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Old 04-17-2008, 11:00 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Krystkowiak tells newspaper he's been fired
Larry Krystkowiak said Thursday he has been fired after only one full season as coach of the Milwaukee Bucks.

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"I am not the coach anymore," Krystkowiak told the Journal Times of Racine, Wis. "I am going to sit at home the next couple of days and decompress."

Krystkowiak told the newspaper he met with general manager John Hammond, who was hired last Saturday to succeed Larry Harris, on Thursday morning and was informed his tenure was over.

The Bucks were 26-56 this season, the third-worst record in the Eastern Conference.

Sources told ESPN.com last month that Krystkowiak's dismissal at season's end was considered a certainty no matter who succeeded Harris because of Bucks owner Herb Kohl's desire for a more experienced leader on the bench.

Sources also told ESPN.com that Hammond was expected to make a strong push to hire former Pistons coach Rick Carlisle. Working as an ESPN analyst this season after leaving the Indiana Pacers, Carlisle is also widely considered as a strong candidate to coach the Bulls next season.
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