Raptors fire coach Sam Mitchell!

[Diesel J]

What's the Raptors record since Mitchell got fired?

[brwnman]

4-9*

* losing tonight, and it will push the record to 4-10

Edit - 4-10...

[bokes15]

The losing isn't because of not having Sam Mitchell. We sucked with him and we suck without him... We need BETTER PLAYERS. Point Blank!

[Diesel J]

Originally Posted by bokes15

The losing isn't because of not having Sam Mitchell. We sucked with him and we suck without him... We need BETTER PLAYERS. Point Blank!

I think that was obvious the whole time but Mitchell was the scapegoat for their losing

[RAPSCANWIN]

Originally Posted by Diesel J

I think that was obvious the whole time but Mitchell was the scapegoat for their losing

They had to try something, the coach is usually the first to go.

[GoodTrade]

Stupid move to fire him so early in the season when there was so much instability with the team. They should have waited until the summer and signed a solid replacement then. BC was under fire to make changes obv and needed to relieve the pressure somehow. I think a trade would have been a better idea but no one on the raps that we want to let go is worth a dime. BC needs to be a man and not make rash decisions based on pressure thats now how you build a team.

[bonez26]

Originally Posted by GoodTrade

Stupid move to fire him so early in the season when there was so much instability with the team. They should have waited until the summer and signed a solid replacement then. BC was under fire to make changes obv and needed to relieve the pressure somehow. I think a trade would have been a better idea but no one on the raps that we want to let go is worth a dime. BC needs to be a man and not make rash decisions based on pressure thats now how you build a team.

You can't possibly think that was the wrong move. He would have accomplished nothing by staying on. He definitely lost the players confidence after those huge losses. Smitch was by far the worst coach in the league at X and O's and his substitution patterns were garbage. He really should have been fired this offseason to be honest. Not to say it's all his fault but he was getting our coached on an almost every game basis...and you can't have that. It's also Colangelo's fault for putting together such a flawed roster.

[bokes15]

Originally Posted by bonez26

You can't possibly think that was the wrong move. He would have accomplished nothing by staying on. He definitely lost the players confidence after those huge losses. Smitch was by far the worst coach in the league at X and O's and his substitution patterns were garbage. He really should have been fired this offseason to be honest. Not to say it's all his fault but he was getting our coached on an almost every game basis...and you can't have that. It's also Colangelo's fault for putting together such a flawed roster.

Yeah. I agree. It was the right move but the wrong timing for it.. If he was gonna fire him, I believe he should've done it in the off-season after our 4-1 loss to the Magic. It was clear that he and Mitchell weren't on the same page and it was almost as if he was just waiting for a game like the one we had against the Nuggets to give him a reason, any reason, to let him go.