Last night around midnight, anyone following Kevin Love on Twitter got the breaking news that Kevin McHale would not be returning as Head Coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves. A unique thing this Twitter is, something I use a lot. Many media outlets use it to blast out breaking news and now the everyday fan can get a break on a story directly from a player before the media hounds jump all over it.
So the story here is that after 16 years with the organization, the Ostrich is gone. Here in Minnesota, we like our local guys, but the release of McHale was over due. He was a great Golden Gopher and had a heralded NBA career with the Boston Celtics, but his front office bafoonarey was just too much. Dan Barriero of KFAN nailed when he said a few years back that McHale is the leader of the Country Club on 1st Ave, and until he's gone, this franchise is stuck in mediocrity.
A couple of years removed from the best player in franchise history being traded away, the Timberwolves now have a new General Manger and no coach. So who will they bring in? Who is capable of leading a team now full of talented young players? My vote goes to former Timberwolf Sam Mitchell. What say you? So say we all!
Sports Five
- Favre threw some passes today at Oak Grove High School, said he threw ok, but ok is not good enough for the NFL. And in case you've never seen Favre toss a football, ESPN even has video of today's exciting session.
- Shaincoe has a lot to say about Favre..... a lot.
- Former 1st round pick (loser) Ryan Leaf arrested at Canadian border.
- US Open starts tomorrow, here's the tee times.
- Steve Aschburner feels the Timberwolves are wrong in firing McHale.
Gaming Five
- Guitar Hero still reviews well, latest title sitting at 86% so far.
- Bioware announces Dragon Age system requirements. Nothing too fancy needed, good for the poor gamer.
- Developer Stardock recommends switching over to Windows 7 as soon as possible to enhance the coming PC titles. Since I'm writing this from my XPS 630 running Win 7, I'm good.
- With Father's Day coming up, IGN has put together a fun list: 10 worst gaming dads.
- Factor 5, the studio that recently filed for bankruptcy, is now getting sued by former employees.
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