Coach K Replaced by...Scott Skiles

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Source: Skiles has fully guaranteed contract to coach Bucks
By Chris Sheridan
ESPN.com
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Updated: April 21, 2008, 3:32 PM ET
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Scott Skiles has agreed to a four-year, fully guaranteed contract to be the new head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks.


A league source confirmed the hiring of Skiles, which was first reported by the New York Post, and said Skiles was the only candidate to be formally interviewed by the team.



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The Bucks plan to introduce Skiles at a 5 p.m. ET news conference, The Associated Press reports.



The four-year commitment reflects the desire of ownership to have some coaching stability following the short tenures of Terry Porter, Terry Stotts and Larry Krystkowiak since the departure of coach George Karl following the 2002-03 season.

The Bucks fired Krystkowiak on Thursday, one day after finishing 26-56 in his one full season as coach.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel characterized Skiles' hiring as imminent, saying the team and coach were making significant progress in contract negotiations.

"The search is continuing. We're making progress and our goal, as stated before, is to react quickly," new Bucks general manager John Hammond told the newspaper Sunday, adding, "We will not discuss individual names of candidates at this time."

Hammond is attempting to mold the Bucks, one of the NBA's worst defensive teams, into a championship contender.

"The bottom line on this decision is that this is a results-driven league," Hammond said last week, when Krystkowiak's firing was announced. "Sometimes it comes down to wins and losses. Once again, the man that Larry was and the effort he put forth had little to do with the decision."

Skiles was fired by the Chicago Bulls last December after telling management he thought the team needed "a new voice." He was 165-172 during his time in Chicago, which began in November 2003 when he replaced Bill Cartwright.

The Bucks drafted Skiles in the first round of the 1986 draft, but he played only 13 games that season because of a neck injury. He played 10 seasons in the NBA.

Chris Sheridan covers the NBA for ESPN.com. Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

 

[mporter]

Good times for Milwaukee Bucks fans. :drinking:

 

[Ashamed]

Good times for Milwaukee Bucks fans. :drinking:

If there are any. One has to :drinking: to even watch the NBA let alone the Bucks.

 

[hokeyfine]

interesting how they say that larry and terry teams were undisciplined. I thought larry's reputation was no nonsence and disciplined. Spoiled rotten nba players are obviously more difficult to control than college players.

 

[Montana Gym Rat]

Skiles and Krysko are good buddies. I wonder if there's an assistant spot on that bench for Larry?

 

[Grizbacker1]

Skiles and Krysko are good buddies. I wonder if there's an assistant spot on that bench for Larry?

Not a chance LK will be an assistant at Milwaukee after getting canned, not to mention Michael Redd and LK don't see eye to eye.

But, it appears Skiles is going to hire none other than Kelvin Sampson.

 

[Sugar Bear 16]

Amazing I do not understand the coaching profession at all. It seems like these guys who cause problems and get fired for being a hack move up the ladder after they get canned. Bill bayno, Kelvin Sampson, and Kevin O'Neil etc.

 

[Grizbacker1]

Amazing I do not understand the coaching profession at all. It seems like these guys who cause problems and get fired for being a hack move up the ladder after they get canned. Bill bayno, Kelvin Sampson, and Kevin O'Neil etc.

I think it shows how much of a good ole boys club there is in the coaching fraternity. Let's be honest, the big schools all cheat to a certain degree, whether it is the coach directly involved or a booster doing the dirty work. The bottom line is they take care of each other, because they all want someone to do that for them, if they get caught with their hand in the cookie jar.

 

[bigtyme]

Amazing I do not understand the coaching profession at all. It seems like these guys who cause problems and get fired for being a hack move up the ladder after they get canned. Bill bayno, Kelvin Sampson, and Kevin O'Neil etc.

I am probably being ignorant here as a U of A fan, but what has Kevin O'Neil done in his past to deserved this kind of name recognition? I could probably find it if I looked hard enough, but am too lazy at this point.

 

[Grizbacker1]

Amazing I do not understand the coaching profession at all. It seems like these guys who cause problems and get fired for being a hack move up the ladder after they get canned. Bill bayno, Kelvin Sampson, and Kevin O'Neil etc.

I am probably being ignorant here as a U of A fan, but what has Kevin O'Neil done in his past to deserved this kind of name recognition? I could probably find it if I looked hard enough, but am too lazy at this point.

I don't know any specifics, but Lute Olson didn't want him anywhere near his program after he ran the team for a year.

 

[Sugar Bear 16]

Amazing I do not understand the coaching profession at all. It seems like these guys who cause problems and get fired for being a hack move up the ladder after they get canned. Bill bayno, Kelvin Sampson, and Kevin O'Neil etc.

I am probably being ignorant here as a U of A fan, but what has Kevin O'Neil done in his past to deserved this kind of name recognition? I could probably find it if I looked hard enough, but am too lazy at this point.

When he was at Northwestern and one of the many reasons he got fired or forced to resign from NU, was ole Kev has PR problems because he is reckless with his mouth and he has a hard time understanding that there are some things you can talk about in your own house and things you can't talk about at work especially when certain people are around. i.e women. Plus he spoke poorly of Ricky Brydsong the coach whom he replaced at NU who was later murdered in a racist shooting and he spoke poorly of Ricky after he was murdered. not cool

 

[bigtyme]

Amazing I do not understand the coaching profession at all. It seems like these guys who cause problems and get fired for being a hack move up the ladder after they get canned. Bill bayno, Kelvin Sampson, and Kevin O'Neil etc.

I am probably being ignorant here as a U of A fan, but what has Kevin O'Neil done in his past to deserved this kind of name recognition? I could probably find it if I looked hard enough, but am too lazy at this point.

I don't know any specifics, but Lute Olson didn't want him anywhere near his program after he ran the team for a year.

GB1, if you don't know any specifics, how do you know that Lute did not want him near his program? I find that interesting. I am a very big fan and have been down to Tucson a couple of games in the past two years. And this year specifically, I went down to watch UofA and USC play. From what I got from the faithful, Kevin was pretty well respected. In fact, during the game the reffing got out of control and someone through a bottle on the floor. Kevin was quick to grab a mike and made it clear that he would not tolerate that kind of behavior. I had gotten the feeling from that trip that Lute would not be back and that Kevin would be replacing him. I was not disappointed that I was wrong, but I do know that many of the boosters were happy with Kevin being there.

 

[Grizbacker1]

Amazing I do not understand the coaching profession at all. It seems like these guys who cause problems and get fired for being a hack move up the ladder after they get canned. Bill bayno, Kelvin Sampson, and Kevin O'Neil etc.

I am probably being ignorant here as a U of A fan, but what has Kevin O'Neil done in his past to deserved this kind of name recognition? I could probably find it if I looked hard enough, but am too lazy at this point.

I don't know any specifics, but Lute Olson didn't want him anywhere near his program after he ran the team for a year.

GB1, if you don't know any specifics, how do you know that Lute did not want him near his program? I find that interesting. I am a very big fan and have been down to Tucson a couple of games in the past two years. And this year specifically, I went down to watch UofA and USC play. From what I got from the faithful, Kevin was pretty well respected. In fact, during the game the reffing got out of control and someone through a bottle on the floor. Kevin was quick to grab a mike and made it clear that he would not tolerate that kind of behavior. I had gotten the feeling from that trip that Lute would not be back and that Kevin would be replacing him. I was not disappointed that I was wrong, but I do know that many of the boosters were happy with Kevin being there.

That one is pretty easy bigtyme. He had planned on having him take over when he retired, then Lute was able to watch him for a season and didn't like what he saw. Despite O' Neil telling the media he would be back on Lute's staff, Lute said he wouldn't and Kevin was reassigned. I think that is pretty convincing evidence don't you?