Posted by knicks1248:
Posted by Bippity10:
I don't want people who think he has done a good job, because of course if gallo and Hill do well you guys will think Walsh has done a great job. I want the hatters.
No one really hates walsh, he has a giant question mark behind his name. Even if the draft pans out, he will still get an incomplete grade.
Should we give IT kudos for his draft picks, and sht on him for his cap killing contracts.
The problem is more than 3 qrtrs of the league is over paid, your going to have a hard time trying to build a team with cap friendly contracts.
How many teams this off season actually had cap space, just about every player in the league is either grossly over paid or slightly over paid. Its a fact.
My beef with walsh is that we maybe waiting on nothing.
I mean he drafted what appears to be a fragile player with a slight history of back problems. Let's make believe that didn't happen.
I can't do nothing but support walsh, but I don't want to say he's better then IT or laydan cause he's plans doesn't appear to be flawless
Maybe I'm overreacting but I seem to fall into conversations with some who aren't just critical but will say "we have incompetent management" This has happened at least 3 or 4 times this week. That's what prompted this post. I'm not a Walsh fan but I know the guy is trying to turn around one of the biggest embarrassments in recent sports memory. After one year his grade had to be an incomplete. Even if we liked everything he did up to this point, we would be a long way from knowing the end result of course.
My beef with walsh is that we maybe waiting on nothing.
You are falling in to the media trap that I warned everyone about. I'm trying to warn you guys!!!!! Walsh is not waiting. He is not Lebron or bust. If a game changer becomes available he said he would make the move. Why should we doubt him? It's just apparent that he's not willing to jeopardize a shot at getting Lebron etc because we were impatient and decided to sign Hedo or Lamar Odom or Carlos Boozer or any of these other lower level players. What would these signings do for us? They would put us right back into the predicament we have been in for decades. We'd be following a team that we can get all excited about because we traded for a "left handed soutpaw" who really can't help us win.
To me the plan is simple. You cut salaries. The fact that we have a chance to do this (after that roster we had) in 2 years is mind boggling to me. Then you build. But you don't build by collecting role players(again this is what Layden and Isiah did). You build by getting in position for stars!!! 2010 we will be in position. Sorry it couldn't be 2009 but blame the former regimes. If you can't get that star in 2010 what are you left with? You are left with the same type of roster that every rebuilding team in the world(we don't know this because we never rebuild) looks like. We will have a #6, #8, #23, #29 and possibly Lee and Nate. A very solid group of young guys plus expiring contracts. Exactly the situation we envied when Chicago looked like this.
8/13/2009 2:51 PM