Sarver Denies Porter's Firing

[Gee!]

This was posted 8 minutes ago on azcentral...

http://www.azcentral.com/sports/suns/articles/2009/02/13/20090213sarver-porter.html

 

[TBaslim]

Ugh - what terrible location/timing with All Star Weekend being in Phx this year. I really hope he's gone. Needs to happen this weekend, so the team can reset and focus on the second half and making the playoffs.

 

[DevonCardsFan]

FIRE PORTER, KERR and Ban Sarver, they are destroying the Suns great Franchise.

 

[shazaam6]

Who is going to snap first at the relentless media questions and speculation and spill or insult someone in the organization this weekend?

1.Porter will snap and go on a rant.
2.Sarver will say something dumb which will cost mucho dinero later.
3.Kerr will lie, play dumb because he is supposed to at this time

 

[lou_skywalker]

of course sarver wont say they fired Porter if its still work in progress
otherwise the media would be going crazy and not focus on ASW

 

[Shzm13]

Word, lou

 

[krispydude]

there's too much rumbling going on for him not to be fired. it isn't like a trade scenario where it takes two parties to agree. all it takes is kerr/sarver.

monday morning it will prolly be official if not leaked before then.

 

[Mainstreet]

It wouldn't cost the Suns that much (relatively) to fire Porter as his third year is not guaranteed. So I think there is a good chance Porter may be let go especially since Gentry could take over as the interim coach.

Porter signed a three-year contract in June, but the third season is not guaranteed, meaning a firing would cost the Suns about $2 million for his salary next season.

Article by Paul Coro dated 2-13-09, azcentral.

http://www.azcentral.com/sports/suns/allstar/articles/2009/02/13/20090213spt-allstarsuns.html

 

[lou_skywalker]

sounds promising. lets hope to hear the good news by monday

 

[feioncastor]

It seems to me that Phoenix has a great deal of talent on the court (Stoudemire, Nash, O'Neal, Barbosa, etc...) and there is no reason for a team with players of that caliber to lose as often as the Suns are losing.

I'd speculate that if we had a better coach, we'd be at least 3 or 4 in the west right now.