
Viv says "peace be still".
We needed a bone to throw, and what better way to revive the passions than the old Laydog vs. the world arguement! I did not expect you to take the bait, but the board was dying there for a moment!
I will finish this and you might actually agree with "Nedyal":
It was wrong to sent the wrong man to do the wrong job! What I mean is, Layden was part of the bigger problem, but not the core! I blasted Dolan for allowing Checketts for going hog wild and not addressing the Growing Ewing problem. Dolan was behind most of this, and castrated Ernie. The Earnie-JVG riff was very underrated, and the core of that problem was Dolan meddling. IN the end, Dolan had to choose between one or the other but lost both! That was very stupid! Layden was last man standing and was the wrong man to do the wrong job!
So if we were gonna send in a team of thick specs MBA's to chart the organizational failures, there would be some blame spread around. Sure it ends with Layden, but Nedyals quest was not to obsolve Layden of his failures, but dig deeper into the thought process that makes bad decisions.
Bottom line is two fold going forward. Wins and losees. And operationg profits. One thing that glares at me is our payroll is about double of the Spurs. 60 mil vs. 120? Just guessing. 90% higher? 80% higher? How much higher than the next high payroll? 40%?50%? It ain't my money, but damm! Definitley shows a long history of ineffieciency!
Bottom line is Isiah is a better GM than Layden, and Isiah is the right man for the job even though his screw ups are perhaps even greater than Laydens (individual)ever was. But they are and were very different set of circumstances. And, Isiah was able to mess up but still move the team forward because of the many assets he was given. I contend that Layden given a directive different than Isiah and that unto itself was destined to doom!
Isiah was allowed to do things Layden was likely not allowed to. And by the time it was aparent that it can be undone by spending, the right man, a charasmatic man was bought in to do the job. Yes I agree with many that Laydens firing was proper. But I just long contend that "layden sucks" is more complicated than what it seemed.
Nedyal has exhausted his time on this, and will forever be exiled to a better place!