Maybe the tweet should have read "Congrats (Ex-) Coach!"
It wouldn't have been any less awkward Wednesday night, when the Toronto Raptors offered congratulations to Dwane Casey for being named one of the finalists for the NBA's Coach of the Year award.
The same Casey the organization fired less than a week ago.
Congrats Coach! https://t.co/KG68c3Icu7
— Toronto Raptors (@Raptors) May 17, 2018
There's little doubt the intentions of the tweet: a classy gesture to the man who spent seven seasons making the Raptors one of the best teams in the NBA's Eastern Conference, and was resoundingly praised as a person on his way out the door.