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After ten years, Michael Malone is no longer the coach of the Denver Nuggets. Although the results of his team hinted that we would see such a scenario, few expected that the management of the Nuggets would react quickly and fire the long-time coach. Nevertheless, a series of negative results, and who knows what else, influenced the leaders to withdraw the unexpected decision.
The organization from Colorado dismissed the most successful head of the profession in its history, and the well-known expert did not take it easily. To put it mildly. Brian Windhorst, a well-known journalist and a man who gets insider information, spoke about it. It was the same this time.
"It got word very quickly in NBA circles that Mike Malone's reaction to being fired was not calm. That's not a surprise. I don't blame him," says the well-known journalist.
Windhorst on Kroenke family
Windhorst also spoke about the reasoning of the Kroenke family, which owns the Nuggets. Although they previously showed patience with the coaches, giving them time and space to develop their philosophy as well as change things that hadn't worked before, this time they had no doubts about what move to make. However, fans and experts mark such moves as disrespect.
"I think they wanted to fire Malone, and they thought it wouldn't be possible if Denver woke up and played a good playoff. They usually have a lot of patience with coaches, and that's why all this is even more surprising. It's disrespectful to the coach who had the most wins in the club's history," said the informed journalist.
It must be admitted that the team flourished after the departure of the popular coach, winning two matches. Although this is not a confirmation that Malone is the culprit, it is clear that there were certain "brakes" within the team, but more details will surely be known in the coming period.
It'll be quite interesting to follow the future of this club, as they have the potential to do great things in the coming period.
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