knicks1248 wrote:Nalod wrote:Kerr hired and fired two coach's in PHX. He made mistakes. He had to evaluate them as well. The experience becomes tangible.Coaches are also marketing pieces.
AAAAAAnd...........The wrong combo of GM and coach won't work. Ask Larry Brown and Isiah. It was a stupid hire. Owner, President, GM and coach have to be on board.
which 2 coaches are you talking about, I thought MDA resign, and wasn't he there before kerr?
I thought he pushed MDA out the door. Hired and Fired Porter, hired Gentry. Porter was to deliver a defensive mindset but it was awful. Gentry was back to more run and gun.
Failure is a good teacher. IM sure he walked away from the process the wiser. At some point Kerr was done with Sarver and I think he Was "Fired" from his GM duties. What I have learned is many times its the owners who set the directive and while Kerr was Sarvers advisor and likely influenced him in setting the directive, the financial Markets were faultering and maybe Sarver freaked out as things were scarey back then. Maybe he cut costs and got impatient with the team, or the prospects of not being able to fund a "rebuild". I don't know but owners have influence and somtimes the GM is just doing his job. More times than not they get the blame. Sometimes its justified, sometimes not.
Its why I blame Isiah for his tenure but give Walsh a pass. I interpret Donnies tenure of clearing cap and by doing so had to make counterproductive roster moves to attain the financial benefit. Then Dolan gets a boner because Melo is heading to the Nets and panics by over paying. Leborn didn't come for a variety of reasons. Its old news and not rehashing the debate but just discusing my view the owner can be a heavy influence on the teams construction.
One can admire the Heat in many ways but the relationship Aronson has had with Riley for the last 18 years is what got them thru some lean years which set up rebuilds and overcome mistakes (drafting Beas). Jerry Buss was a great owner and in 20 years only had West and Kupchak (whom they groomed)as Gm's! SAS has great leadership.
Bulls built a dynasty with Krause having the leaway to move Collins and hire newbie PJax. Krause was an egomaniac and it was his undoing over time but it was a gutsy move. Dolan needs to let phil do his thing and eventually put people in place.
Nalod believes the best of franchises have great leadership and the higher up you go the better. Since Dolan is limited, PHil Jax is the best money can buy in terms of credibility, pristige and a reputation. Question is can he deliver?
Stay tuned.
5/8/2014 1:25 PM