January 22nd, 2011 
Josh Dhani 
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Only for this year. The Indiana Pacers do not like how Jim O’Brien has been coaching the team. Entering the last year of his contract, the Pacers look to fire him. But they can’t do it now, as there is no one on the staff that could be a good replacement.
Indiana just might as well keep him for the year, and fire him after that. At 16-23 and should be more like 20-19, O’Brien is just a terrible coach.
Chris Broussard had more on this:
“Indiana Pacers brass is not pleased with the performance of head coach Jim O’Brien, according to several league sources. That said, O’Brien, who is in the last year of his contract, is likely to remain as coach the rest of the season. Part of the reason is that no one on O’Brien’s staff — Dan Burke, Frank Vogel, Jay DeFruscio, Vitaly Potapenko and Walter McCarty — is viewed as a suitable replacement. One complaint about O’Brien is the strange way he divvies up minutes: Tyler Hansbrough plays 36 minutes one night, posting 23 points and 12 rebounds, and just 23 minutes the next; Paul George plays 21 minutes one night, four the next.”
Indiana looks to make a lot of changes after the season.
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I really can’t wait until he is gone. I don’t know of one single person on this planet that would like for him to come back. He was never right for this team, and even he shouldn’t be surprised once he is out of a job at the end of the season.
I agree he is not consistant with his rotations drives me crazy. Time for a change