Rich Eisen on Suns Firing Budenholzer & Why Fans Shouldn’t Hold Their Breath on Hurley Leaving UConn

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1. Phoenix Suns New Head Coach Dan Hurley👀

2. Deltufo's (sp?) laugh is gold

3. "and it's long been thought Devin Booker would rather be a Laker" — by who, Laker fans? if you don't follow the team maybe sit this one out and wait till the subject changes.

4. its mindblowing to me that NBA teams look at their coaches the same way NFL teams do, completely different sports and team building tactices, yet the coach still has the same short leash to help quell fan anger, ridiculous

5. Suns can interview experienced coaches Mike Brown or Michael Malone

6. Man the suns are turning into a college program with their head coach’s 😂😂😂

7. Spo still down in Miami with his job security

8. stupid billionaires throw money at problems is not news, it’s a daily thing

9. Nick basically quiet quit before he was fired. But good for Doc Rivers, still employable, somehow

10. Meanwhile Billy Donovan still has a job with a 195-205 record with 1 playoff win. That's the Bulls for ya

11. how many coaches do the suns owe money to now? jesus… at some point the ownership needs to start pointing the finger directly at themselves for botching the past half decade

12. Budenholzer always looks like he's going through appendicitis.

13. What the f*** is there to be disappointed about for Suns fans??? They had no bench, no real option at center, and 3 unworkable/untrade-able contracts. It's laughable to think 30 wins is bellow what this team was capable of…. I'm surprised they got more than 20 wins

14. The 2020-2021 Suns would be a 2 seed in the west THIS YEAR

15. Spolestra down there in Miami

16. The Phoenix Suns are probably in the top 5 for most poorly run franchises in professional sports. Poorly constructed roster, ridiculous to take on Beal's contract, firing a coach each year… I give KD about 2 months before he demands out again.

17. Hurley to NYC!!

18. Haters

19. Hasn't Jason Kidd won a championship as a Coach?

20. Why are we acting like they killed a kitty. Bud is a shitty head coach like Darvin Ham. They underperformed they got sacked. That simple. Same way players get cut, traded, bought out…

21. Paying 3 coaches to not coach for them. 😂

22. Phx Suns firing a COY and two Championship coaches is ridiculous. They need to fire Josh Bartelstein and kick Bradley Beal out the door.

23. And for the record, it has never been thought that Book would rather be a Laker. That’s just nonsense!

24. Hurley is a happily married man. His wife told him no last year and he turned down the lakers job. Why would anyone think this year is any different ? Hands off our coach ! Uconn needs another natty !

25. Hurley didn’t turn down anybody he used us as a negotiating chip and look how that turned out for him

26. 1:51 Who would want that job? Literally *anyone*. You are gonna get paid the full contract for 1 year of work? Sign me the heck up. Both Vogel and Bud had 5y deals. The only coach doing better than them is Monty Williams. Getting paid $65M to do jack squat for 5 years. Give me that job every day and twice on Sundays.

27. The NBA run by its players who are all completely unlikeable is it's own worst enemy.

28. Is Bud still getting paid by the Bucks and now the Suns?

29. Phoenix Suns messed up by firing Monty Williams as Head Coach in the summer of 2023, should've kept him. Should've never traded for Kevin Durant in '23" , should've never traded for Bradley Beal in "23". Built around their young core at the time and traded for a young All-Star (Power Forward or Center). Suns traded way at least 10 years/Seasons of a good young team , for 3 Seasons with KD & Beal. Smh :/

30. Kevin Durant has got 6 coaches fired in his career so far. (PJ Carlisimo in 2008 & Scott Brooks in 2015 with Oklahoma City Thunder , Steve Nash in 2022 with Brooklyn Nets , Monty Williams in 2023 , Frank Vogel in 2024 and now Mike Budenholzer in 2025 with Phoenix Suns).

31. if the knicks get bounced in round 1 or are non-competitive in r2 against the celtics, most likely outcome is knicks go for dan hurley

32. if the knicks get bounced in round 1 or are non-competitive in r2 against the celtics, most likely outcome is knicks go for dan hurley. the team is not gritty with Randle and DVo gone, and the coach has to change with the character of the team

33. Bring bud back to Milwaukee

34. Might as well just have the players be the coach

35. Nick Nurse next to be fired. I'd put money on it

36. Suns ard the NBA's Cleveland Browns

37. next suns coach won't make it pass 1 year

38. book got another coach fired