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Old 04-17-2008, 12:00 PM   #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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Old 04-17-2008, 02:46 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: Krystkowiak tells newspaper he's been fired

Some more on the whole thing from JSOnline:

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The season ended with a number of key players sidelined due to injuries, including forward Yi Jianlian, point guard Mo Williams and guard Charlie Bell.

Players congregated at the Cousins Center training facility this morning to clear out their lockers and head out for the summer, and later a meeting with players was held, presumably to tell them the news of Krystkowiak's firing.

"Whatever changes they make, I just hope we're doing them for the future and hope we're doing all the right moves for this organization to get back where it needs to be," Bucks center Andrew Bogut said.

"It's no secret that some players aren't happy here; some players are happy here. So it's a matter of what they're going to do in that sense."

Bogut was asked if a veteran coach was important to the Bucks' future.

"Yeah, I think it is," he said. "We just need to bring someone that's going to buy into the system. I think all 12 guys need to buy into the general manager's system and the head coach's system. If we don't do that, it doesn't matter if we hire Phil Jackson; it's going to be the same thing.

"If we get a group of guys that is willing to win and sacrifice individual accolades for the team, I think we'll be all right."

Bucks guard Michael Redd said it's time to move forward.

"There are some great things ahead for this organization," Redd said. "We'll press toward the mark.

"I don't want to do too much looking back. We got along. It just didn't work out."
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