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Alvin Gentry is no longer the head coach of the Phoenix Suns, as it was announced Friday that he and the team have decided to part ways.

The Suns lost 98-94 to the Milwaukee Bucks at US Airways Center Thursday night. The defeat, their fourth straight at home, dropped the Suns' record to a Western Conference-worst 13-28.

Gentry was in his fifth season as head coach of the Suns and had compiled a record of 158-144. The 58-year-old became the coach of the team in February of 2009 on an interim basis when Terry Porter was fired in his first season on the job. Gentry guided the Suns to an 18-13 mark the rest of the season. He was given the job on a permanent basis following the completion of the 2008-09 season

Undoubtedly, the finest moments of the Gentry era came in the 2009-10 season when the Suns reached the Western Conference Finals before falling to the Los Angeles Lakers in six games. Los Angeles would go on to defeat the Boston Celtics to win the NBA championship.

The Suns have missed the postseason in three of the last four seasons and are very much in danger of doing so again this season.

The Suns don't play another game until next Wednesday when they travel to take on the Sacramento Kings.

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    Rodsgsr wrote...
    I HATE THIS OWNER...You're not fooling anyone!
    January 18, 2013 11:37 am
    This owner set this man up to fail from day one. They put this terrible team together and they wanted Gentry to work miricles. Don’t feed me CRAP and tell me its prime rib you acted like a coward by not giving Gentry an extension and putting this terrible team together. Phill Jackson couldn't have done any better with this team. I'm sickened and can honestly say for the very first time I’m ashamed to be a Phoenix Suns fan. Win or lose with Colangelo I was always proud to be a fan because he conducted business with honesty and dignity. #missthedaysofColangelo
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    dech4 wrote...
    Suns are a joke!
    January 18, 2013 11:40 am
    Yet another reason to completely disregard this pitiful excuse for an NBA team. This team has been unwatchable for a number of years. The so-called brain-trust guiding this team should be the ones to go not a coach who has to run a team with little talent.
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    SafteyE wrote...
    The Suns problem
    January 18, 2013 11:53 am
    isn't the Head Coach - it's ownership. Robert Sarver got them into this mess by letting his ego get in the way of practically every single personnel move this team has made since he took over almost 10 years ago. I remember this city 20 years ago, when you couldn't go anywhere without seeing some Suns merchandise, license plates, bumper stickers, and when every single game was seemingly the biggest event of the year. Now, thanks in part to the Cardinals success, but mostly due to Sarver's ineptness, even the Coyotes seem to matter more. How sad.
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    1redcav wrote...
    Good
    January 18, 2013 11:58 am
    ...about time!
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    Hometown_Kid_23 wrote...
    All apart of the Process
    January 18, 2013 11:59 am
    This is all part of the rebuilding process. I never believed for a second that Gentry was considered the long term solution for the team. He was kept because he was a good coach that was willing to do the job at a cheap price. Babby and staff are following the philosophy of sucking to build through the draft PLAIN and SIMPLE. That said, we are looking to do that this summer as well as have the highest cap space available out of any team. That means if the Suns draft correctly, they will/ should be on the rise very soon, if not two years from now.
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    Hometown_Kid_23 wrote...
    All apart of the Process Part 2
    January 18, 2013 12:00 pm
    That said, they are going to need a new Head Coach to be apart of the new Phx Suns movement. If they trade away draft picks, disregard this message. If Babby does keep the picks, then I am all in favor of this move. He was a temporary solution, not the long-term. I do appreciate the work Gentry has done with this team having them fight every night because anybody who has half a brain knows that you could not win with this team.
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    dbaylesjr wrote...
    Firing Alvin Gentry
    January 18, 2013 12:01 pm
    This team had a lot of problems, but the coach wasn't one of them. Thought it was pretty clear that the team had to tank this season to get better. The absence of talent wasn't a problem he created. This is a real bad mistake.
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    Hometown_Kid_23 wrote...
    All apart of the Rebuilding Process
    January 18, 2013 12:09 pm
    This is all part of the rebuilding process. I never believed for a second that Gentry was considered the long term solution for the team. He was kept because he was a good coach that was willing to do the job at a cheap price. Babby and staff are following the philosophy of sucking to build through the draft PLAIN and SIMPLE. That said, we are looking to do that this summer, as well as, have the highest cap space available out of any team. That means if the Suns draft correctly, we will/ should be on the rise very soon if not two years from now.
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    Hometown_Kid_23 wrote...
    All apart of the Rebuilding Process Part 2
    January 18, 2013 12:09 pm
    That said, they are going to need a new Head Coach to be apart of the new Phx Suns movement. If they trade away draft picks, disregard this message. If Babby does keep the picks, then I am all in favor of this move. He was a temporary solution, not the long-term. I do appreciate the work Gentry has done with this team having them fight every night because anybody who has half a brain knows that you could not win with this team.
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    RichFromAz wrote...
    about dam time!!!!!
    January 18, 2013 12:11 pm
    best move of the season. I say half of our losses if not a third of them were on gentry especially last night loss. We were up with telfair and beasley on the floor. As soon as gentry took them out we lost the lead and the game. Now we just need to get rid of gortat. He's soft.
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