Kings fire Crawford
June 11, 2008
“We appreciate Marc’s commitment the two seasons he has been here,” said Lombardi. “However, we believe that in evaluating where we are at and, more importantly, where we are going as an organization, we feel this coaching change was the right decision to make. We wish Marc the best in his future endeavors.”
"Marc's record speaks for itself in terms of his winning record but I guess it just comes down to a matter of fit," Lombardi said during a conference call Tuesday.
"I think it's fair to say we did not expect the team to be out of the playoffs in January this year," Lombardi added. "I don't think we were kidding ourselves into thinking we were world beaters, we set realistic expectations."
This move didn’t surprise me one bit. Crawford has been horrendous in
In an interview with Rich Hammond of Inside the Kings Lombardi indicated that the Kings may go even younger this year and that was a big reason for the change. It shows that Crawford is not the best bench boss for a club that is rebuilding. He is an in-your-face style coach and sometimes that style can grate on certain young players. I always believe that in a rebuilding phase you need a coach that is a good teacher and motivator more than anything else. You know that you are going to take your bumps and you have to be able to teach the players the ups-and-downs and not be a disciplinarian. The boys at Battle of California also had some thoughts on Crawford’s past two seasons.
There are a few good candidates to fill the position; Kevin Dineen (coach of the
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