Minnesota Timberwolves GM turned coach agrees that there’s a quicker trigger on coaches these days, and there’s one entity to blame: Bloggers.
In addressing the rash of early-season NBA firings, including McHale’s own axing of Randy Wittman at Minnesota, McHale told the local media there:
“I think you’re going to see more and more shorter term stuff in our league,” he said. “Just because the access now, there’s so much media availability and everything else. There’s just so many bloggers; everybody’s got an opinion. There’s all kinds of stuff going on. Sometimes that starts forming the opinion of people in front offices, too, and owner. It’s been kind of a crazy year so far.”
Man, who knew?
John Clay is a sports columnist for the Lexington Herald-Leader. A native of Central Kentucky and graduate of UK, he covered UK football for 13 seasons before being promoted to columnist in 2000. He lives in Lexington with his wife and two sons. You can e-mail him at jclay@herald-leader.com.
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