Wizards Insider (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
Team President Ernie Grunfeld answered a bunch of questions regarding his decision to fire Eddie Jordan this morning and replace Jordan with Ed Tapscott, but the thing he kept coming back to was the team's 1-10 record. First a couple of notes: - Grunfeld said that Tapscott will be the coach through the remainder of the season, at which point "we evaluate everything." - Grunfeld...
The FanHouse - NBA (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
by Tom Ziller Filed under: Wizards , NBA Rumors An odd rumor bouncing around the past week had Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl in play for the future Wizards vacancy. Nothing was ever solid -- the only real connection seems to be Washington GM Ernie Grunfeld 's Volunteer history and a smattering of talk that Pearl was considered a year ago as Eddie Jordan 's tenure became more tenuous. The...
The FanHouse - NCAAbasketball (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
by Tom Filed under: Tennessee , NCAA Basketball Rumors An odd rumor bouncing around the past week had Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl in play for the future Wizards vacancy. Nothing was ever solid -- the only real connection seems to be Washington GM Ernie Grunfeld 's Volunteer history and a smattering of talk that Pearl was considered a year ago as Eddie Jordan 's tenure became more tenuous....
Wizards Insider (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
A few quick notes from today's shootaround: -How's this for irony? President Ernie Grunfeld has fired only one coach in his days as a general manager or team president. It was with the Knicks in 1996 when he canned Don Nelson after a 34-25 start and replaced him with Jeff Van Gundy. (Nelson was trying to turn Pat Ewing into a point-center). Tonight, new Coach Ed Tapscott replaces the...
Wizards Insider (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
Folks were speculating about the Washington Wizards head coach before Ernie Grunfeld held a news conference to announce that Eddie Jordan had been relieved of his duties and was going to be replaced by Grunfeld's trusted friend and confidant, Ed Tapscott. Everyone, it seemed, was looking past Tapscott and imagining such names as Avery Johnson or Mark Jackson or Flip Saunders or...
Bullets Forever (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
Chris Mannix: Eddie Jordan Doomed by Wizards' Vanishing Defense Great article by Mannix on EJ's defenisve deficiencies. Two things jump out at me -- Ernie Grunfeld almost fired EJ at the beginning of 06/07, when we started 4-9, and that EJ spends most of his practices working on offense. A must read.
Examiner (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
Eddie Jordan was fired as coach of the Washington Wizards on Monday after opening the season 1-10 without injured starters Gilbert Arenas and Brendan Haywood. "That's an unacceptable record, obviously," team president Ernie Grunfeld said at a news conference to introduce director of player development Ed Tapscott as interim coach. "We had to do something. The way we're losing games was...
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
Eddie Jordan was fired as coach of the Washington Wizards on Monday after opening the season 1-10 without injured starters Gilbert Arenas and Brendan Haywood. "That's an unacceptable record, obviously," team president Ernie Grunfeld said at a news conference to introduce director of player development Ed Tapscott as interim coach. "We had to do something. The way we're losing games was...
Fox News (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
... not going to fire himself. This is approximately what happened to Eddie Jordan in Washington. Ernie Grunfeld's team had no reliable big men as well as too many gunners with similar talents. To win in the NBA, teams must play inside-out offense — where the ball is dumped into a big man in the low post whose ability to score demands double teams. Then, with his teammates playing 4-on-3,...
USA Today (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
... that seemed to be true — and it cost the coach his job Monday.Washington Wizards general manager Ernie Grunfeld fired Eddie Jordan after a 1-10 start because "the way we were losing games was bothersome."Interim head coach Ed Tapscott got the message. "I'm not going to turn greyhounds into Clydesdales. But we must play with a higher level of energy on defense."The Wizards ranked 28th...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
... his first NBA head coaching job."That's an unacceptable record, obviously," team president Ernie Grunfeld said. "We thought the change needed to be made. We needed to do things a little bit different."With that in mind, Grunfeld phoned Jordan and delivered the news — after the coach spent Monday morning distributing turkeys during a team charity event. Grunfeld then...
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
"That's an unacceptable record, obviously," team president Ernie Grunfeld said at a news conference to introduce director of player development Ed Tapscott as interim coach. "We had to do something. The way we're losing games was unacceptable."
The Eagle Sports (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
... he called it.Even without Gilbert Arenas and another injured starter, Wizards president Ernie Grunfeld didn't think his team would be 1-10, matching the worst start in franchise history, so he made the changes."That's an unacceptable record, obviously," Grunfeld said.The coach at American University in the 1980s, and an NBA front-office employee for years since, Tapscott was...
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
Washington fires Jordan (no, not that one, Eddie) • Eddie Jordan was fired as coach of the Washington Wizards on Monday after opening the season 1-10 without injured starters Gilbert Arenas and Brendan Haywood."That's an unacceptable record, obviously," team President Ernie Grunfeld said at a news conference to introduce director of player development Ed Tapscott as interim coach. "We...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
... and, more importantly, the way we have lost those games is not acceptable," Wizards president Ernie Grunfeld said. "We felt as an organization that it was time to make a change and we are looking forward to the team moving in a positive direction."Tapscott has more than 25 years of experience in basketball, including front office leadership roles with the New York Knicks and Charlotte...
