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O’Neill Dismissed As Raptors Head Coach
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(April 16, 2004) -- Toronto Raptors interim General Manager Jack McCloskey announced Friday that Kevin O’Neill has been dismissed as head coach of the team. Assistants Tony Brown, Bob Beyer, Jim Sann and Ron Oliver have been relieved of their duties.
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“This season fell well short of our expectations, and while the blame for that certainly does not rest on Kevin O’Neill and his staff alone, we felt that the team’s lack of success on the court, and the fact that we are committed to providing the general manager with every opportunity to succeed, necessitated this change,” McCloskey said.
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“This franchise has everything required to build a team capable of contending for an NBA championship,” McCloskey added. “We have a core group of talented players, committed ownership, terrific fans that support our team win or lose, and a great arena in a great city. There has been considerable interest in our general manager’s position from the type of quality candidates that you want. We’re going to bring in an outstanding general manager and a coaching staff that is going to get this team back in the direction that it was two years ago. I’m very excited about the future for the Toronto Raptors.”
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O’Neill joined the Raptors in June of 2003 after serving as assistant coach with the New York Knicks and then the Detroit Pistons. He was signed to a two-year agreement to coach the Raptors in his first stint at the helm of an NBA club.
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