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     Saarang Pilla Bewarse Username: Saarang Post Number: 112 Registered: 04-2015 Posted From: 206.29.176.76 Rating: N/A |
Ee season oka record...no NBA coach was fired in season. Instability is the most stable concept in the life of an NBA head coach. Twelve head coaches are in their first full season in their current job. Four others have only one full season with their current teams under their belts. That’s more than half of the league right there. Only four coaches — Gregg Popovich, Rick Carlisle, Erik Spoelstra, and Dwane Casey -- have been in their current job for at least five years. NBA head coaches, by and large, get hired to get fired. In-season firings are a normalized practice in the NBA. Five head coaches were fired last season alone, from Kevin McHale in November to Derek Fisher in February. Three were fired in 2014-15, one was fired in 2013-14, four were fired in 2012-13, and four were fired in 2011-12. That’s an average of more than three in-season firings over the past five years. This isn’t a recent trend, either. At least one NBA head coach has been fired during each of the past 45 seasons. Marc Stein of ESPN reported earlier this season that the last campaign without an in-season coach replacement was 1970-71, when the league was 17 teams deep, Nixon was President and the ABA existed. However, that streak has ended. No NBA head coaches were fired during the season for the first time in 46 years. |