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Former Wizards Coach Flip Saunders Passes Away

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Re: Former Wizards Coach Flip Saunders Passes Away 

Post#21 » by Illmatic12 » Mon Oct 26, 2015 5:04 am

DANNYLANDOVER wrote:I was shocked when I read the news this morning. I never thought it was that serious.
A classy gentleman during his time with the Wizards. RIP Flip.

Agreed, I thought he just needed some rest/recovery time and he would pull it out.

Very saddening news, but there's no doubt Flip left behind a great legacy and a lot of people will come forward to confess to that. RIP Flip, and condolences to the Saunders family
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Post#22 » by dobrojim » Mon Oct 26, 2015 12:45 pm

miller31time wrote:Man, I just can't believe this. Condolences to his family. He seemed like a really classy, good man.


Seemed really sudden. That's really a shame.

RIP

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John Wall, all class. He makes me proud to root for him.
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Re: Former Wizards Coach Flip Saunders Passes Away 

Post#23 » by Kanyewest » Mon Oct 26, 2015 1:47 pm

[tweet]https://twitter.com/drayblatche/status/658448693721337856[/tweet]

https://twitter.com/drayblatche/status/658448693721337856
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Re: Former Wizards Coach Flip Saunders Passes Away 

Post#24 » by Chocolate City Jordanaire » Tue Oct 27, 2015 12:56 am

Andray needs to let that go. No place for guilt. The dead are resting in peace and the past is just that. Young guys make young guy mistakes. Flip as an older guy made some mistakes himself...

I think Flip Saunders probably thought about KG every time he saw Blatche handle the ball at his size. However, there's only one KG.

The good parts about Blatche's tweet are the heartfelt THANK YOU and the prayers for Flip's family.
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Re: Former Wizards Coach Flip Saunders Passes Away 

Post#25 » by Chocolate City Jordanaire » Tue Oct 27, 2015 12:59 am

http://www.foxsports.com/north/story/minnesota-timberwolves-flip-saunders-grieve-after-death-102615

A grieving Timberwolves team reconvened at practice, the loss of the organizational architect still weighing heavy on their hearts. Quite simply, Saunders was everything to these Timberwolves -- the president of basketball operations, a minority owner and head coach, another son to owner Glen Taylor and another father to many of the players.

"His imprint is on this building," interim coach Sam Mitchell said, looking at the state-of-the-art practice facility that opened this summer. "It's on the Target Center. Every one of us, from players to coaches to a lot of guys in basketball ops, they were hand-picked by Flip. He wanted us here. He wanted what he called his Timberwolves family around him, people that he had confidence in, that he trusted. So that's tough because we all came back because of him."
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Re: Former Wizards Coach Flip Saunders Passes Away 

Post#26 » by Higga » Tue Oct 27, 2015 2:40 pm

RIP Flip. My thoughts and prayers to his family. Having lost a Grandfather to cancer earlier this year, I can sympathize. :(
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Post#27 » by Ruzious » Thu Oct 29, 2015 6:01 pm

John Wall's game winning shot on opening day - a Flip shot. Coincidence?
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Re: Former Wizards Coach Flip Saunders Passes Away 

Post#28 » by Chocolate City Jordanaire » Fri Oct 30, 2015 3:39 pm

Ruzious wrote:John Wall's game winning shot on opening day - a Flip shot. Coincidence?

I thought it was a win for Flip.
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