Thunder fires P.J. Carlesimo after 1-12 start [NewsOK]

The only thing sillier than both the Sonics' move from Seattle to OKC and their generic new name was actually believing Carlesimo would make a good first head coach for Kevin Durant.

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Carlesimo

The positive is he got out of town without getting choked.

Till I get free
I live my life in the Walmart
Cholesterol chasin me

by Skeptic con Urquell on Nov 22, 2008 10:27 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

i guess someone had to say it

by Run Dubz on Nov 22, 2008 10:52 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

lmao

that joke is still funny after all those yrs.

by warriorfan4life on Nov 22, 2008 1:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Not even close to surprised. We all called it.

My diary from the day he was hired

Retread in Seattle.

http://www.contracostatimes.com/warriors/ci_6296946
The Seattle SuperSonics have scheduled a Thursday news conference amid reports that the team has hired P.J. Carlesimo as its new coach.

Team officials refused to comment Tuesday on a report that first appeared on the San Antonio Express-News Web site, which said Carlesimo had been chosen by Sonics ownership.

Good god. I really am not looking forward to hearing his grating voice on the sidelines. This is something that can not and will not work. He can never have the respect of an NBA locker room.

Does he deserve a second chance? My initial reaction is yes, it’s not his fault he got choked. But my second reaction is that he should have known what he was dealing with in Spree and that his lack of respect for his star player shows that he was unaware of the sociology of the NBA despite coaching in Portland prior to that.

I’m sure he’s learned and I’m sure he’s mellowed, but he’s always going to be kind of a joke based on what happened to him. We’ll see . . .

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by bloodsweatndonuts on Nov 22, 2008 11:07 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Haha

I clicked the link and what do I see? Skeptic was the first post making a joke about him getting choked. Some things never change.

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by olympicmike on Nov 22, 2008 3:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Well,

he didnt deserve to get choked, but he is a horrible coach. Thanks again PJ for drafting Foyle before TMac.

Ellis to the rim.

by warriorsscore110 on Nov 22, 2008 4:55 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

lol

you can’t teach height !

by saintdee on Nov 23, 2008 1:51 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

he didnt deserve to get choked

Maybe we should ask Spree’s opinion about that?

Till I get free
I live my life in the Walmart
Cholesterol chasin me

by Skeptic con Urquell on Nov 23, 2008 9:19 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I was going get on a make a choke comment

But I guess someone beat me to it. That’s carlesimo’s legacy here. Then SF mayor Willie Brown said it best, “There may very well have been racism. We have to examine this. He may very well have deserved to be choked.” Only after the white folks got offended did Willie Brown have to take back his comments. But I have to say, I had the very same gut reaction when I first feard about the choking. Carlesimo yells too much and needs to shave.

by yobo on Nov 23, 2008 1:06 PM PST reply actions 0 recs