Are you friggin' kiddin' me? Why not keep him? He was a great coach and better than Monty. I don't see why we can't have good assistant coaches. I'm assuming this is some kind of power struggle between him, Don, and management. I was really expecting and anticipating the day that Mario would be our coach.

WOW!!!!!!!!!  I'm speachless........I guess this is Nellie's first "clearing house" move.  Damn. Damn. Damn....

Watch I bet he will become a stud head coach somewhere like for tha raptors or something.

What?! Where did this come from? What a suprise! And I'm not being sarcastic. No really. ...Yeah right.

For 06-07, I see him possibly getting an assistant coaching job somewhere in Texas. And then getting a head coaching job somewhere else 07-08. Maybe in Houston to replace Van Gundy if the Rockets don't turn things around. And, the Knicks could really use a real head coach this season. Also, although I don't see Mario Elie as a possibility there, I'm guessing this is Pat Riley's last season of coaching.

Although he's still under contract to the Warriors, they will definitely release him to get a job elsewhere. Also, I wonder what all the players' reaction is to this. In my opinion, they were all waiting for him to turn into their head coach. Great pic!

I appreciate it

hi great blog uniting all fans of the bay, and this is my first time posting.  the inmates aren't running the asylum anymore unlike last year.  nellie has put his foot down on the power broken diddy had last year, pretty much saying now there's no fav cool coach mario to be an arbiter.  conform to the system or be shipped outta the bay, now that's discipline even if ellie was a casualty and got played as an example for the team.  this is all a whack point if mullin and the don are actually considered the loonier inmates in cahoots, and cohan ultimately being the crazy Clown puppeteer.  hopefully that wacky don hasn't lost his touch in the draft.  Go dubs!

I am a BYU fan. A few years ago, Norm Chow was our longtime offensive coordinater and the concensus replacement for LaVell Edwards as head coach. Well, BYU passed him over and hired Gary Crowton. Crowton went on to three losing seasons and ruined a one time national championship football program and Norm Chow went on to be the OC for a little football school called USC, leading the Bush, Leinart, White, offense and then on to the NFL.  
  I hope this isn't what is happening here, but I can't help but feel like we've made a mistake. My bet is that the Warriors will, like most moves we make, regret this one.

I've never understood why fans think Ellie would be a great coach. I hope someone gives him a chance so we can see how he does.

i like mario ellie and everything but why exactly is everyone so confident that he will be such a good head coach and everything. i mean i think he could be a good one but im not basing that off of any knowledge on how he coaches its just a guess and i think he's cool cuz he chest bumped jrich.  but yeah i was just wondering where do people get the idea that he will be a great head coach?  i mean i got the feeling he was a good assistant coach but that doesnt mean much

I think that's great news. I lost respect for all of the GSW assistant coaches when I saw no real improvement in FT's, defensive fundamentals, and offensive shot selection. I also was surprised when I saw assistant coaches grinning and laughing when we were losing games, and patting players on the back when Monty pulled them out when they weren't contributing.

I'm also wondering where this myth of Mario being a great head coach started. His agent? He has never even been a head coach, and yet many fans are so sure he'd turn around a franchise?

Don Nelson is a proven winner. I think he knows what he's doing. If he's going to create a new and improved attitude around here, he needs to clean house. Any top coach would do the same thing.

Best wishes to Mario in his search for a head coaching position with another team.

It's the Don of a new era for the GSW now.

A friend of mine once gave this word of wisdom: when you've got to deal with a schmoe, deal with the schmoe you know.  Looking back at the guys fans have wished as 'the next coach we should hire(tm)' there seems to be an over-representation of former Warrior players. Elie we knew, but as others have said, we have no reason to believe that he's going to be a significant NBA coach.  Is there any reason to believe he'd be better than Rod Higgins, a guy whose name came up as 'the next coach we should hire(tm)' several years ago, before he un-distinguished himself in the Washingon front office and came back to similarly do not a whole lot here.

There are a whole lot of potential next coaches out there.  The best to Mario, save when whatever team he lands with comes to Oaktown.

The guy i thought the Warriors should have brought in to replace Muss, then to replace Monty and now for nellie to hand the reigns over to would be Terry Porter. I think he did a great job in Mil. despite the team getting blown up sending Allen, G- Rob and Sammy out to be replaced by desmond mason, an older than we thought gary payton, and not a whole lot else.

Though we will miss Elie and he may very well blow up and be the next Avery Johnson somewhere. I think Terry Porter will sit the bench in Detroit this season and get a job before Mario just wish he was on the Dub's bench Mentorin and molding Ellis into the next Tony Parker.