Byron Scott Fired by Hornets

So the New Orleans Hornets finally fired Byron Scott. After all the speculation and assumptions that he was on his way out the door the New Orleans Hornets held a press conference yesterday. Byron Scott was hired as the seventh coach in Hornet's franchise history in 2004 after being a assistant coach for the Sacramento Kings in 1998 and being the head coach of the New Jersey Nets from 2000 to 2003. During Byron's first year with the Hornets he lead his team to a dismal 18 and 64 record. After two more sub .500 seasons Byron finally broke through and lead his team to an amazing season. Scott lead them to a 56 and 26 record which had them sitting nice at the number two spot in the western conference and clinched the southwest division title. During this wonderful season the Hornets beat the Dallas Mavericks four games to one, but lost in the second round to the San Antonio Spurs. The following season he lead the Hornets to another postseason appearance, but was bounced out in the first round by the Denver Nuggets. Now this year the New Orleans Hornets have been getting beat up this year and are now 3 and 6 after getting pounded by the Phoenix Suns by 20 points. This early season debacle has Hornet's fans calling for his head and the organization let it roll. Look Byron Scott is a good coach. He was doing the best he could in a powerful western conference and it is too early in the season to determine that the Hornets will have a losing season. Byron Scott has turned organizations around, he did it in Sacramento, New Orleans and New Jersey. He lead the Nets to two straight NBA finals appearances, but was wrongfully fired because the team had a 22 and 20 record which was above five hundred and we all know that's good enough to make the eastern conference playoffs any year. In 2008 Byron Scott was named the coach of the western conference all-star team and was named the NBA coach of the year. Due to all these accolades in 2008 Byron Scott was given a two year extension only to have it snatched from him a year later. Why fire a coach in the middle of a season? No new coach is going to turn that team around right now. Only to have an interim coach just to get through the season and hire someone else that keeps riding around on this NBA coaching carousal.