DCist: Wizards Fire Eddie Jordan

HCE

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 08:21:07 -0500

Grunfeld is a goober.

daphill1

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 06:52:24 -0500

Notorious is exactly right. Plus, EJ is a werewolf and that's not good for anyone.

NotoriousREG

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 04:55:09 -0500

They are 1 and 10 and very quickly being passed by a much improving Eastern Conference (Atlanta, Philly.) I think Eddie's a terrific coach and it's a shame he's the one that takes the hit for this but really at 1-10 a move had to be made. The team clearly wasn't responding. I mean 1/8th of the season is already gone and this team should really be no worse than 6-5 and we all know they're better than that. 1-10 is inexcusable so...something had to be done. It's pretty simple.

hillrat

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:42:02 -0500

Wow! I really thought Grunfeld was smarter than this, I am totally and completely floored by this move.

dank

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:15:09 -0500

This doesn't make sense. I'm not privvy to what goes on behind the scenes, but it doesn't seem like the team had quit on Jordan, which would be the one good reason to dump him. Given the same roster, whoever gets the job next will almost certainly do a worse job than Eddie did. So, who's going to get the gig (Tapscott is a stopgap)? Will they make a play for Pat Riley? Jim What's-is-name at George Mason? Any other guesses?

Krisa

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:38:59 -0500

Sure Eddie bares some responsibility, but how are you going to hold this guy accountable when his roster has been in shambles? Maybe ownership had been planning for a change of scenery and this was an open opportunity to make a move? For God's sake it's only 11 games in.

briffy

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:35:12 -0500

the wizards don't have a lot of bona fide NBA talent on their roster? really? Two returning all stars isn't talent? i wouldn't be so sure that a new coach couldn't turn things around either. granted it's a different sport, but the capitals were in last place this time last year and a new coach got them to the playoffs.

majapa

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:27:36 -0500

What a bunch of losers. You write off the season 10 games into it? And Jordan was one of the longest tenured coaches after 5 years? I must be spoiled on Greg Popovitch.

ElScorcho

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:21:51 -0500

The Wizards performed better than they should have the last couple of seasons given their players and injuries, and much of the credit for that should go to Jordan. Ironically, it was because of injuries — cough, Gilbert Arenas, cough — that allowed the Wizards to actually play as a team. The combination of Gilbert's contract, injury (again) and the team's poor play early this season doomed Jordan, but I don't think we've seen the last of him as an NBA head coach.