I fear strongly Vivek is the source of all the problems. And a terrible owner is hard to overcome. Keeps making the same mistakes. No one working for the Kings, especially the players, has any reason to trust anyone running this organization.
Yes, as whether or not moving on from PDA/Mullin and bringing in Vlade is right and works out for us, the way in which Vivek is going about it is classless. I don't think that's lost on Cuz who has supported PDA publicly before. Cuz very well might agree with replacing PDA and fixing the toxic culture within our FO but once again it's another member of our FO/organization being thrown under the bus publicly while leaks continue to surface.
It's quite ridiculous watching Vivek run this show. Whatever happened to formulating your plan behind the scenes, keep s*** in-house, when the time comes, fire PDA and thank him for his time here, then name the replacement when you've come to an agreement on terms? There was no problem in hiring Vlade, where the problem lies is then leaking the various FO shakeups which may or may not happen, during the season. The photo-ops don't help, where it was constantly Vivek/PDA/Mullin, then quickly became Vivek/Vlade while the other two pretty much disappeared. That's putting the marketing of Vlade above respect for your fellow colleagues, whether or not you're ultimately going to replace them or not.
A well run and classy organization or business for that matter, deals behind closed doors and then announces its decisions publicly when the time is right. What we do is leak out the thought process along the way which only creates turmoil, especially when that thought process is ever-changing and has moving parts. It lends itself to creating the toxic culture we're witnessing. There's little class or honor in it and it comes across as Vivek running this ship like he's suffering from ADHD, just skipping from one plan to the next and tossing people aside as soon as he's decided he's done with them. This goes for players too who have constantly been put into very public rumors during this regime's tenure. Vivek sets and creates this culture, in business this is a reflection of the leader, the CEO, the president, the top dog. And for a guy like Cuz who is a very loyal guy, I highly doubt he's all that pleased at the serious lack of loyalty regularly presented from our organization.
I can't remember another organization which leaked and thought out loud to the public like this. Comes across as not only making it up as you do but announcing to the world that you're making it up as you go.
But as Vivek's assistant would say, #chillmuch.
