KP said:
Grant did say that the coaching staff didn't want him anymore and the management didn't want him any more... that they were tired of him and had to get rid of him. Whether it's true or not I think that is what he has been hesitant to say in the past, he's kind of been dancing around it but he got so mad today it just kind of spilled out.
Ok, couple of things here.
1) that could very well just be Grant covering his ***. I.e. keeps on screeching and preaching and nobody is buying his ****, and so in desperation decides to try to name drop or whatever.
2) even if true, or partially so, would that really be a surprise? Not buying the coaching staff. Think Grant's speaking out of his *** there (probably working off the skipping practice bit). But the front office clearly made a choice. The only question was whether it was Maloof-based or Petrie-based, but I haven't been riding Petrie's *** here recently because he's shown any more intelligence or acumen than your average Babcock in the last year. They made a choice, and kind of pathetically left Grant to twist in the wind trying to feebly do a hatchet job. Not really sure why its such a big shocker. SOMEBODY clearly wanted Webb gone, because we got back nothing in return, and nothing with contracts just as big and long lasting as Webb's too. I know there was a brief flurry of buying the "flexibility" line of B.S., just out of loyalty to the front office. But that's surely become a much mocked term at this point and I don't think there are many non-Kings employees still buying it.
3) I mean, think about this. Before the Memphis game, Bobby fired a few shots at us actually. Which adds up to on my scoredcard:
-- Webb did not want to go
-- Doug did not want Webb to go, or to go himself. Co-leaders.
-- Mike did not want Webb to go. Still talks to Webb all the time and closer to Webb liekly than anybody still on the team.
-- Bobby did not want Webb to go, and was kind of openly mocking it there a couple of says ago.
-- Barnes thinks it was stupid.
-- Mobley did not want Webb to go, + had quickly bonded with him.
So now add that all up, and you have almsot the entire team there clearly in the "Webb no go" category. Only signficant names not on that list are Peja (and hence the great question, Webb criticized Peja and is gone, Bobby ciriticized Peja and is gone, and they seem to have been right) and Brad (unknown, likely neutral).
This wasn't a team or lockerroom based move. So the impetus had to come from elsewhere. Note too the extreme latitude given Grant, and of course with the AV hate pieces quoting unnamed "inside sources". There just had to be a faction that wanted Webb gone for that kind of thing to be tolerated or even encouraged. That faction looks like blithering idiots at this point, but its beside the point. Just don't think its a surprise it existed. Nor that its last diehards (the rats are diving off the ship now) are desperately flailing about trying to sell their crap.