Flip Saunders was fired today three years into a four-year, $18 million dollar contract. Wrap your mind around that. Flip Saunders was paid almost $18 million dollars to coach the Wizards. A team that gave him John Wall, what’s left of Rashard Lewis, and the guys who played the New York Knicks in the movie “Eddie” before Eddie came along. Lets hope the Wizards can start to turn things around here for a franchise that is very close to losing its star player when that rookie contract is up. 

Quick history lesson: I have a sports information internship at Washington & Lee University and as I was walking around to the office I noticed this awesome basketball court. I asked the director of the department about it and it used to be the primary court for the university. He was saying some of the greats in the game played on this very court including Jerry West while he was at West Virginia University. Washington & Lee left the conference after the 1958 season. Pay attention because history could be anywhere.Â