Another black coach bites the dust
The Phoenix Suns NBA team fired Terry Porter after giving him half a season to turn the franchise around. Half a season? Time to impeach Barack Obama. He hasn’t solved the crises in the banking or housing sectors, or ended the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan in the month he has been on the job. Clearly he has to go.
True the Suns have been a disappointment this year due to expectations that they could contend for the NBA Championship. But they are still 29-23 and contending for a playoff spot. The Chicago Bulls have a rookie coach with no previous head coaching experience, a losing record, with some questioning why he is still on the job.
The problem I have is that half a season is not enough time for any coach to implement their own system, and as I cited in a previous post, there appears to be a double standard when it comes to black coaches. Getting hired is much harder, and getting fired is much easier.
