Why The Brooklyn Nets FIRED Jacque Vaughn

Why The Brooklyn Nets FIRED Jacque Vaughn

You look well rested did you go to parties did you do the whole schmoo thing I I I did everything but you know it’s running back week so we’re ready let’s get it did it usually after a weekend festivities I don’t look rest in shoms we we we do things differently

Clearly yeah clear C still you still hear me this is still from Vegas this isal what I got going on this is it’s still happening all right we’re going to get allar stuff for a second but we do have breaking news a little Scoops action happening uh nothing like a

Firing on a Monday morning Shams what’s going on Jack Bond fired by the Brooklyn Nets he just signed a multi-year contract extension last February but he is now fired they lost by 50 points right before the All-Star break to the Celtics we know this team has has been pretty

Dreadful ever since really the new year they just have not been able to win games on a consistent level and yes I think the play right before the All-Star break contributed but multiple players including Spencer Dy who’s now departed Mel Bridges already there they were pretty vocal behind the scenes for

Months now about how the offense was running they felt like a lot of what what Jack vaugh was running was being run improperly uh without structure Jack vaugh came into this into the year said we’re going to run a free-for-all offense and the team from what I gather

Has been pretty bonded on the fact that you know developing a hierarchy was important and when they went into the the the training camp a lot of their offense was built around Ben Simmons and him playing at the one and him playing at a high level for them but throughout

The season he has been unavailable um and so this is now the third coach Shawn under Shawn marks uh since 2016 Kenny ainson Steve Nash Jack vaugh you had a jack vongh interim uh appearance multiple times during that stint as well and so the Nets have a lot of questions

Who’s going to be the interm who’s going to be the long-term head coach they have male Bridges there you clearly build around male Bridges but out of Cam Thomas cam Johnson Ben Simmons who are you building around on this roster I think Jack Von’s firing is just the tip

Of the iceberg for all the questions the Nets have um Shams the unprofessionalism was just because when you said Ben Simmons that got a reaction here well hold on hold on that’s been a real thing that they were going to build this offense in Brooklyn round Ben this offense the

Offense in Brooklyn going into training camp was was clearly built around the availability of Ben Simmons I mean you just when you watch the games the ball was in his hands he was tasked to make the plays surprised he made it out of training camp I don’t I don’t I don’t know I

Don’t know if that was a great plan especially with him just being unhealthy you don’t know if it was a great plan know I mean this hasn’t this is the first time I’m hearing of this that’s why I think we reacted has been line he hasn’t played he’s had

The issues with the back the other you know his mental health so this this was confusing to me especially the guy Mel Bridges who’s clearly their guy going forward obviously they have some pieces that they you know they should be competing more what are they they’re uh

They’re 21 and 33 and the East is kind of wide open so this could have been a team that could have made some noise I think they almost rewarded Jack vaugh last year for just kind of getting through the whole debacle with the Kyrie and KD thing and and now I think that’s

Going to go a different route hire a mark dagot type hire you know someone like that where it’s young uh not a lot of pressure to win right away to develop these guys but it’s a tough City to develop Brooklyn the New York it’s it’s

A city you want to win now you can get free agents it’s a great market so right it’s tough but the idea of building the offense R Ben Simmons I I do that a 50o loss to probably didn’t help something is the timing weird like why why now is

It because of the 50o loss why not before the weekend like what how’s that work I think the 50o loss plays a part I think just how the Nets have looked uh ever since really January 1 this team just has not been able to win consistently and and this has been

Brewing in a lot of ways behind the scenes the Nets just they just didn’t act until now after the All-Star break after trade deadline but like Chandler said I think we should give Jack V credit when they had Kevin Durant last year Kyrie Irving this team was

Competing for the top seed in the East uh from everything I’m told I think Kevin Durant Kyrie iring both enjoyed playing for Jack vaugh and he he he did he did do a good job last year he did earn what he got which is the full-time

Job he got an extension out of it but this year with this group just was not able to have the same level of su so he saw this Co it’s not like he’s just in Turks right now Allstar Weekend just got canned like he knew this was kind

Of coming there was conversations I’m assuming right this isn’t just out of the blue 21 anytime you own a multi-year deal though it’s it’s tough to get fired like this and and this is half a year after you know you just get your extension I my point is too like when a

When an organization hires someone like this and you have that team like what are your realistic like expectations like what do like what do you think is going to happen when you have this Ben Simmons situation glooming over your head when your best player is Mel Bridges and then you have some pieces

Around that you can’t really you can’t really expect that’s not fair to expect probably thought they had enough I mean Mel Bridges is is is one of those guys you bring in Spencer Den witty uh last year who had uh hell of a season down in Dallas you thought maybe you were going

To get that version of him and so and you got cam Thomas you you know you got the other cam cam Johnson Nick claxon is playing really well protecting the rim for them they had they had some pieces they probably felt like that was enough

To to to be competitive in the East and it just didn’t get done all right so if they’re 11th right now they’re two and a half games back of being in a play in is there a shot I mean there’s a shot just because through the teams above them

Atlanta Chicago Toronto’s kind of right there in the mix Atlanta gets inic gets I think there’s a shot though I think they have enough Talent here to win game that’s the problem they’re kind of in that gray area where they’re not really tanking and rebuilding now you just you

Just re you just reset the the the table now get you get rid of your coach so now your players are unsure what the direction of the organization is going to be at this point and you create some confusion so I I think this this puts

Them in a tail SP yeah who do they bring in do they just keep someone that’s on the staff now do they hire someone immediately do it’s a tough situation yeah what’s the Long play there what is the Long play you don’t know do you just

Try and shut down like your guys for the rest of the season the next 30 games and kind of try and get the highest possible draft pick who knows but it’s a sticky situation that Jack Von again at least he’s getting his money I was going to

Say I’m always happy when someone gets paid not to work American dream I love that so much uh Shams all right we’re gonna talk a little All-Star right now

On today’s episode of ‘Run It Back’ LIVE on FanDuel TV co-hosts Michelle Beadle, Shams Charania, Lou Williams, and Chandler Parsons discuss the Brooklyn Nets firing head coach Jacque Vaughn.

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