After just one season with Frank Vogel, the Phoenix Suns are moving on to a new era, as they have reportedly agreed with Mike Budenholzer to be the franchise’s next head coach, as reported by Shams Charania of The Athletic.
The Suns felt the need to part ways with Vogel and find a replacement for him after an embarrassing first-round exit from the 2024 NBA Playoffs, which was via a sweep at the hands of Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Budenholzer most recently coached in the NBA for the Milwaukee Bucks, whom he also led to an NBA title back in 2021. Interestingly enough, Budenholzer coached against the Suns during that memorable Bucks title run.
Fans React to Phoenix Suns Hiring Mike Budenholzer as Head Coach
Here are some of the reactions to Budenholzer’s hiring we have collected from X (the social media app previously known as Twitter):
“Another scapegoat coming soon, won’t change anything for that poverty organization 😂😂😂”
“Wow. The Suns will pay him $50 million for 2-3 seasons after firing him prematurely.”
“Why would they do 5 years they gon fire him next year 😭”
“good lord this is the very definition of throwing good money after bad”
“Im confused the multi year deal vogel signed did they have to pay him the full amount since there was contract in place??”
“They gonna fire him after they get first rounded again”
“The suns will proabably keep him an extra year just so they can be like we didn’t fire him after the first year”
“1 year from now: BREAKING NEWS: Phoenix Suns head coach Mike Budenholzer has been fired per Woj”
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