McElhiney to continue with Rhythm
February 3, 2005 - American Basketball Association (ABA)
Nashville Rhythm News Release
The Nashville Rhythm announced today that Ashley McElhiney will continue to be the head coach of the team. On Saturday, January 29, 2005, one of the three team owners announced the firing of Ms. McElhiney. The majority owners and the team General Manager have since confirmed that this action was taken without their consent.
Team General Manager Daniel Bucher issued the following statement: "As our last press release stated, the owners regret the incident and want to apologize to Coach McElhiney, the team, our fans, Lipscomb University and our sponsors, all whom have supported the team throughout the season. We have had a very successful season with a record of 18 and 7 and have worked hard to provide a good value to our fans. We understand any disappointment and anger our fans felt from the incident. But we now ask them to please put this in context with the whole season and show their support for our coach and the team. The Rhythm needs our fans to help us finish the season successfully."
Coach McElhiney added, "I am committed to moving forward with the Rhythm and ask our fans and the city of Nashville to continue to support our team"
Regarding the Rhythm management structure, Tony Bucher will assume the CEO position going forward. Daniel Bucher will report to him as General Manager.
For more information regarding the Rhythm, please contact Denise Farrell at 615.279.6666 . Specific inquiries for Coach McElhiney should be directed to Tonissa Murdock at 310.291.1059. Tonissa can be emailed at tmpr@tmail.com or tmpr27@aol.com and faxed at 818.615.0935.
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