Malone fired
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Viveck is seriously playing with fire.
There has been a steady steam of rumblings and some press that he's some degree combination of naive and/or eccentric as well as a meddling owner.
Before this year, a large chunk of the fan-base chose to just stop caring about this team after years of neglect and abuse. People were staring to come around, and he serve up a big dose of "Yup, same old Kings" to the casual fan and loop them into the "The new owner may be bonkers" conversation.
We did the blind loyalty thing since the mid-80s. The last guys burned that bridge for a long time. In fact, some of the die hards are burnt harder than most because they blindly followed them & KHTK to the bitter end. If Viveck keeps this up, this town will turn on him in a nasty way sooner than you think.
We are very grateful that he saved the team and the new shinny building. We'd rather he turn it around and stay ... but we're not dealing with another decade of incompetent ownership.
He declined revenue sharing to get the team. The cap is going up to around 90 million and the team has to spend at least 90% of that figure? He's got a tight lease and we just put up 2/3 of an arena. He keeps screwing this up and it will get rough fast in 2-3 years.
There has been a steady steam of rumblings and some press that he's some degree combination of naive and/or eccentric as well as a meddling owner.
Before this year, a large chunk of the fan-base chose to just stop caring about this team after years of neglect and abuse. People were staring to come around, and he serve up a big dose of "Yup, same old Kings" to the casual fan and loop them into the "The new owner may be bonkers" conversation.
We did the blind loyalty thing since the mid-80s. The last guys burned that bridge for a long time. In fact, some of the die hards are burnt harder than most because they blindly followed them & KHTK to the bitter end. If Viveck keeps this up, this town will turn on him in a nasty way sooner than you think.
We are very grateful that he saved the team and the new shinny building. We'd rather he turn it around and stay ... but we're not dealing with another decade of incompetent ownership.
He declined revenue sharing to get the team. The cap is going up to around 90 million and the team has to spend at least 90% of that figure? He's got a tight lease and we just put up 2/3 of an arena. He keeps screwing this up and it will get rough fast in 2-3 years.
i'm honestly terrified of what could happen now.
we were in the playoff race in December for the first time in how long? With Cousins missing 9 games. Lots of players showing improvement. WHAT EXPECTATIONS DID WE NOT MEET?
the one coach that got Boogie on the right track and had an outstanding bond with Boogie, gone because of an 11-13 start in the loaded west.
PATHETIC
we were in the playoff race in December for the first time in how long? With Cousins missing 9 games. Lots of players showing improvement. WHAT EXPECTATIONS DID WE NOT MEET?
the one coach that got Boogie on the right track and had an outstanding bond with Boogie, gone because of an 11-13 start in the loaded west.
PATHETIC
Interesting:
Malone had disagreed with ownership's pursuit of a Josh Smith trade in July, and made his position known to Ranadive, league sources said. Ranadive joined D'Alessandro in talks with theDetroit Pistons, but no agreement was ever reached.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources--kings-fire-coach-michael-malone-061241211.html
The article is worrying as can be. Den/GS part II is the plan.
Malone had disagreed with ownership's pursuit of a Josh Smith trade in July, and made his position known to Ranadive, league sources said. Ranadive joined D'Alessandro in talks with theDetroit Pistons, but no agreement was ever reached.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources--kings-fire-coach-michael-malone-061241211.html
The article is worrying as can be. Den/GS part II is the plan.
I agree with you. As a new season ticket holder who has been holding onto the fact that the franchise was seemingly headed in the right direction, this is really hard to swallow. I've already been having trouble unloading tickets for games I can't attend (I live in Chico) and now I'm really concerned about a deflated fan base.
Aaron Bruski @aaronbruski
Sources confirm George Karl is a target/future head coaching candidate of the Kings. Not clear yet if he’s interested or not.
Sources confirm George Karl is a target/future head coaching candidate of the Kings. Not clear yet if he’s interested or not.
If nothing else, Karl has an amazing track record. He's sitting on 21 consecutive seasons at or above .500 (and only one of those 21 was exactly .500). He hasn't been under .500 since the '80s. He's a career .599 coach. And some of those Denver teams were at .600+ with quite a bit of smoke and mirrors.
That said, he's in his mid-60s and has been in and out of poor health lately. So caveat emptor. But for all of his teams' defensive deficiencies, he wins games.
That said, he's in his mid-60s and has been in and out of poor health lately. So caveat emptor. But for all of his teams' defensive deficiencies, he wins games.
So…. “they’re going to hire VDN!” “… they wanted to trade for Josh Smith!”… you notice how this is trending?
"The owner and GM traded for Rudy Gay and then fired me after I tried to win some games with Rudy as my best player because there were too many iso plays. Also, they were frustrated with the fact that I didn't let a team that shoots the three poorly chuck from three, even though 3s are worth more than 2s. Good luck buddy, you are going to need it."
Dude what the hell are you talking about. You explain to me how malone is responsible for the loses. If PDA got him 1 good player off the bench he would have a point. But then again you say we should get rid of JT which is asinine in it self.
And how does this send message? All the players are behind malone the message this sends to players is us in the FO are idiots.
And how does this send message? All the players are behind malone the message this sends to players is us in the FO are idiots.
