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Dunleavy Steps Down!!!!!

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Re: Dunleavy Steps Down!!!!! 

Post#41 » by playaloc916 » Fri Feb 5, 2010 7:27 pm

BINGOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

Finally, we got rid of him. I don't care if Hughes takes over (would've preferred Lucas), but we finally got rid of Dumbleavy as coach. That's the first step. The main thing is that the first and most crucial step has been taken. I just wished this happened earlier in the season.
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Re: Dunleavy Steps Down!!!!! 

Post#42 » by PlinkingPanda » Fri Feb 5, 2010 8:31 pm

scratch21 wrote:Man I want a new coach. I wanna bring out a jewel maybe cassell


Lucas or Sammy taking over would be perfectly fine with me. :)
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Re: Dunleavy Steps Down!!!!! 

Post#43 » by SD2042 » Fri Feb 5, 2010 10:42 pm

Finally a good move has come for the Clips. It was well needed. Should've happened like a couple of seasons ago.
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Re: Dunleavy Steps Down!!!!! 

Post#44 » by TheNewEra » Sat Feb 6, 2010 12:35 am

Even Hughes in his interview said he is going in a different direction than Dunleavy
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Re: Dunleavy Steps Down!!!!! 

Post#45 » by TheNewEra » Sat Feb 6, 2010 12:55 am

Next step is repairing the mental state of the team.
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Re: Dunleavy Steps Down!!!!! 

Post#46 » by Sofia » Sat Feb 6, 2010 1:31 am

At 21-28, the Clippers are 12th in the Western Conference. They dropped a season-worst seven games under .500 with six losses on a just-completed eight-game road trip.

Dunleavy said he initially proposed giving up coaching after the Clippers lost at Phoenix on Christmas Day. But owner Donald Sterling said he didn't want to do it.

"I was really down off that loss," Dunleavy said.

He perked up after the Clippers beat Boston 92-90 two days later, and he was buoyed by a four-game winning streak that included their first win over the Lakers since 2007.

"Now we regained our momentum and I got a little battery life," he said. "As a coach you need to be recharged and regenerated, and the way that happens is your players win big games for you."

But the momentum quickly evaporated with four consecutive losses. Then came the disastrous eight-game road trip that cemented Dunleavy's decision, which should assuage fans who chanted "Fire Dunleavy" at some home games.

"I said to myself, `Maybe they're not hearing me, maybe the things I'm saying is not getting through at times, maybe another voice could do it.' It came down to the last two or three years, a lot of wear and tear as far as trying to juggle lineups," he said.

"This trip was a real drain on me and I worried about my enthusiasm going forward. If that was an issue, then it's time to make a change."
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Re: Dunleavy Steps Down!!!!! 

Post#47 » by mkwest » Sat Feb 6, 2010 4:55 am

Dunleavy answers questions after today's practice

Hughes, Kaman & Baron also chime in with their thoughts.

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