May 2009 - Posts
People who are arguing whether Dwight Howard was justified in calling out his coach, Stan Van Gundy, have picked the wrong fight. It doesn’t matter if the Magic star is right. If Orlando finishes the job of giving away this series to the Celtics, there is no way Van Gundy can keep his job.
There is no alternative. The Magic already choked away two big fourth-quarter leads and put the Celtics in position to win a series they should already have lost. It’s hard to envision the Magic winning a Game 7 in Boston, much less Game 6 in their own building. The team’s best player is calling his coach out in public. The coach is calling out his best player. The end isn’t really in question. The Titanic has already hit the iceberg. The lights may be on and the restaurant is still serving lobster and caviar, but the ship be sinking.
And when that happens, the captain goes down with it. It doesn’t matter if he was at the helm when the accident happened. It’s his ship and his responsibility.
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