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03-21-2005, 07:49 AM
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Paul Silas Fired
WKNR reported just about 15 minutes ago (10:30 am) that the Cavs have fired Paul Silas and his son Stephen.
Brendan Malone will be the interm coach and will coach the Cavs tomorrow night.
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03-21-2005, 08:03 AM
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Re: Paul Silas Fired
What the hell happened to us ??????????????
Dont you usually fire coaches who arent proforming and ****, we are in the playoffs and just in a little struggle.... ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Are we really gonna release Jeff ?
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03-21-2005, 08:10 AM
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Re: Paul Silas Fired
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2018311
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Silas told The Associated Press he was called in Monday morning for a brief meeting with general manager Jim Paxson and new owner Dan Gilbert.
"They released me," Silas said. "They didn't think the team was performing as well as it should be and they wanted to make a change."
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03-21-2005, 08:21 AM
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Re: Paul Silas Fired
you have to bull s***in me how the f*** could they fire someone who got the caves to the playoffs.what the hell is going throught there heads right now.if and one should be fire it should be harris and diop not the coaches. |
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03-21-2005, 08:29 AM
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Re: Paul Silas Fired
Harris and Diop will be gone at the end of the year as well 
Silas deserved to be fired. He was outmatched in terms X and O's and was terrible at coming up with a rotation.
That being said he should have been allowed to finish the season. The way the Cavs have been losing and his comment's on Boozer probably tipped Gilbert's mind.
Looks like Paxson's days are numbered as well. The house cleaning begins |
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03-21-2005, 08:34 AM
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Originally Posted by LBJ to LJ for 3
What the hell happened to us ??????????????
Dont you usually fire coaches who arent proforming and ****, we are in the playoffs and just in a little struggle.... ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Are we really gonna release Jeff ?
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With the firing of Silas, I doubt very seriously if we'd release McInnis during the season.
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03-21-2005, 08:35 AM
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Re: Paul Silas Fired
What changes do you guys expect to see in the way the Cavs are coached for the rest of the season? Is Tractor Traylor going back to the bench? Is LeBron still going to have lots of games where he plays 44 minutes? Are there going to be new plays?
It's tough to implement a new system and Cleveland's lead over Indiana, Philadelphia, and Orlando isn't very big. I see Cleveland slipping for the rest of the season and if any of those other three teams is able to step up and play well, they will pass the Cavs.
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03-21-2005, 10:16 AM
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Re: Paul Silas Fired
yeah. As much as this was deserved, the timing is a little bad. The Cavs don't have time to implement a new system or anything.
That said, maybe there will be a honeymoon period where everyone plays well.
At the very least you can guarantee AV will be playing more. Traylor less. and Probably more Sasha time.
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03-21-2005, 10:31 AM
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Well i here that its our assistant Coach Malone. Was he not just brought in this year, i hope the team rally's around this and turns this season around.
Silas might not be doing well, but i dont agree with the timing. But you never know maybe King James had a say in this, i cant believe they would send Silas out if James was highly against it.
Flip Saunders anyone ????
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03-21-2005, 10:33 AM
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Are you serious, first off Silas has never gotten us to the playoffs. And secondly ive never heard of players getting "fired". And i dont think Diop playing every 4 games has a effect on us losing....
This is reply to C-Town/C-Girl
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03-21-2005, 10:41 AM
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Re: Paul Silas Fired
I loved his work in Cleveland he is a players coach, I can't see any reason to fire him...I'm just disappointed right now... 
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03-21-2005, 03:14 PM
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Re: Paul Silas Fired
Wow...Silas was not the long term solution but firing him now is questionable. This is a results oriented business though so it really shouldn't be a surprise given our recent slide.
Saunders is a good coach, but I wonder if he is the guy who will get us to the next level. He had some solid Twolve teams and couldn't really get them over the hump.
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03-21-2005, 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by LBJ to LJ for 3
Well i here that its our assistant Coach Malone. Was he not just brought in this year, i hope the team rally's around this and turns this season around.
Silas might not be doing well, but i dont agree with the timing. But you never know maybe King James had a say in this, i cant believe they would send Silas out if James was highly against it.
Flip Saunders anyone ????
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I agree. I always thought behind the scenes Silas and Lebron had a positive relationship. I'm very surprised he didn't go to bat for Silas, you can be sure he was consulted before they would dare make a change like this.
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03-21-2005, 04:21 PM
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Re: Paul Silas Fired
I'm sure many fans won't miss him. That said, timing seems awkward.
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Paul Silas Fired
