Stan Van Gundy: Dwight Wants Me Fired

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Stan Van Gundy confirmed a report that Dwight Howard has asked for him to be fired as head coach of the Magic.

"I was told it was true by people in our management," Van Gundy said.
"They haven't told me anything," Van Gundy said of Orlando management, "and they don't need to. I'm the coach right now, and I'm the coach until they decide I'm not the coach. It's 12:02 right now. If they want to fire me at 12:05, I'll go home and find something to do. I'll have a good day."

Van Gundy confirmed a WKMG-TV report that Howard is pushing for him to be fired.
Howard appeared taken aback when informed of Van Gundy's disclosure.
"Whatever happens at the end of the season is not under my control. I am a player for the Magic. I am not the GM. I am not (owner) Rich DeVos. I am not (president) Alex Martins. That is not my job. ... I haven't said anything to anybody about anything.

"I woke up just like you did yesterday, and I saw all of a sudden I want Stan out of here. Why would I want Stan to be fired with 12 games left in the season? Who's going to be the coach?"
Via Ian O'Connor/ESPN

Marc Stein ‏ @ESPNSteinLine
RT @Ian_OConnor: Howard comes in hugs Stan and doesn't realize Stan just confirmed story

Frank Isola ‏ @FisolaNYDN
Dwight now denying he asked for Stan to be fired. Asked reporters to give up their source. Hey genius, the source is Stan

All this coming up b4 playoff time. SVG has to sit there and coach a guy that wants him fired well its not the 1st time. And very surprised Orlando management telling him that.

lamontbdc

Shit at least they keeping it real instead of just bullshitting us around in the media. Orlando's ownership is letting howard run them into the ground,

eyes low

Dwight's a bitch

allday1992

They need to go ahead and trade him in the off season

They're not going to get any better and he's still going to leave after next season

[Deleted User]

dwight is severely overrated, trade the "kid" and get some grown men that are hyena hungry for titles ....

infamous114

Within the Orlando Magic, there were those suspicious of the possibility that Dwight Howard could’ve played the past two games with so-called back spasms, sources told Yahoo! Sports. Only Howard knows his threshold for pain, but everyone else knows this for a fact: His threshold for criticism is far less, and the possibility of becoming the bad guy for Stan Van Gundy’s eventual dismissal troubled him far more.

Howard has been calling for the firing of Van Gundy since the summer of 2011, a source close to the coach said, and those demands have included the dismissal of general manager Otis Smith, too. The Magic locker room has been divided for most of the season – most siding with Van Gundy, some with Howard, sources say – and it had reached a critical mass with Howard sitting out losses this week to Denver and Detroit.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=Am1GKL9Kesz9h5AXcCf5UUS8vLYF?slug=aw-wojnarowski_dwight_howard_van_gundy_magic040512

infamous114

"Van Gundy had a plan here. He understood that these Magic, losers of four straight, couldn’t go on this way. He wanted it out there: Yes, I’m gone. So stop tanking. Stop trying to get me fired. When the season is over, you’ll get your wish. For now, let’s play. Let’s try to win."

fightforolddc

I'm surprised Van Gundy admitted it. Should've taken the high road and not said anything in the media. A good leader keeps that kinda stuff in house.

infamous114

Does he even coach the Magic tonight? That's gonna be awkward....

fightforolddc

Oh hold up! Just seen the interview and changed my mind completely. Man Dwight Howard is a bitch nigga for this shit. Comin up to hug Van Gundy like that .... man fuck outta here ol two-faced nigga! Man this is lame AF.



Look at that ho ass muhfucka man. That's the epitome of ho shit.

Co-Town Michael

If I was Stan, I'd be like fuck ya'll niggas. Just fire me so I can get paid.
They really can't compete with the top of the conference, even with the best center in the league so Stan is just going out there for the $$$ now.

Matt-

howard is a lil bitch

fightforolddc

Co-Town Michael wrote: »

If I was Stan, I'd be like fuck ya'll niggas. Just fire me so I can get paid.
They really can't compete with the top of the conference, even with the best center in the league so Stan is just going out there for the $$$ now.

You see this shit bro?? That might be the highest degree of bitchniggashit ive ever seen an athlete in an interview\

allday1992

Stan left soon as dwight showed up

And dwight is a bitch for that interview you can tell he was lying. I respected the nigga more when he said he wanted to be traded

Co-Town Michael

fightforolddc wrote: »

Co-Town Michael wrote: »

If I was Stan, I'd be like fuck ya'll niggas. Just fire me so I can get paid.
They really can't compete with the top of the conference, even with the best center in the league so Stan is just going out there for the $$$ now.

You see this shit bro?? That might be the highest degree of bitchniggashit ive ever seen an athlete in an interview\

Dwight is like 1 of them niggas in highschool who give you a dap, then wait for you to leave to talk shit.
Grown ass men shouldn't be actin like this. Shit is *Charles voice* turrrrr-ible.

[Deleted User]

Dwight gon send that ship to the bottom of the ocean ....

u let bitch niggas call shots and they call for the heads of real niggas ....

Doubletee

Somewhere shaq is saying i told you so.

Truth Writer

Doubletee wrote: »

Somewhere shaq is saying i told you so.

I know right. Fucked up thing is, everyone said Shaq was being a hater the whole time. Nigga proabably sitting with the Shaq face like, 'Yep."

Datdude87

...dwight the type to look you dead in the eye and lie.

Alpha Outlaw

Dwight shoulda just got traded smh

your flyness

Some Ho shit here....

this is probably what Wade was talking about when he said "loyalty...hahaha" smh

detcatinva

i applaud SVG honesty. He know he gonna get fired and he knows how much a bitch nigga dwight is and right now SVG dont give a fuck.

ocelot

Bwhahahahahaha... Stans a real nigga

d.green

Messed up.

Someone needs to hire SVG he's a good coach.

Elzo69Revolutions

Stan Was like get ur lame ass away from me. dwight played himself hard in that video

KNiGHTS

Damn Dwight is pussy. I salute him for being Hard on Hoes, but this is pussy shit right here. Only thing that would've made Stan's walk more epic is if he looked up at Dwight and gave him a "Nigga please" look before dipping.

Also, Stan airing out Orlando's management and star player as pussies is going to make it next to impossible to get a real coach in there.