BREAKING - Magic Fire Vaughn and 3 Assistants, Borrego Named Interim Coach with Skiles Looming

Rick Rolled · Post #1 » by **Rick Rolled** » Thu Feb 5, 2015 5:35 pm

Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA 4m4 minutes ago
The Orlando Magic fired coach Jacque Vaughn, league sources tell Yahoo Sports.

Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA 2m2 minutes ago
Assistant coach James Borrego is expected to be the Magic's interim coach, league sources tell Yahoo Sports.

Brian K. Schmitz ‏@MagicInsider 3m3 minutes ago
ORLANDO SENTINEL BREAKING: Magic to hold news conference at 4 to announce firing of Jacque Vaughn..

Brian K. Schmitz ‏@MagicInsider 58s58 seconds ago
James Borrego will take over as interim coach of Magic. He, too, worked for Spurs.

Brian K. Schmitz ‏@MagicInsider 1m1 minute ago
Magic also have fired assistants Wes Unseld Jr., Brett Gunning and Zack Guthrie.

Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA 47s47 seconds ago
Scott Skiles looms as a serious candidate to eventually become Orlando's head coach, league sources tell Yahoo Sports.

Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA 2m2 minutes ago
Sources: Real chance Orlando makes move for a new head coach during extended All-Star break, and Scott Skiles is a prominent candidate.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/orlando-magic/os-magic-fire-coach-jacque-vaughn-story.html

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources--magic-fire-coach-jacque-vaughn-162136910.html

OrlandoNed · Post #2 » by **OrlandoNed** » Thu Feb 5, 2015 5:36 pm

purpleswordfish · Post #3 » by **purpleswordfish** » Thu Feb 5, 2015 5:37 pm

So, who is the new scapegoat?

Mule Tears · Post #4 » by **Mule Tears** » Thu Feb 5, 2015 5:38 pm

AMEN!!!!!!!

:rockon:

Nyce_1 · Post #5 » by **Nyce_1** » Thu Feb 5, 2015 5:39 pm

purpleswordfish wrote:So, who is the new scapegoat?

Borrego.

Nyce_1 · Post #6 » by **Nyce_1** » Thu Feb 5, 2015 5:41 pm

Skiles has Martins/RDV all over it. SMH

Bye Tobias, thanks for the fantasy points.

OrlandO · Post #7 » by **OrlandO** » Thu Feb 5, 2015 5:42 pm

skiles? ehh... a year or two ago I would have said no way, but my standards seem to have dropped tremendously after watching vaughn coach the team for 3 years. Still would prefer karl or malone, but skiles is probably worth at least a 2 year stint.

DiplomaticMagic · Post #8 » by **DiplomaticMagic** » Thu Feb 5, 2015 5:44 pm

Not sure how I feel about Skiles.

orlando1214 · Post #9 » by **orlando1214** » Thu Feb 5, 2015 5:45 pm

So glad it finally happened! Hopefully Borrego doesn't finish the season as the coach, but I'll give him a shot. At least he's a different voice, even if he probably agreed with most of what JV did

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OrlChamps2030 · Post #10 » by **OrlChamps2030** » Thu Feb 5, 2015 5:45 pm

Good riddance

Seems like a nice guy and could maybe work again one day as an assistant, scout, or FO guy but his performance as a head coach was nothing short of pathetic

FloridaHoosier · Post #11 » by **FloridaHoosier** » Thu Feb 5, 2015 5:46 pm

Glad it's finally happening, but not happy about this Skiles rumor.

TreasureCoast · Post #12 » by **TreasureCoast** » Thu Feb 5, 2015 5:48 pm

orlando1214 wrote:So glad it finally happened! Hopefully Borrego doesn't finish the season as the coach, but I'll give him a shot. At least he's a different voice, even if he probably agreed with most of what JV did

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Bet on Borrego finishing this season bud.

Swiftraven · Post #13 » by **Swiftraven** » Thu Feb 5, 2015 5:51 pm

Skiles would be a train wreck. Would wear out his welcome by the end of next year.
Use the interim this year as it is already a waste, then do a full search this summer.

Nyce_1 · Post #14 » by **Nyce_1** » Thu Feb 5, 2015 5:54 pm

@MagicInsider
Magic also have fired assistants Wes Unseld Jr., Brett Gunning and Zack Guthrie

Post #15 » by **UCFJayBird** » Thu Feb 5, 2015 5:54 pm

Swiftraven wrote:Skiles would be a train wreck. Would wear out his welcome by the end of next year.
Use the interim this year as it is already a waste, then do a full search this summer.

yes, search when other teams have all fired their coaches so we have to compete with 5 other teams for the best coach when we could negotiate now for the best coach available (because let's be honest, anyone who is fired this year I doubt we'd want, except Thibs and he'll probably go elsewhere).

Not sure why everyone hates Skiles. I can get behind the hiring. I know he's a bit of a hard ass but I think that's what we need.

theTHIEF · Post #16 » by **theTHIEF** » Thu Feb 5, 2015 5:56 pm

...organic.

Nyce_1 · Post #17 » by **Nyce_1** » Thu Feb 5, 2015 5:59 pm

@WojYahooNBA
Sources: Real chance Orlando makes move for a new head coach during extended All-Star break, and Scott Skiles is a prominent candidate.

Magic#1 · Post #18 » by **Magic#1** » Thu Feb 5, 2015 6:01 pm

So, all of our assistants except Borrego are gone too? Who is going to sit on the bench?
At least it's done. Best of luck to JV in the future. Very nice guy, but not a head coach. He did develop some of our guys, but he has no other skills as a head coach.
As for Skiles, well, he has been successful and I do like some of his vibe but there has been a trend with him wherever he has gone and that's not good. I hope we wait for the possibility of Thibs or look at Malone or even Karl.

Bick · Post #19 » by **Bick** » Thu Feb 5, 2015 6:02 pm

Congrats, i wish Raps would do the same

Nyce_1 · Post #20 » by **Nyce_1** » Thu Feb 5, 2015 6:02 pm

If we're looking to hire coach, that leaves a short list of candidates:

Malone
Karl
Skiles