Earl Watson has been fired

[Mainstreet]

Adrian Wojnarowski‏Verified account@wojespn


Phoenix coach Earl Watson has been fired, league sources tell ESPN.

 

[Phrazbit]

Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow, totally deserved but that has to be the earliest in the season a team has ever canned a coach.

 

[mojorizen7]

That was fast.

 

[Mainstreet]

From Bordow:

scott bordow‏Verified account@sbordow 2m2 minutes ago


Wonder if this is earliest in-season firing in NBA history

 

[Finito]

New record?

 

[Adrian]

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[Mainstreet]

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So I wonder if Bledsoe is still on the way out.

Triano should be fine.

 

[az jam]

John Gambadoro‏Verified account@Gambo987
Situation with Suns was real bad after these first three games. Earl tried to create an us vs them attitude and players didn't buy in

 

[az jam]

scott bordow‏Verified account@sbordow
Wonder what Watson's firing means to Bledsoe. Did he know about it when he Tweeted? Or will this make him more willing to stay?

 

[Mainstreet]

scott bordow‏Verified account@sbordow
Wonder what Watson's firing means to Bledsoe. Did he know about it when he Tweeted? Or will this make him more willing to stay?

Make it a package deal. Both need to go.

 

[Mainstreet]

Ty Corbin was a former head coach as well but my guess is the Suns did not want to get another Suns player in the loop.

scott bordow‏Verified account@sbordow 4m4 minutes ago


Not a surprise that Jay Triano will be interim coach. Former head coach with Toronto.

 

[az jam]

John Gambadoro‏Verified account@Gambo987
Earl preached family, life is bigger than basketball & that it needed to be about trust. Players just want to win, didn't want lectures.


scott bordow‏Verified account@sbordow
Can tell you this: There was a sense of almost resignation in Suns' locker room last night. Was struck by attitude after just 3 games

 

[Russ Smith]

Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow, totally deserved but that has to be the earliest in the season a team has ever canned a coach.

I remember Tark getting fired after 20 games but those were his first 20 games, Earl coached more than that but yeah crazy to get canned this fast.

The Suns are giving up like 126 PPG so it's pretty hard to not fire him.

 

[Adrian]

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[Mainstreet]

From Gambo:

John Gambadoro‏Verified account@Gambo987 5m5 minutes ago


Earl preached family, life is bigger than basketball & that it needed to be about trust. Players just want to win, didn't want lectures

 

[TJ]

Good. Get lost, Earl.

 

[GatorAZ]

So McD has hired two coaches now that have been canned. He didn't interview anyone before hiring Earl.

 

[Adrian]

Fun fact:

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[TJ]

So I wonder if Bledsoe is still on the way out.

Triano should be fine.

He likely knew Watson was on the way out. Bledsoe and Watson were close.

 

[Mainstreet]

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So this is Jay Triano's blocker-mover offense. Ugh.

 

[Adrian]

So this is Jay Triano's blocker-mover offense. Ugh.

Yup.

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[Mainstreet]

He likely knew Watson was on the way out. Bledsoe and Watson were close.

It's sort of ironic. Both Watson and Bledsoe need to go.

Perhaps the Suns have not been playing up to expectations because all of this has been going on.

Not that their record would be much better.

 

[Adrian]

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[Adrian]

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[Mainstreet]

Yup.

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Well, it looks like nothing much changes until next season when the Suns hire a permanent head coach.