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  • Posted on: Sun, 01/30/2011 - 10:21am #25334
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    The Indiana Pacers have fired Jim O’Brien in his fourth season as coach with the team, Yahoo! Sports and the Indianapolis Star have reported.

     

     

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    Ron Hoskins/Getty ImagesJim O’Brien was hired to coach the Pacers in May 2007.

     

    O’Brien was told of his dismissal during a Sunday morning meeting with Pacers president Larry Bird, the Yahoo! Sports report said. The Pacers have called a 4 p.m. ET news conference, according to the Indianapolis newspaper.

    Assistant coach Frank Vogel will take over on an interim basis.

    The Pacers sat in 10th place in the Eastern Conference at 17-27 after a 110-98 loss at Chicago on Saturday, their seventh loss in eight games.

    Hired to reverse course for a team that had plenty of off-the-court troubles before his arrival, the Pacers have continued to flounder on the floor, missing the playoffs in each of his three seasons to extend a streak of missed postseasons to four.

    The Pacers were 121-169 under O’Brien, dropping his career coaching record in the NBA to 303-327.

    O’Brien, who succeeded current Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle, had been out of coaching since he was fired by the 76ers after the 2004-05 season.

    He also coached the Celtics from 2001 to 2004.

     

     

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  • Posted on: Sun, 01/30/2011 - 11:22am #480667
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    Wavy Bagels
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    You hear that Danny, Darren, Roy and crew? It’s on you guys to turn it around now!

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  • Posted on: Sun, 01/30/2011 - 11:56am #480683
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    IndianaBasketball
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    The players started tuning him out long ago.

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  • Posted on: Sun, 01/30/2011 - 12:01pm #480689
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    OneBigBucketHead
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    I knew this was a bad hire to begin with.  Why would you hire a coach who is constantly getting fired to start your rebuilding process?  They need to get someone young and fresh.  Someone like a Mark Jackson or a coach that has a good creditials but fired unfairly….ala a Mike Brown

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  • Posted on: Sun, 01/30/2011 - 2:33pm #480784
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     Maybe Hibbert will actually start doing well for my fantasy team now…. No player has been in a bigger slump than him….

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  • Posted on: Sun, 01/30/2011 - 4:21pm #480824
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    omphalos
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    I wonder how this Vogel guy will pan out. I disagree that Mike Brown was fired unfairly also. Now might be the time for Mark Jackson.

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