Earl Watson has been fired

[SweetD]

Watson wanted to play vets like Bled/Chandler/Tucker over youth it became a Vet vs future environment.

 

[Mainstreet]

More. Bledsoe want to play for a contender.

John Gambadoro‏Verified account@Gambo987 3m3 minutes ago


Does not believe this is a one-game go home situation. Believes he has played his last game for the Phoenix Suns.

John Gambadoro‏Verified account@Gambo987 4m4 minutes ago


Bledsoe wants to go to a team that can contend. At this point in his career he wants to help a team contend for a championship.

 

[AsUpRoDiGy]

Rick Pitino anyone??

 

[RON_IN_OC]

Rick Pitino anyone??

What's the quality of hookers and blow in Phx?

 

[Mainstreet]

Rick Pitino anyone??

Jay Triano is the interim head coach although Pitino could be on the hiring list.

 

[CardsFan88]

Was looking at some rumor stuff, and about two weeks ago there was this.

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/20960590/zach-lowe-2017-18-nba-tiers-ratings

The Suns will surely listen if and when suitors call for Eric Bledsoe. They've explored the possibility of moving off Jared Dudley and Tyson Chandler, sources say, though they likely feel no urgency to dump them; Phoenix remains just under the salary floor.

So maybe the 'pieces' that might get shipped along with Bledsoe (and any other disgruntled) might be Tyson Chandler and Jared Dudley.

 

[AsUpRoDiGy]

What's the quality of hookers and blow in Phx?

Probably better than it is in Louisville... so he'll be good to go!

 

[SunsTzu]

Rick Pitino anyone??

With him filing a lawsuit against a major shoe company I think his days of coaching are done.

 

[AsUpRoDiGy]

On the bright side for the suns... there's a solid group of young guys who have tons of potential, and that's a wet dream for any up and coming coach who wants to develop a team into his own. Only concern I have is McD, who is pure analytics, and probably doesn't know x's and o's of basketball enough to really hire a good coach.

Keep getting updates from ESPN about Bledsoe... sounds like he'll be traded within 24 hours.

 

[Mainstreet]

Knicks reportedly interested in Bledsoe.

Ian Begley‏@IanBegley



Ian Begley Retweeted Adrian Wojnarowski

The Knicks are among the teams who have reached out to Phoenix recently about trading for guard Eric Bledsoe, per league sources.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

BTW. This is the danger of tanking. Players get discouraged and disinterested. It gets you picks, but overall, its horrible for morale.

Sitting a healthy Bledsoe last year has led to this.

100% conjecture. Bledsoe seemed more unhappy with Watson firing.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

It’s REALLY good to read there are multiple teams aggressively pursuing Bledsoe trade. That means his value stays relatively high despite his comments putting suns in bad position.

 

[JCSunsfan]

100% conjecture. Bledsoe seemed more unhappy with Watson firing.

Bledsoe's play has been uninspired and "unhappy" and that was before Watson was fired. Bledsoe asked to be traded before the season started. That was before Watson was fired.

Why would Bledsoe want that? He was vocally unhappy about sitting last season. Any OTHER reason would be conjecture.

 

[Mainstreet]

Bledsoe was not putting out the effort if he wanted Watson to stay.

 

[CardsFan88]

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[82CardsGrad]

Whoa! WTH Earl????

http://arizonasports.com/story/1287...l&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Whoa! WTH Earl????

http://arizonasports.com/story/1287...l&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

That’s certainly not going help him get another coaching gig.

 

[Mainstreet]

Whoa! WTH Earl????

Watson's approach certainly did not help.

“He went in there after one of the losses — I think it was the Clippers — and kind of made it an us versus management and ownership situation where he said, ‘Look, they only gave me two weeks to get this thing going,’ and he kind of … he was always philosophical and I think the players kind of lost him with that.

“He also told them, ‘It’s us against them, they only gave me two weeks.’ And then when word got back, they were like, ‘Wait a second, we never said you only have two weeks. What are you doing?’ So I think he was trying to create like an us-against-the-world mentality. Part of that was us against Suns ownership and management.”

http://arizonasports.com/story/1287...l&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

 

[JCSunsfan]

100% conjecture. Bledsoe seemed more unhappy with Watson firing.

Absolutely now. Bledsoe asked to be traded BEFORE Watson was hire. Gambo said he actually talked with Bledsoe an hour before the announcement about Watson and that the Watson firing had nothing to do with the tweet.

 

[JCSunsfan]

Watson's approach certainly did not help.





http://arizonasports.com/story/1287...l&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

That is firing offense. You do not pit your underlings against your supervisors and keep your job--especially because he was never actually given an ultimatim.

My guess is that player just asked McD or Sarver about it and they said, "No way!" In that moment, he lost the trust of both players and mgmt.

 

[Mainstreet]

That is firing offense. You do not pit your underlings against your supervisors and keep your job.

Agree. This is not the way to coach.

I wonder if Watson had been using this type strategy before.

 

[JCSunsfan]

Want to know what Dudley thinks?!!

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I am even willing to give Chandler some room. It may be that his uninspired play was a reaction to Watsons nonesense.

 

[95pro]

This situation is begging for an old school coach

 

[Cheesebeef]

laughingstock of the league. good grief.

 

[Hoop Head]

Mehmet Okur deleted his instagram post but before doing so Bledsoe liked it.

https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2017/10/23/16520080/mehmet-okur-suns-coach-fired-instagram


Glad to see Dudley accept some responsibility and step up as a leader. Hopefully he's not traded away without something of value in return because his leadership has been on display since he resigned with the team.