Harris out as Bucks GM

[One and Done]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3301968

Harris never made the impact he'd hoped for after being hired as general manager in July 2003. He had been with the franchise since 1990, beginning as the scout/video coordinator under his father, then-coach Del Harris, but failed to put together a consistently winning franchise following in the footsteps of Ernie Grunfeld and George Karl.

Now I don't follow the Bucks too much, but with the little I know, chalk this one up to Bad Luck. On paper, the Bucks have some pretty darned good players and a lot of potential. Hard to predict chemistry & injuries as a GM.

However, the constant coaching moves were not the best decision, IMO. Porter did a pretty good job and should've been given a chance with a healthy roster.

I have a feeling Harris will get another chance...

 

[Bricklayer]

Good riddance.

The Bucks suck, and it is precisely the "on paper" angle that proves how much of it is Harris not understanding NBA basics.

Defense. Rebounding. Professional coaches. PFs who can play inside, guys who pass. All important.

Not to mention of course his completely asinine summer where he intentionally pissed off both his PGs by lowballing them until they went elsewhere (Miami) to get offers and then with them already checked out of town mentally, matching the offers and dragging them back while arrogantly decreeing that that is just how its done in Restricted Free Agency. No Harris, pissing off your players and fracturing their relationship with your franchise is not how its done. And then of course we again have the arrogance of the Yi thing, arrogance on both sides, that turned into a summer long debacle. I'm thinking they may have just a few regrets about the whole Bogut over Chris Paul draft pick as well.

He had to go, and if I'm in Milwaulkee I'm throwing a little party right now. Next up their coach, who was likely hired almost solely because he was a player from back in the day for them and played for Harris' dad. Then next the selfish one dimensional wannabe star that is Michael Redd. Then maybe a new start. Because what they have is just soft and stupid.

 

[Big Cuz 15]

Good riddance.

The Bucks suck, and it is precisely the "on paper" angle that proves how much of it is Harris not understanding NBA basics.

Defense. Rebounding. Professional coaches. PFs who can play inside, guys who pass. All important.

Not to mention of course his completely asinine summer where he intentionally pissed off both his PGs by lowballing them until they went elsewhere (Miami) to get offers and then with them already checked out of town mentally, matching the offers and dragging them back while arrogantly decreeing that that is just how its done in Restricted Free Agency. No Harris, pissing off your players and fracturing their relationship with your franchise is not how its done. And then of course we again have the arrogance of the Yi thing, arrogance on both sides, that turned into a summer long debacle. I'm thinking they may have just a few regrets about the whole Bogut over Chris Paul draft pick as well.

He had to go, and if I'm in Milwaulkee I'm throwing a little party right now. Next up their coach, who was likely hired almost solely because he was a player from back in the day for them and played for Harris' dad. Then next the selfish one dimensional wannabe star that is Michael Redd. Then maybe a new start. Because what they have is just soft and stupid.

brick,

i feel the heat from your words. i thought they made bad decisions with their PG and Yi as well. they clearly did not want them there but forced them bc they could.

 

[Larry89]

Their team is fundamentally flawed, Only player I can see helping another team is Yi or Bogut.

Everyone else is a shoot first, and shoot first I mean take your own jumpshot.

Their coaching is horrible, their defense sucks, their offense sucks, they just suck. No Leadership, no pride, no anything.

 

[uolj]

The bad part about this is that the Sports Guy will be lobbying even harder for the job. I enjoy his columns but he's starting to make it sound like he really thinks it could happen.