Report: Stan Van Gundy Calls Out Kings For Treatment Of Tyrone Corbin
By Ashley Dunkak
@AshleyDunkak
CBS DETROIT - The Sacramento Kings made it no secret they wanted to move on to a third head coach this season, and general manager Pete D'Alessandro announced Thursday that the Kings have indeed relieved head coach Tyrone Corbin of his duties and hired George Karl to replace him.
Detroit Pistons head coach Stan Van Gundy took issue with how it all unfolded.
"I think it's an unfortunate situation the way it's been handled," Van Gundy said, per ESPN, before the Pistons played the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday. "I think Tyrone Corbin has been treated very, very poorly by their organization. I think the way they've treated him is unfortunate and inexcusable for one of the real class acts in our business.
"To have a very public coaching, not search, courting going on," Van Gundy continued, "and while you're asking him to coach games, I think he's handled it with a great deal of class."
Van Gundy acknowledged that making a coaching change is a team owner's prerogative, but the openness of Sacramento's pursuit of Karl bothered him.
"You don't need to do it the way they're doing it now," Van Gundy said, according to ESPN. "That thing's been in the news for two weeks now, and Tyrone's coaching, and they obviously don't have any problem treating him like that.
"I have a hard time understanding that one, I really do," Van Gundy continued. "Tyrone Corbin is a class act. He was a class act as a player, he's a class act as a coach, and he's being treated very, very poorly."
Corbin took over as head coach after the Kings fired Mike Malone in December. With Corbin at the helm, the Kings went 7-21.
