Breaking: Jeff Hornacek fired at 2am in the morning!!

[Vancouver-Grizz]

damn...

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/14689071/jeff-hornacek-fired-phoenix-suns-continue-lose

[Vancouver-Grizz]

Jeff Hornacek has reportedly reached the end of the road with the Phoenix Suns a month after they decided to give their coach and popular former player a second chance.

According to Yahoo! Sports, Hornacek was relieved of his duties in a conversation with general manager Ryan McDonough on Sunday night after a loss to the Dallas Mavericks -- their 19th defeat of 21 games and 14th straight on the road.

Phoenix began the season with playoff aspirations after posting records of 48-34 and 39-43 in Hornacek's first two seasons, and after the offseason signing of center Tyson Chandler.

Sources had told ESPN in late December that the Suns, despite the organization's well-known fondness for Hornacek, were forced to contemplate a coaching change far sooner than they hoped because of a slide that has dropped them to 11th place in the Western Conference. There was also a growing fear within the organization that the team was no longer responding to its head coach.

On Sunday, having fallen into 13th place at 14-35 in the 15-team West, the Suns decided the time was now to start over, according to the reports.

The Washington Post also reported Hornacek's firing early Monday morning.

One of the Suns' assistant coaches, either Corey Gaines or Earl Watson, was expected to be named the interim head coach, according to the Yahoo! Sports report. The Suns promoted Watson last month to the bench as they decided to keep Hornacek, albeit briefly, in a staff shakeup that saw veteran assistants Mike Longabardi and Jerry Sichting fired.

For his part, Chandler has been relegated to playing for pride after quickly picking Phoenix in free agency and leaving the Mavericks in the DeAndre Jordan-or-bust scenario that left his former team scrambling at center.

Chandler said Sunday night after the loss to Dallas, before news of Hornacek's firing surfaced, that there were no regrets.

"I feel like throughout my career I've always been placed where I'm supposed to be placed," Chandler said. "This definitely has been a tough season but I feel like there has to be some positives that come out of this."

Information from ESPN senior writer Marc Stein and The Associated Press was used in this report.

[Lebron23]

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[theaussieguy]

good, overrated as hell coach and player, they need to hire coach nick

[DCL]

after a loss to the Dallas Mavericks -- their 19th defeat of 21 games

everyone knew it was coming

[jimmyjames]

I wonder if they'd hire Majerle away from Grand Canyon University. :dancin