Posted by bitty41:
Posted by Panos:
Posted by djsunyc:
Posted by Bonn1997:
Too many people make solely "outcome-based" evaluations of GMs. All I ask of a GM in any sport is to pick a sensible strategy and to consistently stick to it. Unforeseeable things happen, though. That's life.
i agree with you, but sports is a results based business and 95% of fans think that way also.
Yes, results is what we're after. We'd never get results the way this team was managed previously. You get results by having players that are worth their salaries.
I don't think anyone would advocate for overpaying but when are the "results" going to become a part of the equation. As it stands right now Walsh has been given 2 year free pass where he doesn't have put a winning squad on the floor and I just question how much leeway should he get.
I'm with you Bitty. I think eventually Walsh needs to show results but it's only been one season. I just don't think there was any way it was coming last year or this year. We have to start showing progress but it's going to come slower than we want. We were just too low in the dumps and his young guys haven't had a chance to play yet. Here's the way I see it:
Draft picks
How can we judge his draft picks at this point? Gallinari was injured last year and we have no idea what he will be. If he shows no progress next year then we can judge. If he shows great progress...........The other two draft picks haven't played yet
Free-Agency
Can't judge him here because we weren't a player. Had no money so there was little he could do. He is however making progress towards getting cap space for his stated goal of 2010. I will wait for 2010 to judge him on that. If he fails............
Trades
His current trades were made with a long-range plan in mind. He clearly went after short term contracts that would not eat into his 2010 plan. He was explicit with his plans. He has not lied. He told us what he was going to do and so far is doing it. We all know that the building starts in 2010 and for now it's about positioning(unless a great deal falls in our lap). Until he deviates from the plan, or bombs in 2010 and beyond what am I judging him for? The record? What did we expect our record to be in year one? We can throw out speculation about who he should have gotten but that's all speculation at this point.
Overall
I personally thought it would take at least 2-3 years to clean out the mess and then at that point we would start making real progress. I was under no preconceived notions that we were going to be able to turn Steph, Jamal, Zach and crew into top draft picks or a star that made us better. We are doing what rebuilding teams do adn positioning ourselves to get players that will help us to compete. So far Walsh is on target with what he said he was going to do. It's up to him to make it successful.
Now about winning next year. Like I said personally I didn't see it happening before this year and still don't see it. But let's play make beleive for a second. Let's pretend that Gallinari comes in and shows great potential, Wilson takes another leap forward and Hill finds himself in the upper echelon of rookies(all this could happen) it probably will change the way we view the team and Donnie. They can all bomb as well. But you have to give them time to develop before you can judge.
