NBA observers reacted harshly to the Nuggets' decision to let go of head coach Mike Malone with three games remaining in the season, primarily because such a path had never really been taken before.
Sure, coaches have been fired late in seasons, but that's primarily been from teams that were going nowhere or in need of a fresh start.
But these are the Nuggets. The team with the best player in the universe that won the title less than two years ago. How could such a decision make sense?
Well, the Nuggets not only won a Game 7 against a very deep and potent Clippers team, they also took the 68-win Oklahoma City Thunder to seven games in the second round, proving once and for all that we're all winging it in every walk of life, and perhaps a coaching change 79 games into the regular season actually made some semblance of sense.