Stan Van Gundy confirms Dwight Howard asked Magic to fire him

RT @Ian_OConnor: Stan VanGundy at shootaround this AM: Management told me story is true that Howard asked for him to be fired (WOWZA)

His exact quote "Yes, i am aware Dwight asked for me to be fired."

Yah, for the story breaking before Knick game. Orlando should be a huge mess.

Story: [url]http://www.insidehoops.com/blog/?p=9617[/url]

DRAMA IN ORLANDO

From Frank Isola ‏ @FisolaNYDN
[QUOTE]Stan Van Gundy says it "looks good" for Dwight Howard playing vs. Knicks. Jameer Nelson is game time. Ryan Anderson is out

Stan agrees that teams don't want to face Knicks in playoffs because Carmelo "scares the hell out of you."

Wow. Stan says he knows Dwight Howard asked him to be fired

Now that all the cards are on the table, I'm wondering if Stan is coaching tonight. He just outed the clown prince of the NBA

Dwight's goal was to get Stan Van Gundy fired but not have blood on his hands. Too late brother

Dwight Howard, moments after putting his arm around Stan, denies he wants him fired. Wow, crazy times in Orlando

Dwight now denying he asked for Stan to be fired. Asked reporters to give up their source. Hey genius, the source is Stan

Oh Dwight, you've been outed by your coach. And in the moment of truth, you neither cracked jokes or were honest.

I think there is a 70 percent chance that Patrick Ewing makes his coaching debut tonight. Unless Dwight undermines him first[/QUOTE]

Man. I'd love to hear what goes on in that locker room. It has to be more awkward than an episode of The Office.

Lol. Dwight will never win a championship as "The Man"

[QUOTE=Clutch]DRAMA IN ORLANDO

From Frank Isola ‏ @FisolaNYDN[/QUOTE]

Damn! I thought they were all hugs and rainbows in Orlando since Dwight decided to stay. Guess not.

Adrian Wojnarowski ‏ @WojYahooNBA
Source close to Van Gundy: "I think Stan's been tired of having to talk around it when asked about it...tired of going along with a lie."

If there was ever time for a "Shit Just Got Real" meme, this is it.

It's sad it's gotten to this. Everything Dwight says ends up being leaked somehow and now the coach knows he will eventually be fired. But I think SVG could care less because he is still getting paid his 9 million or whatever dollars Otis owes him. I think the Magic need more then just a new coach to make them a contender.:lol

[QUOTE=bagelred]If there was ever time for a "Shit Just Got Real" meme, this is it.[/QUOTE]
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Master of Panic

It would be pretty funny if SVG was fired and JVG was hired. :lol

[QUOTE=Flagrant 2]It would be pretty funny if SVG was fired and JVG was hired. :lol[/QUOTE]

Dear god, please let this happen.

Am I the only one who thinks SVG is a good coach?

[quote]Stan agrees that teams don't want to face Knicks in playoffs because Carmelo "scares the hell out of you."[/quote]

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And then Dwight went up to him and hugged him, not knowing he just confirmed the rumors :oldlol:

Classy move by SVG.... He should've kept his mouth shut. This will hurt him as he looks for a new job.

He's done a pretty crappy job as a coach anyway, he deserved to be fired whether Dwight asked for it or not. It's unfair to pin this on Dwight anyway, if he's going to stay then obviously he's going to want to shake things up, because they clearly aren't working.

This seems like it will be a suitably awkward and angry ending for the angry little coach.

[QUOTE=Miserio]Am I the only one who thinks SVG is a good coach?[/QUOTE]

He's a great coach.

Magic should have got rid of Dwight when they had the chance.

Here hoping Clippers lose tonight against the Kings :lol

Howard should of Left and I think he already regrets not leaving when he could of so he is going to create a Mess and a Way out..I would not be shocked to see him traded before next season or at the latest by the next trade deadline..

Van GUndy to the Knicks?? a little too close to the Dantoni system for my Liking

What kind of franchise are the Magic running?

:roll:

[QUOTE=Kingwillball]Van GUndy to the Knicks?? a little too close to the Dantoni system for my Liking[/QUOTE]
You mean the system they are currently running, right now under Woodson?

i wouldve sworn i read today how Dwight didn't say that to management....

I remember reading his quote yesterday and seeing how clear it was that Dwight Howard is A) Stupid and B) Less of a cool guy than I thought.





And I've lost much respect...SVG has balls tho. What an ass. Appreciated. And yea, he is a great coach...unless you wanna say otherwise just to show you don't know shit.

[QUOTE=Godzuki]i wouldve sworn i read today how Dwight didn't say that to management....[/QUOTE]
yep, he made a big deal of it yesterday which makes him look like a big tool.

Damn, I can't miss a minute of this......

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Orlando Sentinel article on it: [url]http://www.insidehoops.com/blog/?p=9617[/url]

Man, Dwight's an ass. He gets paid shitloads of $$ to be an ass in a great state and pays no income tax. What a douche.

Oh come on. D12 doesn't care about that. D12 spends all his time training his body to be in top condition.

Now, people are roasting him for staying in Orlando when he actually never spoke to the media or anything. It was the media who overbloew everything. Like reporting every rumors out there.

It's a bitch move from the media. Not from D12 wh actually is opting out, thus making haters shutting up.

The guy is now ruining his prime in a team who would not even make the playoff in the East was it not for him.

I'll take SVG over Del Negro

You don't ask for your coach to be fired, not the way Dwight has been acting.




Praying and playing video games. This is incredible.

[QUOTE=Miserio]Am I the only one who thinks SVG is a good coach?[/QUOTE]

Absolutely not.

Seriously, this is very unfair to D12. D12 denied it. That's all there is to it. D12 has been made the scapegoat of everything that happened in Orlando. When it's the GM and medias fault.

[QUOTE=Punpun]Seriously, this is very unfair to D12. D12 denied it. That's all there is to it. D12 has been made the scapegoat of everything that happened in Orlando. When it's the GM and medias fault.[/QUOTE]

Really?

What did the GM do?

[QUOTE=qrich]I'll take SVG over Del Negro[/QUOTE]
SVG can actually coach.

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[QUOTE=Punpun]Oh come on. D12 doesn't care about that. D12 spends all his time training his body to be in top condition.

Now, people are roasting him for staying in Orlando when he actually never spoke to the media or anything. It was the media who overbloew everything. Like reporting every rumors out there.

It's a bitch move from the media. Not from D12 wh actually is opting out, thus making haters shutting up.

The guy is now ruining his prime in a team who would not even make the playoff in the East was it not for him.[/QUOTE]

I totally agree. This is all info. that's been leaked to the media, some of which by SVG himself! The Magic, awfully run franchise that they are, have done a horrible job of keeping this mess in house, just like they did a horrible job of building a team around Dwight.

SVG and his three point chucking philosophy need to go, I'm not sure how anyone can say he's a 'great' coach, one of you will have to explain that to me rather than just saying 'if you don't think he's good then you don't know shit about basketball' because I'm pretty sure that's the extent of what you're going to do.

[QUOTE=bagelred]He's a great coach.[/QUOTE]
hes definitely a solid coach.

[QUOTE=Clutch]SVG can actually coach.[/QUOTE]

That's my point?