Morway to be fired

trebone · Post #1 » by **trebone** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 4:58 pm

Would he be in the running or do you think we are to far along in the process? He did a great job in Indiana.

http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/indi ... hip-061012

Reggie Theus · Post #2 » by **Reggie Theus** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 6:04 pm

If he did such a great job then why did he get fired?

The Effect · Post #3 » by **The Effect** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 6:09 pm

I wonder if he was really the one making the decisions or if that was bird, think i read somewhere that it was bird. If thats true, id rather take a shot on Weaver/lindsey/penn

Reverse_Angle · Post #4 » by **Reverse_Angle** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 6:34 pm

Reggie Theus wrote:If he did such a great job then why did he get fired?

sexual harassment? caught masturbating in the restroom? could be anything really. :lol:

glennathan · Post #5 » by **glennathan** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 6:38 pm

Reverse_Angle wrote:
Reggie Theus wrote:If he did such a great job then why did he get fired?

sexual harassment? caught masturbating in the restroom? could be anything really.

Morway was Pee Wee Herman?! Who knew...!! Lol

trebone · Post #6 » by **trebone** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 7:46 pm

Reggie Theus wrote:If he did such a great job then why did he get fired?

Supposedly Bird was pissed the OJ Mayo deal fell through. he did quite a bit with the team after the Malice in the Palace

mhectorgato · Post #7 » by **mhectorgato** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 9:02 pm

magicfan84 wrote:
Reggie Theus wrote:If he did such a great job then why did he get fired?

Supposedly Bird was pissed the OJ Mayo deal fell through. he did quite a bit with the team after the Malice in the Palace

Confirmation: http://blogs.indystar.com/pacersinsider ... ce-morway/

Sources say the fizzled relationship is the one of the main reasons why Bird plans to replace Morway with Kevin Pritchard as general manager once Bird agrees to a new deal with owner Herb Simon to remain as president when the two meet later this week.

Pritchard was hired to be the Pacers’ director of player personnel last summer.

It takes awhile to earn Bird’s trust and once you burn that bridge he’s done with people. That’s the case right now with Morway.

The final straw with the Bird-Morway relationship, according to those close to the two, came during training camp when the Pacers failed to land O.J. Mayo and then lost out on free agent Jamal Crawford – option No. 2 to be the team’s first shooting guard off the bench – on the same day.

AdamTheGreek · Post #8 » by **AdamTheGreek** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 1:05 am

This is my #1 choice, but it doesn't appear like he's in the running.

claudio-br · Post #9 » by **claudio-br** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 2:16 am

Reggie Theus wrote:If he did such a great job then why did he get fired?

If the matter is he didnt get along with his boss(Bird), I think we can still consider he did a nice job.

And the Pacers have Pritchard to replace him, who is also a great exec, so maybe that is also a reason to let Morway go.

ChildishGambino · Post #10 » by **ChildishGambino** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 2:35 am

unfortunate...hate to see a man lose his job....although he's probably a millionaire so....i guess i can deal....

Devin 1L · Post #11 » by **Devin 1L** » Sat Jun 16, 2012 2:17 am

mhectorgato wrote:
magicfan84 wrote:
Reggie Theus wrote:If he did such a great job then why did he get fired?

Supposedly Bird was pissed the OJ Mayo deal fell through. he did quite a bit with the team after the Malice in the Palace

Confirmation: http://blogs.indystar.com/pacersinsider ... ce-morway/

Sources say the fizzled relationship is the one of the main reasons why Bird plans to replace Morway with Kevin Pritchard as general manager once Bird agrees to a new deal with owner Herb Simon to remain as president when the two meet later this week.

Pritchard was hired to be the Pacers’ director of player personnel last summer.

It takes awhile to earn Bird’s trust and once you burn that bridge he’s done with people. That’s the case right now with Morway.

The final straw with the Bird-Morway relationship, according to those close to the two, came during training camp when the Pacers failed to land O.J. Mayo and then lost out on free agent Jamal Crawford – option No. 2 to be the team’s first shooting guard off the bench – on the same day.

Missing out on Mayo and Crawford seems like a win to me.

eyriq · Post #12 » by **eyriq** » Sat Jun 16, 2012 2:19 am

AdamTheGreek wrote:This is my #1 choice, but it doesn't appear like he's in the running.

Yup.