BigDaddyG wrote:Knixkik wrote:I think rebuilding with Phil was possible. It was the media spats and PR nightmare that caused this thing to fall apart. Phil didn't do a bad job from a roster standpoint, if you take away a couple of misses. Player relationships and PR was the reason you couldn't continue with Phil.
Yeah, Phil caused a lot of his own problems. You can't alienate the media. Some of the criticism was warranted, but some of it was BS. But that what happens when you go out of your way to antagonize the horde. Also, he failed horribly at the Melo and KP situation that $h!t needs to stay in-house. Even Melo got that part down.
Agreed that Phil just shoulda keep his mouth shut with melo and KP esp now that we know KP just missed the meeting due to family situation.
But he had a plan and he was going to rebuild, and the media f u c k Ed it up. Phil's draft was nothing short of spectacular drafting KP when everyone wanted Winslow lol if Phil drafted Winslow he would have been fired along time ago. Instead he drafted the future face of the franchise possibly the face of the NBA. And then he struck gold again in drafting Willy . Willy like KP is going to be a star .
Now everyone who was screaming for monk, and DSJ are going to be shocked when nitty becomes the best player of the bunch possibly the best player in the draft. Like KP no one had intel on except Phil and Gaines. Nitty is a homerun!
As for melo Phil just stated the obvious your window is closing to continue to play at your level I'm rebuilding this team, you had one good year with j Kidd running the show, other then that you've been the biggest loser here . Let's work on moving you to a contender and let me get some future pieces for you for my rebuild. He literally got blasted for stating the obvious. Phil was just speaking the truth and I think if the average fan just sat down and truly thought about what Phil was saying he was just speaking the truth.
The problem was he made them publicly if he just kept it behind closed doors he'd probably still have his job.
Maybe the next gm who takes over this rebuild will learn this from phils tenure.