Phoenix fires Jeff Hornacek

[divol]

The Suns have fired head coach Jeff Hornacek.

Hornacek was skating on thin ice ever since his top assistants, Mike Longabardi and Jerry Sichting, were fired on Dec. 28 -- the team has gone 2-14 since that point and it's not a shock to see the Suns move in another direction. Whoever takes the reins will undoubtedly emphasize player development, which bodes well for the rest-of-season outlook of youngsters like Devin Booker, Alex Len and T.J Warren.

 

[divol]

To be honest, never understood the idea, of firing assistant coaches in order to turn the team around. How on earth was that suppose to help and not hurt the team???

 

[Tito]

I agree, makes no sense to fire them

 

[hugh613]

Don't understand why they waited so long as it's pretty obvious he lost the team back in December. Still, hate to see him take the fall for the front office's blunders, and yet another victory for POS players like Markieff Morris. And the best part...

John Gambadoro @Gambo987
Suns players found out this morning watching the news that Jeff Hornacek was fired.
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Wonder if anything comes of the D'Antoni rumours I read a few weeks ago...

 

[divol]

He is coaching the Sixers

 

[nbafan88]

Earl Watson coaching the Suns for the rest of this season. Earl Watson. How this decision was made I'm really not sure. Maybe Hornacek wasn't the problem....