Heading into the Magic's game tonight against the Golden State Warriors, [Stan] Van Gundy has been...

Heading into the Magic's game tonight against the Golden State Warriors, [Stan] Van Gundy has been on the job in Orlando for 106 games, 116 counting the postseason.

He's 70-36 in about a season-and-a-quarter. As of Sunday, only two other coaches had more regular-season wins in roughly this time frame — the coaches who appeared in last season's NBA Finals, Doc Rivers (88-18) of the Boston Celtics and Phil Jackson (76-28) of the L.A. Lakers.

Brian Schmitz of the Orlando Sentinel

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Gotta love that Gundy

'Coach, Dwight is a nice guy. Dwight don't hit anybody. But Superman will knock the crap out of you.' - D12

by Eyriq the Red on Dec 15, 2008 12:11 PM EST reply actions

I have to ask

why this even comes up.
The Magic are 18-6, and first place in the Southeast.
Why is SVG’s job even mentioned? I can’t think of very many teams that would fire a coach with a start like that.

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by UtesFan89 on Dec 15, 2008 2:32 PM EST reply actions

I think he's just comparing

and maybe making a reference to the fact that Stan’s stats are on par with coaches of championship teams.

by TheGiantSquid on Dec 15, 2008 3:08 PM EST up reply actions

Yeah, the story is abut how great Stan's job security is

I guess it makes sense with 6 teams having fired their coaches so far. :-/

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by Evan Dunlap on Dec 15, 2008 3:54 PM EST up reply actions

but I still don’t see the point of bringing it up at this point.
I mean, we (as in Jazz fans) have heard a ton about J-Slow’s coaching stats and all, but as far as I can remember, no writer has ever had to write about how he has job security.
Security isn’t news… it’s when the coach is losing it that it becomes news. At least as I see it.

Though I have to say it’s nice to see the Magic succeed (I’m not really a closet Magic fan or anything, but we can pretend if need be)… I’d still love to see a Jazz/Magic finals (with better results than the last game).

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by UtesFan89 on Dec 15, 2008 4:34 PM EST up reply actions