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Karl was the one coach Kohl got along with

By BOB WOLFLEY of the Journal Sentinel staff

Tuesday, July 22, 2003

When head coaches leave the employment of Milwaukee Bucks owner Herb Kohl, they tend to wind up disappointing Kohl, with a few leaving on bad terms.

At least two of them have left with a whole lot of Kohl's money.

Kohl's first coach, Don Nelson, had a messy divorce from Nobody's Owner But Yours. "I am the Milwaukee Bucks," Nelson declared famously before he left in 1987. Nelson later became three other teams: the Golden State Warriors, the New York Knicks and now the Dallas Mavericks.

Del Harris didn't have a losing season in four years with the Bucks, but when the team ...

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