Krystkowiak Loses NBA Job For Which He Spurned Utes
Uh-oh. Looks like Larry Krystkowiak made the wrong choice.
Having interviewed for the job to coach the Utes before athletic director Chris Hill hired Jim Boylen last year, Krystkowiak turned down the overtures in order to accept the promotion to head coach of the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks for which he'd been leveraging the Utes' interest.
And now, Krystko is out of a job.
The Bucks fired him after today, after going just 26-56 in his only season. Center Andrew Bogut -- the former Utah All-American -- told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel the biggest problem with the franchise is maybe no so much with the coach.
"We just need to bring someone that's going to buy into the system," Bogut said. "I think all 12 guys need to buy into the general manager's system and the head coach's system. If we don't do that, it doesn't matter if we hire Phil Jackson; it's going to be the same thing. If we get a group of guys that is willing to win and sacrifice individual accolades for the team, I think we'll be all right."
Of course, Krystkowiak is probably going to get a pile of money in the buyout. But he certainly would still have a job, had he taken the Utah job when he had the chance. Another article today notes how Krystkowiak probably isn't going to be the only one leaving the Bucks organization.
"The guy who hired Krystkowiak, general manager Larry Harris, only had a year left on his own deal," the Associated Press noted. "So that essentially meant Krystkowiak had only a year to get things turned around -- or the guy who hired him would be gone, and in would come a new general manager with his own thoughts about who should be head coach."
Having interviewed for the job to coach the Utes before athletic director Chris Hill hired Jim Boylen last year, Krystkowiak turned down the overtures in order to accept the promotion to head coach of the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks for which he'd been leveraging the Utes' interest.
And now, Krystko is out of a job.
The Bucks fired him after today, after going just 26-56 in his only season. Center Andrew Bogut -- the former Utah All-American -- told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel the biggest problem with the franchise is maybe no so much with the coach.
"We just need to bring someone that's going to buy into the system," Bogut said. "I think all 12 guys need to buy into the general manager's system and the head coach's system. If we don't do that, it doesn't matter if we hire Phil Jackson; it's going to be the same thing. If we get a group of guys that is willing to win and sacrifice individual accolades for the team, I think we'll be all right."
Of course, Krystkowiak is probably going to get a pile of money in the buyout. But he certainly would still have a job, had he taken the Utah job when he had the chance. Another article today notes how Krystkowiak probably isn't going to be the only one leaving the Bucks organization.
"The guy who hired Krystkowiak, general manager Larry Harris, only had a year left on his own deal," the Associated Press noted. "So that essentially meant Krystkowiak had only a year to get things turned around -- or the guy who hired him would be gone, and in would come a new general manager with his own thoughts about who should be head coach."
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