^^^Yea, they can fire him, but they still have to pay his remaining salary in addition to the salary of the new coach they hire to replace him. PHX is a penny pinching as franchise. They traded Kurt Thomas to SEA for a huge money saving trade exception, sold their last two picks to Portland for cash straight up (one of which is currently in the running for MVP of the euro league). They also threw in James Jones for a trade exception. This is not an ownership that is just gonna throw money away like that. Mike aint goin nowhere until his contract is up.