Are Kings Fans Bitter or Justified in Dislike of Van Gundy?

by TheGiantSquid on Jan 13, 2009 6:42 PM EST

An article by Brian Schmitz on his basketblog states that the Magic's coach, Stan Van Gundy, will "forever regret" misleading the Sacramento Kings during the summer of 2007 when he was shopping around for coaching jobs.

A stinging column note appeared in Tuesday's Sacramento Bee by Bill Bradley, under the headline "Sacramento Was A Used Car For Van Gundy's Trip."

Wrote Bradley, "While Van Gundy was 'visiting,' the Magic resolved its differences with estranged new coach Billy Donovan, worked out compensation for Van Gundy with the Heat (his estranged team) and made Van Gundy an offer he couldn't refuse.

"Van Gundy has since offered contrition, but the incident still leaves a sour taste. In almost 25 years in this business, I've seen some bad coaching matches. I have seen few worse examples of coach ethics as this one.

"The problem is, Van Gundy not only used the Kings, he used the Kings' fans as well."

I'm a little surprised at how angry fans and columnists are. Of course, this is coming from a fan who still dislikes McGrady, Hill, and Shaq, so I suppose I can see where they're coming from...

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Interesting.

I’d say their beef is legit, but .. I think its exacerbated even more given what SVG is doing in Orlando. I couldn’t blame Kings fans/media saying, ‘that could have been us.’

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by erivera7 on Jan 13, 2009 7:14 PM EST reply actions

Not bitter at all

SVG handled it poorly, and has admitted as such. It would be nice to have him as coach, but you can’t make daisey’s out of shit. Just that simple. Dwight Howard vs Brad Miller. This is no contest. SVG, as he said, made the right choice, but he simply handled the decision in regards to the Kings badly. No more needed to be said.

That having been said, any Kings fan harboring a grudge over SVG, is stupid.

No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. It's simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get tangled, you tango on

by pookeyguru on Jan 13, 2009 7:55 PM EST reply actions 1 recs