re: Fire Monty? It's time

Monty is continuing to live off his "potential" and that is the issue.

He's had some players improve under him, but I think most have regressed. He's now going into year 5, and outside of the 2010-2011 season, he's been pretty damn bad.

There is literally only Jason Smith left on this team from his 10-11 playoff squad.

Let's look at players he's had since then:
AFA - no improvement
Gordon - underwhelmed
Ariza - Mediocre and now blowing up at Washington
Bayless - traded for him and did nothing with him
Pondexter - bad, traded and improved on a playoff squad
Thornton - Couldn't handle him, traded him
Xavier Henry - horrific under Monty, much better with the Lakers
Brian Roberts - has regressed

Fact is that the only guy that really showed anything under him is Davis, and most of that is on Davis not much I'd say from Monty.

In the end, should he be fired? Yes
Would it be best for the team to fire him? Yes

Will he be fired? No, especially not with 3 years left on his contract. Monty staying on with Pelicans has little to do with their faith in his coaching ability unfortunately.