Posted by Papabear:
Papabear
We are putting everything on 2010 and LBJ and we can forget this season. During the season I go to 10 to 12 games. I wonder should I hold back from going to games this year and wait till LBJ gets here in 2010?
NO. Why should the market dictate their firing? Walsh looked at the situation, knew that Isiah's brand of recycling contracts wasn't working, and recognized that it was best if we started over.
Starting over is what we're still doing: Shedding the 2011 contracts and player mistakes. Making us a financially responsible team while acquiring young players as assets and at the same time throwing our hats into the coveted 2010 FA Ring.
Now, if all the big FA's sign extensions with their current teams or go to other teams that's the flow of free agency and there is no reason to fault Walsh for the decisions made by other players.
Please, let us face facts here, you can't look back and say to yourself after a potentially failed 2010 offseason "Oh, we should have kept Zach and Crawford and Marbury and just kept trading our expirings for other players like them and we'd been fine."
Why? Nearly five full seasons proved WHY NOT.
So, No, even a monumental failure to attract a 2010 big name should not be put on their heads. They are doing the right thing here and if we're lucky we will be able to build a very good team using this plan of theirs.
You can't always get what you want but the fact that they are putting us in a position to GET what we want is something they should be applauded for.
I do feel that this is Walsh's last gig and I bet he feels once he's done his job he will quietly step aside into an advisory role but if his plan doesn't work out he doesn't deserve to be flogged for it. He's got a very intelligent and sound plan worked out. Again, just because the FA market might not figure in is not grounds for dismissal. You cannot control what the FAs will eventually desire you can only make yourself appealing to them and hope they agree that this is the place for them to play.
You fault GM's who do risky trades for high salary players hoping they work out and they end up bombing. You can't fault a GM putting himself in position to land a coveted FA only to have that FA stay where he is or choose another team over ours.
This is akin to dumping a woman who was no longer fun to be with, cleaning yourself up, and putting yourself back on the market with a chance to land a new girlfriend. That woman you see at the bar might not like you but you tried. You shouldn't be trashed if she decides to go out with someone else.
7/4/2009 1:29 PM