The big news out of Target Center this morning is not that Kevin McHale takes over for Randy Wittman as coach, but that McHale is leaving his front-office job to concentrate  on coaching.

As reluctant as McHale was to coach the first time around,  this finally looks like Glen Taylor’s move to send the franchise in a new direction.

McHale’s demotion apparently is permanent. Not sure yet if assistant general manager Fred Hoiberg, who  has been groomed as McHale’s eventual successor, is the new basketball boss.

The Wolves fired Wittman as head coach this morning and replaced him with McHale, who wasscheduled to lead his first practice with the group of players he has acquired at Target Center beginning about seven minutes ago.

Fox Sports North will broadcast the 2 p.m. Target Center press conference live and then re-air it at 7 p.m. as well.

Before you hear what’s said at the 2 p.m. news conference today, let’s hear what you have to say about Randy Wittman being fired and Kevin McHale taking over. What’s this all mean for this season and the more distant future.

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