The Houston Rockets thought the world of Kevin McHale on the day they fired him.
Smart guy. Fine coach. Better person. There’s the door.
On the day Larry Bird canned Indiana Pacers coach Frank Vogel over the phone, he described him in a press conference as “the best.” He called him “a great man.” Vogel was, Bird said, “a great leader.”
Dave Joerger’s dismissal, announced by the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday, did not come with the same sort of warm and fuzzies, but it fit the pattern. A disconnect between employee and management led to another winning coach looking for a job—despite so many injuries that anyone who called “next” probably could get a 10-day contract—and yet another playoff team looking for a coach.
Joerger’s departure came in a sitcom kind of way, where one character says, “I quit,” and the other responds, “You can’t quit. You’re fired.”
Memphis saw a coach with unquestioned credentials coldly thanked for his contributions and wished the best of luck ...
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