快船今年取得了56勝的歷史最好成績， 可是教練卻被解僱。 最初報道說快船解僱了教練Del Negro是為了保留Chris Paul，因為Chris今年夏天是自由人了。 報道雖沒有明示Chris要求俱樂部換教練，但明眼人都看出Chris是解僱Del的背後推手。

當時讀了報道俺還有些悲哀： 沒想到Chris也淪落到卡賣龍·安斯尼的地步 - 不能贏球怨教練。 把菲爾請來你就能拿冠軍嗎，拿不到冠軍你不是自己打自己嘴巴嗎？ 俺當時幾乎完全相信了那篇報道的一面之詞。

今天報道說Chris對於俱樂部把解僱教練的責任推到他身上很生氣，而且報道了事情發展的來龍去脈。看過報道後，俺還是一頭霧水，這種你說我說的情況，我們究竟相信誰？

事情的發展是這樣的。

1. 快船在五月三日季後賽第一輪輸給灰熊結束賽季。 五月二十一日Del Negro被解僱。

2. 快船隊老闆Donald Sterling 和洛杉磯時報的T.J. Simers談這件事時這樣說（應該是五月二十二日）：
     Donald說： 教練是極品男，事情發展到今天這樣子我很難過啊。（"The coach is a wonderful man, and I'm sad about the whole thing," Sterling said.）

     Simers問: 你這是舍帥保車嗎？ （"Was this done," I asked, "just to hang on to Chris Paul?"）

     Donald說： 我是個誠實的人，我不想說假話，所以我最好閉嘴。（ "I always want to be honest and not say anything that is not true," Sterling said. "So I'd rather not say anything.
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     Donald接着說： 教練確實很出色，至少我這樣認為。 我喜歡和他一起工作，可是七大姑八大姨不停地吵吵嚷嚷，好端端的生活被搞得亂七八糟，很複雜很糾結呀。 （ "But you know, the coach did a really good job. I think he did. And I liked working with him. There are just factors that make life very complicated and very challenging."）

     在Simers窮追猛打下，Donald最後嘆曰： 世界是年輕人的，俱樂部是球員的。如果想贏球就得讓球員高興，光搓腿是不能讓球員滿意的。 （"This is a players' league, and, unfortunately, if you want to win, you have to make the players happy."）



3. 不知道解僱Del時俱樂部是否和他談過話是否給了他一個理由。 但至少Del得到的信息和老闆的說法相符，因為接下來Del在Dan Patrick Show上說，他（Chris）是自由人，俱樂部是被迫做的決定。 Chris有資格發表他的看法，云云， （"Well, Chris is a free agent," Del Negro said. "They were compelled to make a decision. He's entitled to his opinion. He's a free agent and he's going to have a lot of say on a lot of things as he did in the previous summer when we put the team together."）

至此可以確定，我看到的第一篇關於Chris是Del被解僱的推手報道不是空穴來風。

4. 今天鋪天蓋地的報道說小炮對俱樂部解僱教練和他有關的說法很生氣，這可能導致他不和俱樂部續約。 報道說小炮事先就拒絕踏入教練去留的稀泥中。 （"Chris made it abundantly clear to the Clippers that he did not want to be involved in any decision about Vinny's future," the source said. "And Blake had nothing to do with it, either."）


5. 報道還透露解僱Del是front office的決定，因為他們對去年Del私下去勾引波士頓的Kevin Garnett很惱火而且一直耿耿於懷。  （according to a source. As the February trade deadline neared, the source said Del Negro discussed a potential deal with the Boston Celtics that would have sent DeAndre Jordan and Eric Bledsoe to Boston for Kevin Garnett. The rumor became major news around the league, even though the Clippers' front office was staunchly against the trade）。 Del是否這樣做了？ 請假老道給個說法。

   消息還肯定解僱教練和隊員沒有關係。 （"The front office's feelings about getting rid of Vinny were strong enough that the players didn't need to get involved,"）

作為局外人，面對上述紛亂報道俺迷惑了。 這種事情只有你說我說了，究竟誰說的是事實？我們可能永遠都不會知道，但有一個事實是肯定的： 歷史上為快船取得最好成績的教練丟了飯碗。