Sacramento Kings general manager Vlade Divac has fired coach Dave Joerger after three years at the helm. By
The numbers reveal a troubling trend, boiled down to one immediate theme: turnover.
The Kings are consistent in one thing during an often-chaotic tour in Sacramento that started in 1985: They shuffle coaches in and out, like laundry going to the cleaners, including Thursday morning when Dave Joerger was dismissed by general manager Vlade Dicac with a year to go on his contract, despite the franchise having its best season in 13 years.
Some firings over the decades were on impulse as owners and front-office folks compete and boil over in emotions just like players and coaches, which can make for a combustible setting.