Why did Lionel Hollins get fired again

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Because the owner is a young dork. Wasn't he about to fire Joeger in the offseason? Memp will be a mess in a few years. Maybe Gasol shouldn't resign
 

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Had nothing to do with the owner.


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During the Grizzlies' playoff run, tensions turned to a confrontation when Hollins exploded during a practice session upon finding Hollinger had walked onto the practice court and engaged forward Austin Dayeduring a shooting drill, multiple sources told Yahoo! Sports.

With the team watching—and with a motive to show his players that he was completely in charge on the floor, sources said—Hollins loudly questioned Hollinger about what he was doing, and why he believed it was appropriate for a management official to intrude on what's considered sacred territory for a coach and team, sources said.



We get hung up on statistics a little too much, and I think that's a bad trait all over the league that's taken place. And the media has done it because it's easy to go to the stats to make a point or to build up a player or tear down a player. Just the analyzing, I see it every time listening to talk show radio. You've got guys spouting off stat after stat after stat. The bottom line is going out and contributing to your team for winning.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...frontation-with-grizzlies-exec-john-hollinger

Memphis coach Lionel Hollins explaining why the Grizzlies traded away five players, including leading scorer Rudy Gay: “When you have champagne taste, you can't be on a beer budget. It's a small market and I understand the economics of being in a small market."

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-b...gay-trade-champagne-taste-192236854--nba.html

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The Grizz lost because they don't have enough shooting. Jeff Green sucked, but to act like Memphis was supposed to beat Golden State is brain dead stupid.
 

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Because the new owner was an analytics freak and wanted to employ someone who would work with that. Hollins clearly didn't. Therefore, he got fired.

That's is what the owner and media said. But really it was about money. Brotha Hollins was due for a new contract and had just taken the grizz to the conference finals.

Jokers had Hollins build the team up then hire a dude with a ready made team for him....then new dude was cheaper and won't require a big contract.
 

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As long as Gasol/Zbo are focal points of the team, their style will never be uptemp. Doesn't matter if Don Nelson or Mike D'antoni
 
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