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Originally Posted by miami_fan
I get the firing and agree it should have happened in the offseason. I can't for the life of me understand bringing back Tim Floyd as an assistant. So is Bower just a figurehead while Tim Floyd coaches the team behind the scenes?
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I get the impression Floyd will have a larger role than the typical assistant, even top assistant. Bower was an assistant coach under Floyd in 2004, and having never been a head coach, he hired him back for guidance.
Basically Scott would've been fired after last season but Shinn didn't want to pay the last year on his contract as well as a new coach's contract. So this was always going to be a wasted year -- either with a lame duck, tuned-out Byron Scott, or now with the Mickey Mouse temporary combo of Bower + Floyd. They will need to make a serious hire this offseason or risk Chris Paul's wrath.