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November 29, 2009
Nets fire Frank after 0-16 start
Yahoo! Sports
by Adrian Wojnarowski
Bruce Ratner's latest victim is Nets coach Lawrence Frank, handed the keys to the worst team in professional sports and then blamed for not being able to win.
The New Jersey Nets have fired Lawrence Frank, the coach told Yahoo! Sports.
Frank will not coach against the Lakers on Sunday night, when the Nets will have a chance to tie an NBA record with a 17th straight loss to start the season. New Jersey assistant Tom Barrise will coach Sunday instead.
Yahoo! Sports first reported early Sunday that Nets president Rod Thorn had made the decision to fire Frank. Thorn was expected to meet with owner Bruce Ratner on Sunday to inform him that he would replace Frank on Monday, but sped up the process after news of Frank’s imminent dismissal became public.
NoLandGrab: This is what happens when your motivation for buying a team is to use it as a beard for a land grab. Expect the team to promote from within, since having to shell out for a coach outside the organization is financially unfeasible for the money-hemorrhaging Nets.
Posted by eric at November 29, 2009 3:30 PM