strange? <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Scott Skiles has informed the Orlando Magic that he is stepping down as head coach. The Magic will begin a search effective immediately.</p>— Orlando Magic (@OrlandoMagic) <a href="https://twitter.com/OrlandoMagic/status/730758372832710656">May 12, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Former Magic coach Scott Skiles says he is "not the right head coach for this team" in statement. <a href="https://t.co/Bo264Hfsob">pic.twitter.com/Bo264Hfsob</a></p>— Marc J. Spears (@MarcJSpearsESPN) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarcJSpearsESPN/status/730761864741855238">May 12, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Everything about this seems odd. Orlando is a team on the rise, and Skiles has only been there one year.
Skiles: I know by mysteriously resigning, people are going to start speculating about personal problems/sex scandals etc...and I will do nothing to dispel or refute that speculation, because I'm resigning, that's the important thing! I'm going to guess this doesn't work, if that's the case.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Amazingly, 11 of the 30 head coaches that started the 2015-16 season are no longer with their respective teams. Crazy biz.</p>— Tom Haberstroh (@tomhaberstroh) <a href="https://twitter.com/tomhaberstroh/status/730761386951856128">May 12, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Your next Rockets coach! <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WHAT THE ****</p>— Evan Fournier (@EvanFourmizz) <a href="https://twitter.com/EvanFourmizz/status/730761941963157504">May 12, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">There was certainly a disconnect between Scott Skiles & GM Rob Hennigan. A few disagreements on personnel & on the mindset of the team.</p>— Josh Robbins (@JoshuaBRobbins) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoshuaBRobbins/status/730763324103770113">May 12, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Certainly, one of the disagreements between Hennigan and Skiles was Skiles' opinion on the Magic's point guard situation.</p>— Josh Robbins (@JoshuaBRobbins) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoshuaBRobbins/status/730765882117488641">May 12, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hennigan and the front office backed (and still back) Elfrid Payton as the PG of the future. Skiles did not. But that's just 1 issue.</p>— Josh Robbins (@JoshuaBRobbins) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoshuaBRobbins/status/730766353708265472">May 12, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Yeah, Vuc, Oladipo...probably Skiles pushed hard to get Teague and/or another front court player but Hennigan wasn't on the same page? I wonder if the Grizzlies (and maybe the Pacers) will go after him now.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hennigan was pissed at Skiles because he harassed the DeVos family w calls & texts to land job, then said in mid-Jan he no longer wanted it.</p>— Justin Termine (@TermineRadio) <a href="https://twitter.com/TermineRadio/status/730764208195932160">May 12, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Only 5 head coaches have led their team for more than 3 years: Gregg Popovich, Erik Spoelstra, Rick Carlisle, Dwane Casey and Terry Stotts.</p>— Tom Haberstroh (@tomhaberstroh) <a href="https://twitter.com/tomhaberstroh/status/730764126058872832">May 12, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
This seems to be Skiles' pattern: come in, get good effort from players for a few years (or months, in this case) and then burn bridges on the way out.
Sounds like the last straw for Scott Skiles was not being invited to be a part of the Magic's 5-person delegation that interviewed eight draft prospects yesterday afternoon and evening in Chicago. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/spor...les-resigns-orlando-magic-20160512-story.html He had been clashing with the GM for awhile. If you're the head coach and are told that the GM doesn't value your opinion even as much as a whole bunch of other guys in the organization, indeed it may be time to move on.
I don't think cancer is the right term. He always gets good effort out of his players, and people seem to respect him. If anything, I think he's probably just too abrasive with FO types, and too rigid. That works when you're winning championships, but if you're just good-not-great, it tends to rub people the wrong way after a while.
I heard somewhere on the Zach Lowe podcast that Blatt likes to remind people how accomplished he is, and rubbed many people the wrong way in Cleveland.
