Do you consider (gross) mismanagement as falling under "gross misconduct", or does that just count "off-the-job"/character stuff?
I'm still very much in the wait-and-see period on McNair. He hasn't had a long time to work, and the results so far have been what I would consider to be relatively unimpactful either way. Hali was a no-brainer. Woodard/Ramsey/trading the Martin Jr. pick are all still TBD (though I'm unlikely to ding anyone for mistakes in the second round). He dug up a useful bench piece in Metu and a bargain signing in Whiteside, but neither of those guys are giving us 15 MPG when they play. He traded two expiring vet players that didn't fit our timeline and got pretty marginal value back. We'll see how Delon plays out (as a backup guard), but I don't have a lot of long term hope for Harkless/Silva. Perhaps trading a second for Davis will work out, but I'm more inclined to think it will be a wash in the end.
Some have argued that he should have traded some of our major assets (Barnes/Hield) but it sounds as if the market was pretty depressed for them and there's something to be said for not taking 60 cents on the dollar to up the tank. (There's also something to be said about not tanking yet again when you've got two young players in Fox and Hali that need to be brought up in a mindset to win.)
And of course, he hasn't fired Walton, but I've maintained that there was no way Walton was getting fired this year anyway because I really doubt the ownership wants to pay for ANOTHER coach who's not coaching for us.
So anyway, I guess it has so far been a lot of treading water for McNair. We'll see how things go in the future, but I don't think I'm inclined to give McNair a whole *five* seasons of treading water before looking for other options. You expect one, or (maybe?) even two, but if we're not in a better place say two months into McNair season 3 (either in terms of being in serious playoff contention, or having an obvious tank position with a lethal too-young core and significant future draft assets as harbingers of our immediate ascendance) I think I'll be ready to move on. In two and a half seasons, I suspect we'll know enough to decide whether McNair has the knowledge and ability to build a team, or whether he's just keeping a seat warm.