just heard on the news that Maurice Cheeks has been fired as Philadelphia 76ers head coach.
Update: It's official - [url]http://www.insidehoops.com/sixers-fire-cheeks-121308.shtml[/url]
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just heard on the news that Maurice Cheeks has been fired as Philadelphia 76ers head coach.
Update: It's official - [url]http://www.insidehoops.com/sixers-fire-cheeks-121308.shtml[/url]
To almost Coach of the Year award to the addition of Brand, they are down, their record is down.. not suprised if he was fired. :ohwell: :ohwell:
Who's the replacement?
Horrible news. Sounds like a kneejerk reaction after a trademark slow start from Mo.
No surprise he was fired he hasen't been able to incorporate Elton Brand into the 76's offense.
Iggy and Brand just didn't seem to complement each other in Cheeks system.
[QUOTE=Hopper15]Iggy and Brand just didn't seem to complement each other in Cheeks system.[/QUOTE]
actually iggy was one of the better sixers in the half court set with brand. problem is miller, he's not suited for this system.
[QUOTE=AllenIverson3]just heard on the news that Maurice Cheeks has been fired as Philadelphia 76ers head coach.[/QUOTE]
He's a pretty good coach. I think he'll get another job soon. I think he was one of the classiest NBA coaches. I'll never forget how he helped the girl with the star spangled banner in Portland. Great NBA moment!
[QUOTE=AllenIverson3]just heard on the news that Maurice Cheeks has been fired as Philadelphia 76ers head coach.[/QUOTE]
I can't remember a year where so many coaches were fired so early in the season.
i can confirm this, they just reported it on espn. they said no news yet on who is taking over.
even when he coached at portland, thought he was overrated.
hopefully avery johnson.
Cheeks is a horrible offensive coach. He was a bad offensive coach in Portland and a bad one in Philly.
The 76ers could use somebody with past experiance of how to use a big man like Sam Mitchell who did a fantastic job in Toronto by using Chris Bosh to his fullest potential.
[QUOTE=Styles p]hopefully avery johnson.[/QUOTE]
Hopefully not. No coach can give Iguodala a jumpshot or teach that bum how to dribble.
This team would be better served with VanGundy as coach. They're built to play his style.
:eek: bad move philly, u didnt even sign a new coach u let tht assistant take over....
Oh snap. This is getting out of hand. Which coach will be fired next week I wonder?
[QUOTE=wang4three]This team would be better served with VanGundy as coach. They're built to play his style.[/QUOTE]
No they aren't.
They are a horrible three point shooting team. The fact that their starting guard is Miller does not help much either.
Defensively he would help them, but offensively they wouldn't become much better unless they start acquiring some shooters. JVG loves to have the post surrounded by shooters, if you don't have that you won't be successful in his system.
The reason we always started slow under Van Gundy with the Rockets is because of the poor three point shooting starting the season.
Next: Move Dre Miller for Kaman in a 3way and send Dalembert to Chi for Hinrich.
I saw that the Assistant GM is taking over. Yeah, because thats gonna help. I really wish they had kept him. Sure, they're struggling, but you have Brand, who seems to be a curse if u want to win, and you have Igoudala who signed a contract and proceeded to play half as well as he did last year, same with Lou Williams. I really don't think the coach was the problem. Oh well.
Anyone by any chance know the record for number of coaches fired in a year? Because we may break that record, if we haven't already. Don't forget, we still have Theus and Iavaroni who haven't been fired yet, but will be soon. And then you have Jim O'Brien, who may be fired as well, and also Oklahoma's interim coach, and Mike Dunleavy, and then that may be all. Maybe. So thats the chance to have 10 coaches fired in one season. Crazy.
U would think that with all the available coaches, they would hire one instead of letting the assistant GM take over. Not so smart.
This is really too bad, he's one of the better coaches in the league and didn't deserve the same fate as Mitchell in Toronto and Wittman in Minny. Just another example of the ridiculous coaching carousel in the NBA - granted the Sixers haven't looked great thus far, but tell me how 9-14 is some gigantic disappointment for a young team trying to work an all-star into the offense.
At the very least Mo Cheeks deserved the benefit of 30 games or so to try to get things going. I blame the players - you get [I]exactly[/I] the player you're missing in Brand, and you can't step your sh*t up?
Sixers fired Mo Cheeks and assistant GM Tony Dileo will coach the remainder of the season. Sixers problems were in abundance from defense, to managing players during a game. Usually coaches get a raw deal but he was apart of the problem. I just dont know why they gave him an extension. As far as Tony Dileo he has coached overseas in Germany for 10yrs. Both mens and womans teams. Wrote a book about american players transition overseas among other things like the rule change difference and so forth.
So he might be a D'Antoni. Dunno. If I'm a player on the Sixers? I'm worried about my job. Trades could be next.
[QUOTE=Mr_Basketball#1]He's a pretty good coach. I think he'll get another job soon. I think he was one of the classiest NBA coaches. [B]I'll never forget how he helped the girl with the star spangled banner in Portland. Great NBA moment![/B][/QUOTE]
ya that was unforgettable
[QUOTE=Grinder]Horrible news. Sounds like a kneejerk reaction after a trademark slow start from Mo.[/QUOTE]
Agreed. The sixers had a slow start last year too. Its a shame he was fired, I think Mo is one of the better coaches in the NBA. I am sure he won't have a hard time finding another job.
[QUOTE=GOBB]Sixers fired Mo Cheeks and assistant GM Tony Dileo will coach the remainder of the season. Sixers problems were in abundance from defense, to managing players during a game. Usually coaches get a raw deal but he was apart of the problem. I just dont know why they gave him an extension. As far as Tony Dileo he has coached overseas in Germany for 10yrs. Both mens and womans teams. Wrote a book about american players transition overseas among other things like the rule change difference and so forth.
So he might be a D'Antoni. Dunno. If I'm a player on the Sixers? I'm worried about my job. [B]Trades could be next.[/B][/QUOTE]
YAY!
lebron is a certified coach killer.
[QUOTE=crounsa810]U would think that with all the available coaches, they would hire one instead of letting the assistant GM take over. Not so smart.[/QUOTE]
What available coach is going to come to a new team where they have to learn all the players and figure how best to use them. It would be months before they figured that out and they'd essentially be a lame duck coach anyway. No, if a team fires a coach midseason then they'll almost always hire from within the organization with the understanding that the guy will probably be gone in the offseason.
Yeah but I don't know. I think they could find a coach that could fit in to the team even in the middle of the season. Look how many are available there's gotta be one who could do it.
WTF, Brand has been terrible. How can they blame Cheeks? These teams ain't playing this year :roll:
You guys are feeling sorry for Mo Cheeks? What was he good at?
Sixers look bad from every angle. Offense, Defense, Bench. Shooting bad from the field, FT and 3pt arc. Brand isnt being utilized as he should. Questionable substitutions.
[QUOTE=crounsa810]Yeah but I don't know. I think they could find a coach that could fit in to the team even in the middle of the season. Look how many are available there's gotta be one who could do it.[/QUOTE]
Who knows if Tony Dileo is a bad choice. Check his background first.
wow what's going on these days if you have a losing slump and you get fired? Mo Cheeks did'nt desserve that man. Mitchell yeah but not Cheeks it's not his fault Iggy and Brand are playing like crap wtf is he supposed to do? a coach can't make the ball go in the basket if these guys are shooting a low percentage ther's nothing yuo can do
Cheeks was being exposed this season since he actually had talent.
1. Awful substitution patterns
2. Poor perimeter defense
3. Terrible half-court sets
It's crazy that Dileo is taking over. I became friends with his son TJ this year, both freshmen at Temple. TJ's playing for the basketball team too.
SAS just said Tony Dileo will be the interim for the rest of the season and Eddie Jordan will be the HC of the team next season. Wth Eddie Jordan?
[QUOTE=GOBB]You guys are feeling sorry for Mo Cheeks? What was he good at?
Sixers look bad from every angle. Offense, Defense, Bench. Shooting bad from the field, FT and 3pt arc. Brand isnt being utilized as he should. Questionable substitutions.[/QUOTE]
True, but part of the problem was that management was looking at the situation "glass half full" (we're a young team on the definite rise) when the situation could've easily just been "glass half empty" (we're a young team that overachieved significantly last season). Of course the coach has to be partly blamed for that because Cheeks really didn't build off of what happened last season.
Another coach fired that would be a solid upgrade over Del Negro.
Sixers problem is that their roster is put together all wrong for Brand. They need more shooters (as always) and to figure out who to trade between Iguodala/Young. Or be prepared to replace Miller with a better shooter at PG.
Good move imo, i wish sammy the best.
[QUOTE=loot]actually iggy was one of the better sixers in the half court set
with brand. problem is miller, he's not suited for this system.[/QUOTE]
Seriously? This is a guy that can't dribble or shoot, has no post game and can't put it on the floor. He is the opposite of a half court player. He averaged 20ppg last year. This year he's averaging 15ppg. He's shooting 25% from three and averaging 3 TOs a game, and they're not even running. I could live with the TOs if he was constantly running the break or something. Do you watch Sixers games? Iguodala jacks up awful shots and has a terrible handle especially when he takes it to the hole. He is a turnover waiting to happen. I know you hate Andre Miller but everybody is s h i t t i n g the bed in this system. Look at Brand's, Lou Williams', Dalembert's, and Miller's numbers. They are all down. You say Miller's not a half court PG but Iguodala is not a half court anything. I don't care who you put to pick and roll with Brand, the rest of the team isn't cut out for this half court BS. If your teams best shooter is a 36 year old Donyell Marshall, then you have a problem if you wanna run half court sets.
idk this is tough for me, i like Mo. I don't think he is the greatest coach alive but i don't think he's a bad one. Sure we have had a very disappointing start. And it all falls on the coach. So from that standpoint i'm not surprised he got fired. But we just said recently that his job is safe. I don't know. I hope we get an established coach like Eddie Jordan, he would be perfect. Meantime, i wish him the best of luck and hopefully we can turn this season into what we expected it to be.