We're pretty sure George Karl wants to coach the Orlando Magic

On Thursday, Orlando Magic head coach Jacque Vaughn was fired by the team. His dismissal left an untested interim head coach in place and a rather thin assistant coaching staff on the bench as the Magic begin to try and turn around their disappointing season. All while general manager Rob Hennigan rightfully refused to full commit to interim coach James Borrego past his current “day-to-day” status.

Following the end of the 2013-14 season, former Cavaliers, Warriors, SuperSonics, Bucks and Denver Nuggets coach George Karl stopped receiving income from his former Nuggets squad; the franchise that parted ways with him in the summer of 2013.

Karl, at age 63, still wants to coach.

George Karl has a Twitter account.

You can see where this is going.

Don’t do this, George.

Definitely true – but don’t do this, George.

George? Please don’t re-tweet this next one:

He re-tweeted it. Come on, man.

Seriously?

So, yes, George Karl is telling you that George Karl has tossed his hat into the ring as a candidate for the Orlando Magic’s head coaching job. Some in the coaching community would likely find it distasteful that Karl would use his personal social media platform to reference a team by name – a team that is working with a well-respected young interim head coach who already has plenty to deal with as he prepares for his first few career games as head coach.

Then again, Karl has never been particularly chummy with other NBA head coaches, or with other NBA front office types for that matter. He’s clashed with front offices in all of the various NBA outposts listed above. This doesn’t preclude him from acting as a fantastic coach, the guy really knows what he’s doing, but he cannot deny his history.

Would he be a solid choice for the Magic? It’s hard to tell – at any age, Karl would seem better suited for a gig taking an underachieving playoff team (we’d say “Washington,” but it’s doubtful that Karl and Ernie Grunfeld would want to work together again) and put them over the top rather than suiting up for a rebuilding project. With nearly 30 coaching years under his belt, though, it’s hard to see Orlando and Karl’s various expectations aligning. The Magic are more than a few pieces away from vaulting to the 57-win mark that Karl took his 2013 Nuggets to, and they know that.

This is the longest George Karl has gone, since his playing career ended, without coaching. He had assistant coaching jobs before going to Cleveland in 1984. He did fantastic work in both the CBA and with Real Madrid in the years between his coaching stints with the Cavs, Warriors, and SuperSonics. His longest rest, prior to Denver’s hiring of Karl in 2005, was a one and a half-season respite from July of 2003 to January of 2005.

Karl’s time off (he does do occasional analysis for ESPN) has now vaulted a few weeks past that previous record of January in his second season. He’s a competitor, and he’s getting antsy.

He’s also a 63-year old with a Twitter account. These things tend to happen. Dad Twitter is the best.

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Kelly Dwyer

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