't get it done and they still tank. Then they start with a new coach (Thibs?) next year.

Or, maybe they actually wanted to try to win, and Hornacek was just that incapable, and last season was the proverbial "blind-squirrel-acorn" situation.

Any way you look at this, it is a bummer to Celtics fans. Is there any way that a trying Nets team can lose more games than a not trying Suns team?

[PhoSita]

I really liked the Suns just a couple of seasons ago.  Bledsoe, Dragic, the Morris twins.  It's disappointing to see how badly that team got screwed up. 

Hornacek seemed like a good coach, but I don't really know all of the background details of what happened out there, so I can't say for sure.

[PhoSita]

Any way you look at this, it is a bummer to Celtics fans. Is there any way that a trying Nets team can lose more games than a not trying Suns team?

This has been my fear with the Nets pick all season long.  But at this point, the Nets are depleted just enough by injuries that I'm not too worried about it.

[slamtheking]

Any way you look at this, it is a bummer to Celtics fans. Is there any way that a trying Nets team can lose more games than a not trying Suns team?

This has been my fear with the Nets pick all season long.  But at this point, the Nets are depleted just enough by injuries that I'm not too worried about it.

Nets are still 2 behind in the all important Wins column.  Phx will be playing the Lakers some more this season while the Nets will be primarily playing a lot of Eastern teams trying to make the playoffs.

I'm not worried at this point.  Nets are still holding to my preseason prediction of a bottom 5 team.  the fact they've been bottom 3 AND THAT'S WITHOUT LOSING BROOK TO INJURY (YET) is just more encouraging.

[indeedproceed]

After the assistant coach firings from a month ago, I thought there was a behind-closed-doors deal with Hornacek to play young players more and tank for a better pick this year.

He started Booker. He was playing Warren more. He got Len in when he can. He has been giving huge minutes to Goodwin.

This is weird to me, because I thought they would let him tank this year and then give him another year to develop talent and become competitive again.

Did they fire him to make him a scapegoat to the fan base? Hornacek takes the blame. Interim can't get it done and they still tank. Then they start with a new coach (Thibs?) next year.

Or, maybe they actually wanted to try to win, and Hornacek was just that incapable, and last season was the proverbial "blind-squirrel-acorn" situation.

Any way you look at this, it is a bummer to Celtics fans. Is there any way that a trying Nets team can lose more games than a not trying Suns team?

Looked like the team quit on him n a lot of ways. Starting with Markieff.