By Blaidd Drwg
Clippers Coach Vinny Del Negro is on the hot seat because of his team’s middling performance. He received the dreaded “vote of confidence” from the GM and owner of the team. From espn.com:
…coach Vinny Del Negro received a vote of confidence from Clippers owner Donald Sterling and general manager Neil Olshey this week and appears safe to finish the season as the team’s coach after reportedly being on the hot seat last week.
Receiving the “vote of confidence” is a close to a guarantee that you are hanging on by a thread in professional sports. Too often, a manager or coach gets it and is fired within a couple of weeks. My prediction – Del Negro gets fired if the team goes .500 or worse over their next 8 games (which is about 2 weeks from the date of his “vote of confidence”.
FlatbreadGarden 
Hiring Vinny Del Negro should be a fireable offense in itself.
Donald Sterling is a tightwad moron — I bet he hired Del Negro because Vinny represented the most recognizable name at the lowest cost.
It’s over when Chris Paul (and/or Blake Griffin) says it is. If either is unhappy then Del Negro won’t feel the door hit him on the way out.
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I think Del Negro is safe – the Clippers have won 5 in a row since he went on the hot seat. I don’t doubt the reason for his hiring. They could have done much better.
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To quote myself:
“Donald Sterling is a tightwad moron — I bet he hired Del Negro because Vinny represented the most recognizable name at the lowest cost.”
Quote from yesterday’s Bill Simmons piece on the Clippers:
“If you remember, Sterling hired Del Negro for a decidedly Clipperish reason: The Bulls were covering half of Del Negro’s salary last season, which meant Sterling only had to pay for half a coach.”
DING!
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