NBA / Nov 24, 2008 / 10:15 am
BREAKING NEWS: Wizards Fire Eddie Jordan
Can’t say we didn’t see this coming – we’ve been talking a lot about how awful it must be to be a part of the Wizards this season. For a guy who once thought of as the game’s next coaching genius (when he was an assistant in New Jersey, Jordan’s name was always brought up whenever a head coaching spot opened up), this has ended up a mess.
He was hailed for bringing a “Princeton-style” offense to the Wiz, but at some point that just de-volved into whoever brings the ball up launches it. Obviously, the injuries to Gilbert and Brendan Haywood haven’t helped, but this team looks like they barely listen to Jordan.
Director of Player Personnel Ed Tapscott is going to take over as head coach.
November 24th, 2008 at 10:19 am
The Boss says:
Not surprised at all. We said they would tank the season
http://layupdrill.com/2008/11/the-wizards-will-tank-the-season/
November 24th, 2008 at 10:26 am
Mr. K1X says:
he got a raw deal. if Hibachi was getting healthy and not blogging so much he might still have a job.
good NBA coaches are hard to come by so he will get a job quick.
November 24th, 2008 at 10:33 am
CitizenB says:
Eddie Jordan looks like that guy who comes over your house and fires off a hot nasty mess in your bathroom.
November 24th, 2008 at 10:38 am
Raj S says:
Dammit. One less Rutgers alum in the league.
November 24th, 2008 at 10:52 am
fallinup says:
Damn. First they scrub him from Iron Man 2 and now this!
Terrance Howard can’t catch a break.
November 24th, 2008 at 10:55 am
Spliff 2 My Lou says:
Scapegoat. He’s not the one who signed the injury plagued Arenas to an absurd contract. This team will be bad with whoever coaches them.
November 24th, 2008 at 10:57 am
Abe504 says:
This suxs, as a wizards fan, its definitely the players fault and not his fault, well scrap this season, were freakin done.
November 24th, 2008 at 11:00 am
Michorizo says:
I have to agree with CitizenB, but i don’t think he should have been fired over it.
November 24th, 2008 at 11:03 am
that's whats up says:
….it’s hard out here for a pimp…..
November 24th, 2008 at 11:07 am
Kobeef says:
Not much you can do when you are handed a broken superstar to lead your team.
I liked what Eddie was doing with the Wiz given the options he had. Javale McGee was coming along way ahead of schedule and looked better than Blatche, Haywood or Thomas as the starting 5.
Caron went from Lakers cast-away to all star and top 5 SF under Eddie’s watch and Antwan played the best ball of his carrer…..
This season’s mess was not Eddie’s doing.
November 24th, 2008 at 11:11 am
MJAX says:
This will be interesting to watch and see if the team actually improves now (which I don’t think they will). They will then see they made a mistake. You can have 3 All Stars on your team, but if you take away the main one and have a bench like the Wiz, you will not win a lot of games.. Take away Nash, Kobe, Garnett, Iverson, McGrady from their big 3 and they won’t win as much either.
November 24th, 2008 at 11:17 am
the_don_mega says:
@fallinup – LOL!!!
i think Mike Brown and the Cavs should look at him as an asst coach soon…
November 24th, 2008 at 11:17 am
perm says:
as a big wiz fan this was a long time coming. eddie should’ve been fired this past season after the wiz lost for the third time to the cavs in the playoffs. eddie was not a great in game coach either and had problems making the necessary adjustments. he was a good coach for us but this was the move that had to be made
November 24th, 2008 at 11:21 am
Gerard says:
Yeah he’s a quality coach, although perhaps not a championship caliber coach. I agree the don mega, Cleveland needs to get on the horn with him right now
November 24th, 2008 at 11:27 am
tuff juice says:
now all we need is for the Wiz to get rid of gilbert
November 24th, 2008 at 11:35 am
Ross says:
The firing season has officially begun.
November 24th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
jeremy says:
we’ll miss you in dc eddie
November 24th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
P_Dizzle says:
LMAO at post 5
November 24th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
Tip says:
Eddie can’t coach… he’s just been lucky to have great players to carry him along…
This was a good move that should have taken place in the offseason.
November 24th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
karizmatic says:
Good, after Eddie Jordan’s comments last week he should have been fired, he obviously is tired has lost control of his team and doesn’t want his job. Good riddance. Eddie Jordan shouldn’t be a coach in the league ever again.
November 24th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
Chaos says:
as a wizards fan, you could see this coming. he didnt really shake the lineup like he should have with agent 0 out. javale mcgee should have been in the starting lineup…and nick young should see more tick. eddie was not a championship coach either. he could have adjusted to the cavs at least once in 3 years
November 24th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
DJ Go Go Gomez says:
Where’s the silver lining in this Gilbert??
November 24th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
JumboBumbo says:
He just doesn’t have the intelligence to be a head coach in this league. You can tell by looking at his face. He was always a fraud.
November 24th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
E$ says:
Change We Can belive in
November 24th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
Kudabeen says:
Thunder need to be on the phone with him or Avery Johnson pronto…Probably Avery over Eddie though…
November 24th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
DPGC says:
@ post 12 , damn right, in the playoffs he made it so easy for Lebron to score against the Wizards, he might as well work for the Cavs now
November 24th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
Reed Ewing Frazier says:
Eddie is a good coach all the people who say otherwise don’t know anything about basketball.
@CitizenB Who the fuck even thinks about another man coming to their house to take a dump. Keep that comment to yourself!
KNICKS UP!! all the rest down!!!
November 24th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
Leland72 says:
Bad move. That the Wiz even made the playoffs the last couple of years was due to his coaching. As a long time Bullets/Wiz fan I only see a return to the old days. Since they have all given up, you might as well bring Wes back to go for the #1 pick.