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00:00You think Missoula's in any jeopardy?
00:02No, not at all. Not one bit.
00:04I mean, they had back-to-back 61 seasons.
00:06They just won a title.
00:07And I know a lot of the coaches have been let go after winning a title.
00:10Look at Mike Malone this year, obviously.
00:12And his team had plenty of success going and pushing Oklahoma City to a seven-game series.
00:17So, I mean, I don't think there's any.
00:19I think they really believe in him.
00:20They believe in this philosophy.
00:21And to be honest, man, they just broke down at the end.
00:24Like, they completely broke down.
00:25But they were going to be down 3-1 even before Tatum got hurt.
00:27Yes, and they should have won that series.
00:28And they should have won games 1 and 2.
00:30That's why you'd look at Missoula.
00:31Independent of the 61 seasons, that's why you'd look at.
00:35I'm with you.
00:36I wouldn't fire him.
00:37Keith wouldn't fire him.
00:38I don't think they're going to fire him.
00:39But that's what people would look to.
00:40Yeah, I mean, obviously, in talking about a team this talented as well,
00:44you're going to look at the head coach.
00:45That just comes with the territory in any sport, but specifically basketball.
00:48And you have all these all-star and all-NBA players compiled on one roster.
00:53And you're eliminated in the second round.
00:54Like, this team was supposed to be playing into June.
00:56And this team was supposed to be back in the NBA Finals.
00:58And when they don't get there, people are naturally going to turn and look at Missoula.
01:01And don't get me wrong.
01:02He wasn't perfect through the series whatsoever.
01:04Not at all.
01:05Like, there was plenty of things down the stretch that they could have done right
01:07and blowing the 20-point leads in back-to-back games.
01:09I mean, people hadn't done that.
01:10A team hadn't done that in a single postseason.
01:12Let alone back-to-back games at home.
01:14Like, yeah, he was far from perfect.
01:16But it's also, it works.
01:17Like, this team over the last two years is 101 or 100 games over 500.
01:22Like, their philosophy is working.
01:23They just kind of ran out at the end and couldn't make shots.