Mike Montgomery out of a job

catBBfan · Post by **catBBfan** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 9:08 am

Montgomery dismissed, Nelson re-hired by Warriors

By Chronicle Staff and The Associated Press

OAKLAND, Calif. — Coach Mike Montgomery was dismissed by the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday, and Don Nelson was ready to step in.
Golden State will re-hire Nelson, the second-winningest coach in NBA history and the last coach to lead the downtrodden Warriors to the playoffs, on Wednesday, a league source told The Associated Press.
The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal hadn’t been completed, said the 66-year-old Nelson settled his differences with Warriors owner Chris Cohan and agreed to return to the club where he went 277-260 from 1988-95 and led Golden State to its last playoff appearance in 1994.
Nelson, a three-time NBA coach of the year, has won 1,190 games in a career that also includes stops in Milwaukee, New York and Dallas, where he won 339 games and led the Mavericks’ revitalization from 1998 until March 2005, when he left amid health concerns.

anacondagriz · Post by **anacondagriz** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 4:55 pm

I would love to be out of a job with the kind of money he just got in the buyout.