Not always...The Orlando Magic canned Doc Rivers. Of course they lost a lot, even with T-Mac when they had him.
Ohio State sh*tcanned Randy Ayers for recruiting the fugitives from the chain gang and creating the resulting legal problems that destroyed their program for a few years.
Of course the Pittsburgh Pirates NEED to fire Lloyd McClendon, but because he sucks as a manager, not because of his color. I could get better production out of their talented young players than he has.....
You're kidding? He's still manager? I think he's endeared himself to Pirates' fans forever with the base-throwing incident.
The situation with the Pirates is different, though. If they fire him, they might actually need to replace him with someone who would actually demand a salary or make other demands on the ownership. McClendon does his job (poorly) and shuts up and that's good enough for the Pirates.