Jordan fired, not that Jordan
November 26, 2008 by James Edwards
Filed under Gilbert Arenas, Washington Wizards
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Former Coach Eddie Jordan explaining how to take a defense stance
Eddie Jordan was fired from being the coach of the Washington Wizards.
The excuse from GM Ernie Grunfeld was the lack of defense. Oh, and that 1 – 10 record probably did not help.
It just felt like we were going in the wrong direction,” Grunfeld said. “It felt a little stale.”
Jordan was in his sixth season with the Wizards and led the team to the playoffs each of the past four — the longest postseason streak for a Washington coach since Dick Motta did it from 1976-80. Under Jordan, though, the team made it past the first round only once.
In September, shortly before the start of training camp, the Wizards picked up a one-year option to keep Jordan under contract through the 2009-10 season. That, along with the injury-depleted roster, were reasons Jordan’s job was thought to be safe — and why Monday’s move came as something of a shock, despite the team’s record.
Guess you can’t win for losing. Eddie Jordan gets this team into the playoffs 4 straight years, then he loses not only his best offensive player in Agent Zero to injury, but maybe his only real defensive player in Brendan Heywood to injury and they fire him?
They should fire Ernie Grundfeld for failing to find more players that have ever played defense.
Photo source Newscom
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