# Kidd - Fire Scott, or I go to Spurs... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 10, 2003, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kidd-fire-scott-or-i-go-to-spurs/187532 "2003-07-10T18:57:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kidd-fire-scott-or-i-go-to-spurs/187532/1 "2003-07-10T18:57:17Z")
Well - whadaya think? At [MSNBC.com](http://MSNBC.com), [this op-ed piece](http://www.msnbc.com/news/937156.asp?0dm=C12VS) states that Kidd is a Royal Flush to Scott’s Full House - both worthy, but Kidd much more valuable to bet on, because he is a one-of-a-few superstar and Scott is merely a good coach. Your thoughts? And how Kidd managed the announcement? In the article, they state that Nets’ management will be monitoring the media and radio talk shows to take the temperature of the public - don’t know how I feel about that - either Kidd is more important or Scott is, with public opinion counting comparatively little. Bottom line - Kidd is more important, but Scott has done an admirable job and should have been (and should still be) treated with more respect - i.e., announce in private and let Scott manage communications of the news, or have a statement where respect for Scott is played up, while the decision is made… ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kidd-fire-scott-or-i-go-to-spurs/187532/2 "2003-07-10T19:01:30Z")
[hijacking my own thread] oh, and is it just me, or does Jason Kidd look like he should have been one of the scrunchy-faced vampires on _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_? [/hijacking my own thread] ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kidd-fire-scott-or-i-go-to-spurs/187532/3 "2003-07-10T20:37:18Z")
There is no guarantee that Kidd will sign with the Nets even if Scott is fired, correct? Keep Scott and ship Kidd’s ego to San Antonio or wherever. These demands should never be made publicly, and there is no reason to kiss Kidd’s ass. Just show it the door. It is possible that the animosity between Kidd and Scott could be the distraction keeping NJ from winning a title. ---
**Author:** ![greck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ab992/32.png) [@greck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greck)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kidd-fire-scott-or-i-go-to-spurs/187532/4 "2003-07-10T22:02:25Z")
I like Byron Scott, but I think that team needs someone a little more dynamic as a coach. And what they really need is more fire power. Coaching had little to do with their loss in the finals, they need more people for kidd to dish to, put more points on the board. I think S.A. would be crazy to take Kidd over Tony Parker. Even though Kidd may be better, I think They have what they need and shouldn’t disrupt the chemistry. ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kidd-fire-scott-or-i-go-to-spurs/187532/5 "2003-07-10T22:10:27Z")
Kidd should have made this demand before the brains behind the operation, Eddie Jordan, left. I don’t think Scott is a very good game coach, either, and New Jersey should ditch him whether or not Kidd stays or not. ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kidd-fire-scott-or-i-go-to-spurs/187532/6 "2003-07-10T23:29:23Z")
It doesn’t really seem like Kidd to make those statements. Anyway, his wife speaks, so take it for what it’s worth: ESPN - [Kidd’s wife: ‘Fire coach’ demand not true](http://espn.go.com/nba/news/2003/0710/1579087.html) ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kidd-fire-scott-or-i-go-to-spurs/187532/7 "2003-07-11T13:18:03Z")
Okay - so we have the denial that **green\_bladder** posted (thanks green!) So what is this - a big No Big Deal? Was it a well-considered leak to the post to take the public’s temperature for such a move, with the “categorical” denial in place to protect all parties should nothing happen? (but if Kidd stays and Scott goes, clearly Kidd said something, so how trustworthy would the denial look?) Is this just a play for Kidd to put forth an un-meetable demand to force a move to the Spurs? And _does_ Jason Kidd look like a _Buffy_ vampire? ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kidd-fire-scott-or-i-go-to-spurs/187532/8 "2003-07-11T13:44:49Z")
Well they were throwing around Rick Carliale (Spelled wrong I know) and Doug Collins as possible replacements, which makes me cringe. Now if Van Gundy had been available it would be a different ballgame. ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kidd-fire-scott-or-i-go-to-spurs/187532/9 "2003-07-11T14:51:56Z")
Gee what a suprise- the article was complete BS. Now the Nets are refuting it as well. > [@](#): > > Nets president and general manager Rod Thorn on Thursday refuted reports in The New York Post and The Record of Bergen County that Kidd demanded coach Byron Scott’s firing in order to re-sign with the Nets. > > “I want to reiterate that this was an erroneous story without merit – Jason Kidd has never asked nor demanded that Coach Scott be fired, and to be portrayed otherwise is an injustice to Jason as well as Coach Scott,” he said in a written statement. > > Both reports cited unnamed sources. [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/news/2003/07/10/kidd\_torn\_ap/](http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/news/2003/07/10/kidd_torn_ap/) The New York Post is full of crap- I am stunned! :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kidd-fire-scott-or-i-go-to-spurs/187532/10 "2003-07-12T02:38:59Z")
Well, shit. Kidd’s gonna re-sign with the Nets. [http://espn.go.com/nba/news/2003/0711/1579469.html](http://espn.go.com/nba/news/2003/0711/1579469.html) Like he’s ever gonna win a championship now… ---
**Author:** ![Soup\_du\_jour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Soup\_du\_jour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup_du_jour)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kidd-fire-scott-or-i-go-to-spurs/187532/11 "2003-07-12T03:41:35Z")
Eh. We didn’t need him anyway.