<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Struggling Wolves fire Casey, promote Wittman ESPN.com news services Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Dwane Casey was fired Tuesday, halfway into another season mired in mediocrity. "I've been in basketball 29 years, and this is going to be my first time out of basketball," Casey told ESPN.com's Chris Sheridan. "But you understand what you're getting into when you enter this business." Assistant coach Randy Wittman will take over the head coaching duties, ESPN's Ric Bucher reported. The Timberwolves are 20-20 and currently in the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference, but it was not enough to salvage Casey's job. "I'm not bitter," Casey told Sheridan. "It's a situation where today we're in the playoffs. I'm proud that I've given them a lot of hard days' work and never shortchanged them." Casey thought the "trigger games" were an embarrassing blowout on their home court Jan. 17 at the hands of the Atlanta Hawks and the Jan. 19 double-overtime home loss to the Detroit Pistons, a game in which guard Ricky Davis was seen leaving the court, apparently irritated that he had been benched, and star forward Kevin Garnett was ejected after instigating a fight with the Pistons' Antonio McDyess.</div><a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2740436" target="_blank"> ESPN</a>
It's about time. he's done enough damage to KG's career. Next steps should be to fire Kevin Mchale and trade KG.
<div class="quote_poster">dallasdude Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">It's about time. he's done enough damage to KG's career. Next steps should be to fire Kevin Mchale and trade KG.</div> He's only been the coach for 1 1/2 seasons, I wouldn't put any blame on him for damaging KG's career. Casey was a lameduck coach since day one.
I thought Casey did an all right job this season for what he had. They are in 8th spot in a very tough western conference, what does McHale/ownership expect?
Well they better find a new coach soon, cause this other guy is horrible, he only won like 30 games a year with cleveland back in like 99-00! Adelman, Silas, BRown???
<div class="quote_poster">Ancientmtk Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">bring larry brown to twolve~ or rick adelman.</div> Now that would be cool, Larry Brown won't happen but maybe Aldelman.
<div class="quote_poster">Bobcats Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I thought Casey did an all right job this season for what he had. They are in 8th spot in a very tough western conference, what does McHale/ownership expect?</div> According to Sheridan's blog, they expected the Western Conferance Finals. They're morons.
<div class="quote_poster">durvasa Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">According to Sheridan's blog, they expected the Western Conferance Finals. They're morons.</div> Wow. It's a shame KG is too proud to ask for a trade, because he's just wasting his best playing days left. I think it's a travesty to what they did to Casey, and what they have done to Garnett for 12 years now.
It was too early to fire Casey. I woulda kept him around longer than 1 1/2 seasons to see what he could do. It`s McHale that should be fired.
