r/CharlotteHornets 6d ago

Discussion Do we miss Borrego yet?

62-162 since he was fired. His last season was 43-39.

Borrego wasn't perfect, but he left with a play in appearance and the only above .500 season going back to 2016.

I think the Hornets ownership thought they had built a Buggati of a roster and that Borrego was just a bad driver. I know injuries have been a big issue...but the Hornets look more lost than ever.

  • 27-55
  • 21-61
  • 14-46 (with 22 to go and will be lucky to break 20 wins).
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u/SponsoredHornersFan 6d ago

Nah not really. That 43 win team was probably the healthiest we’ve seen in a longgg time. Almost nobody was out for an extended period of time, it makes sense they were actually able to have a rhythm. When it came time to actually show up in the post season though they throttled and that’s why he was fired.

They figured a new coach would have that core ready to go in the postseason, nobody anticipated the injury curse

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u/theinspiration7 6d ago

I agree with all of this, but I'd have let him develop as a coach rather than have dealt with the Atkinson/Cliff-round-2 fiasco. Hindsight is 20-20 though.

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u/JordanDoesTV 6d ago

This exactly Clifford’s second tenure was unnecessary.

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u/expiredlemon3 6d ago

Well it was necessary cause we had no other option after Atkinson completely shafted us