UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, April 24,1996
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By ScottAdams
Hornets coach Bristow resigns
The Associated Press
"Allan and I came to a mutual agreement that it was time for us to make a change and head in a different direction," Hornets owner George Shinn said. "Allan has been with us a long time, and I appreciate all of the effort and dedication he put into his job. I feel he already did the very best job he possibly could."
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Allan Bristow resigned under pressure as coach of the Charlotte Hornets yesterday after the club had a nine-game drop-off from last season's record and failed to make the plavoffs.
Bristow had taken a struggling three-year-old franchise and molded it into respectability, but he had been unable to turn the team into a consistent winner.
Bristow did not go out after a losing record. But the Hornets' 41-41
The Hornets were forced to improve on a f ranchise-record 50 victories last se ason, and fans were hoping this would be the year Charlotte took its place among the NBA's elite.
The Hornets closed the season with a four-gar ne losing streak at the Charlotte Coli seum, a slide that did not set well in a city that consistently is among the NBA attendance leaders. The Hornets have sold out 317 consecutive games, but that represents total tickets distributed not
mark and failure to make the playoffs represented much less than had been expected f from Charlotte this season.
Instead, the Flornets ranked at or near the bottom of the league in several defensive categories, contributing to wildly in consistent play in the stretch run that cost the team a playoff berth.
When asked what role fans played in Bristow's resignation, Bob Bass, vice president of basketball operations said: "You don't want fans telling you how to run your business. At the same point, they're extremely, extremely important to us."
actual attendance.
Bristow, who never had been a head coach before on any level, was given the Hornets job in 1991 and assigned the task of leading a franchise that was coming off a 26-victory season.
Bristow, who played nine NBA seasons with Philadelphia, San Antonio, Utah and Dallas, led the Hornets to the playoffs twice. They made it to the Eastern Conference semifinals in 1993 but were eliminated in the first round last year by Chicago.
The Hornets' records under Bristow were, in order, 31-51, 44-38, 41-41, 50-32 and 41-41.
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