Vinny Del Negro On Thin Ice, Could Be Fired Any Day Now
Ever since the NBA All-Star break the Los Angeles Clippers have had a tough time winning games, the reason for which is unknown. It seems though that a lot of the blame is now being put atop the shoulders of Clippers head coach Vinny Del Negro, which may spell trouble for his future in Lob City.
According to a report on HoopsHype.com, (per a Bill Simmons Tweet), Vinny Del Negro is now treading on “super-thin, could-go-any-day-ice.” The fact that the Clippers got blow out on the road by the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday doesn’t exactly help matters too much for Del Negro. Another factor that may play into Del Negro’s inevitable departure, is thealleged altercation that Del Negro got into six days ago after a Clippers loss to the Phoenix Suns.
According to the Los Angeles Times Del Negro could be heard yelling at the Clippers after their 23 point loss the Thunder on Wednesday. Del Negro also admitted to the media that he was upset at his players, and expressed his anger towards them in the locker room post-game. Del Negro reportedly used the words, “approach, “compete”, and “defense” in his post-game tirade.
Del Negro expressed his anger toward the media by saying, ”We have to get the mentality of we have to play a certain way to win right now… But our overall approach and everything to the game has to be better. That’s what is disappointing to me. We have to do a better job of being in the moment from the get-go and not waiting to get into the game.” It seems that it’s only a matter of time until Del Negro is driven out of Los Angeles and replaced with a more capable, and impertinent coach who actually knows that they’re doing.
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