Bob Weiss FIRED

by **Riot** on Wed Jan 04, 2006 4:35 am

ESPNEWS just annouced that Seattle has fired Head Coach Bob Weiss. Assistant coach Bob Hill will take his place as the interim head coach for the season.

I think most people say this move coming. Weiss has done an awful job as head coach this year for the Sonics.

by **Anthony15** on Wed Jan 04, 2006 5:27 am

Riot wrote:I think most people say this move coming. Weiss has done an awful job as head coach this year for the Sonics.

I agree, they had a wonderful season last year with 52-30, now they're below .500. They need McMillan back (y)

by **Indy** on Wed Jan 04, 2006 5:45 am

Funny how they fired him after they got their asses handed to them by the Pacers. Wellllll guys, we can do that to teams. :cool:

You can't say its Bob's fault the team sucks though. They lost so much of what they had last season that made the team go. They wouldn't have been good this year with Nate or without him.

by **dada** on Wed Jan 04, 2006 5:55 am

Very unfortunate for him. Hopefully this new guy will help salvage their season.

by **Axel** on Wed Jan 04, 2006 6:34 am

Wow, that's completely unfair. They dont retain any of their talent and then actually expect this guy to coach the team to a winning record... BS

by **threatlockz** on Wed Jan 04, 2006 7:18 am

what talent did they lose?

by **Riot** on Wed Jan 04, 2006 7:33 am

Antoino Daniels and...um...

by **[Q]** on Wed Jan 04, 2006 8:16 am

yeah the expectations were too high for Weiss.. it sucks for him.

last year, they over achieved and now everyone expects too much out of this team.

by **Indy** on Wed Jan 04, 2006 8:33 am

Riot wrote:Antoino Daniels and...um...

Jerome James played a pretty big role last year.

by **Abctest123** on Wed Jan 04, 2006 9:06 am

Axel wrote:Wow, that's completely unfair. They dont retain any of their talent and then actually expect this guy to coach the team to a winning record... BS

thats what happen in sports...if the team does shitty, the easiest move is to fire the coach.

by **Its_asdf** on Wed Jan 04, 2006 9:29 am

Jerome James played a pretty big role last year.

I hope thats sarcasm.

I guess what I thought was true; the huge contract years for Allen, Radmanovic, Murray and the other players were the only reasons why the Sonics played so well. That and probably the loss of McMillan, but he doesn't seem like a hall of fame coach that would make this big of an impact.

by **maes** on Wed Jan 04, 2006 10:42 am

They also lost Casey to Minnesota.

Antonio Daniels last season was #2 player in assists to turnover ratio and their only perimeter defender. He was as important to seattle as Duhon was to Chicago last year, and produced a similar # of assists with less TOs.

Jerome James was the #5 shot blocker per minute last year, ahead of Duncan & Shaq and only behind shotblocking machines like Camby and Foyle...his issue has always been that he wasn't in shape to play more than 17 mpg...but he was a very good find considering they just picked him up off waivers.

They were roleplayers, but along with the loss of their head coach and best assistant coach it's a pretty devastating blow.

by **Avrah3** on Wed Jan 04, 2006 10:46 am

Maybe the Sonics will do better now.

by **Riot** on Wed Jan 04, 2006 11:26 am

Yeah, Casey wouldn't have bolted to Minnesota he would have been the head coach in Seattle.

I heard Sonic fans saying that Bob Hill was their first choice for head coach all along but Weiss needed to fail before Hill got a shot.

by **SnitchDevil** on Wed Jan 04, 2006 12:28 pm

The sonics should have tried the winningest and losingest coach in NBA history Lenny Wilkens.

by **Cable** on Wed Jan 04, 2006 12:38 pm

He's already coached them way back when. I don't know how Sonics fans would react to him coaching there again.

by **SnitchDevil** on Wed Jan 04, 2006 1:52 pm

I know that. How would they react? Well, he is currently a commentator for the sonics.

by **AlwaysWhat,NeverWhy** on Wed Jan 04, 2006 1:55 pm

I don't think he was given neither the time nor the resources to do his job. But that is the NBA. WIN, OR ELSE...

by **maes** on Wed Jan 04, 2006 2:06 pm

Someone's always has to be the scapegoat, and Weiss doesn't have enough clout to avoid the bull's eye.

Heck, if a coach as good as Flip Saunders can be a scapegoat for an underachieving team, anyone can.

Bluesky · by **Andrew** on Wed Jan 04, 2006 8:41 pm

Cable Guy wrote:He's already coached them way back when. I don't know how Sonics fans would react to him coaching there again.

If he could take them to the title as he did in 1979, I'd say somewhat positively. But that might be just a tad optimistic...

by **power plant** on Wed Jan 04, 2006 11:02 pm

Its not Weiss' fault.It just happen that they diddnt have key players from last season.Its too early to tell but I guess Bob Hill will do everything since he is much experienced coach!

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