Maybe this will convince VF21 that Williams needs to go.
Reinforces my belief that this is, first and foremost, office politics / empire building. Williams' patron must be protecting him. As I said above, you don't let the business side mess around with the basketball side.Wow this didnt get William's fired!!! Hmmm yeah he doesn't work for vlade or under vlade...hmmm
So why did Williams fire youngman and staff???
Maybe this will convince VF21 that Williams needs to go.
Again: WHY ISN'T WILLIAMS GONE??????
Number one, you are being rude. Number two, there is no point in having a forthright debate with you. You defend everything and every player on this team. You defend the coach at every turn. You defend the GM at every turn. Of course you are going to take issue with my opinion. I am willing to criticize this team. You are not. My analysis is based on piecing together bits of evidence, I am not pulling monkeys out of my butt. Of course someone who is unwilling to criticize her team is going to have a problem with someone who is willing to criticize the team.But continue to blather on. It's kind of your shtick.
See aboveAgain: WHY ISN'T WILLIAMS GONE??????
From you? Best laugh in quite a while.Number one, you are being rude. ...
Number one, you are being rude. Number two, there is no point in having a forthright debate with you. You defend everything and every player on this team. You defend the coach at every turn. You defend the GM at every turn. Of course you are going to take issue with my opinion. I am willing to criticize this team. You are not. My analysis is based on piecing together bits of evidence, I am not pulling monkeys out of my butt. Of course someone who is unwilling to criticize her team is going to have a problem with someone who is willing to criticize the team................................... I I I MY I I I MY I I I I MY I IIIIIIIIIIII blah blah blah
so williams wanted bagley and yogi
and vlade got us fox, giles, buddy, bogey, bjelica, and wanted luka over bagley. if owning a bed and breakfast leads to those decisions im fine with him over williams
Any GM would have taken Fox? So why did Phoenix take Josh jackson over Fox when they have needed a PG for a long time?It’s amazing how some people defend Vlade. I can name a number of gaffs since he’s been GM.
Vlade did not get Fox. He was drafted. Any GM would have taken him.
Buddy was part of the Cousins trade. Which, was a disaster. Essentially, Vlade could have traded a perennial All star for a lot more the season before.
Hield is a good player. But. He is not an All Star.
Besides Fox, Vlade trades down for..JJJ(Garbage) and Giles(Unknown what he’ll be at this point)
Bjelica is a very average stretch 4. Who actually looks very bad over the past month.
Bogdan was a nice pick up. But, he’s definitely on the older side.
Man you write long postsNumber one, you are being rude. Number two, there is no point in having a forthright debate with you. You defend everything and every player on this team. You defend the coach at every turn. You defend the GM at every turn. Of course you are going to take issue with my opinion. I am willing to criticize this team. You are not. My analysis is based on piecing together bits of evidence, I am not pulling monkeys out of my butt. Of course someone who is unwilling to criticize her team is going to have a problem with someone who is willing to criticize the team.
You love Vlade as a player. That's fine I don't begrudge you that. But that doesn't make him immune to criticism as GM. He gave away the farm including our unprotected pick for cap space, chased broken down players, botched the Boogie trade, signed washed up free agents like Afflalo, Hill and Z-Bo, refused to work the phones, has poor command of the English language in a job that requires savvy subtle negotiation, and he is someone you want to place your complete trust and faith? That's like trusting your car repair to a pastry chef.
With that said, he doesn't have to perfect for us to turn the corner. I said a trained monkey could have picked De Aaron at #5, who I placed a franchise tag on before his first pro game. It was the #10 pick that required prudence. Henceforth, when everyone was going left I was going right. I was applauding his moves over the last 6 months controversial moves like drafting Bagley and chasing Lavine, and now here we are hovering around .500. But that doesn't make him a messiah.
Suppose you hopped over to the Milwaukee Bucks Forum. One fan loves every player, overlooks every lackadaisical play and mental blunder and defends every questionable draft pick. Then you have another fan that hands out praise only when there is preponderance of evidence while also questioning the team or player when progress and improvement is slow to nonexistent. Who are you more likely to trust? Who do you think is able to set aside their rooting bias to do an accurate assessment? Who is not blinded by emotion? You are the first fan. I am the second fan. That's is neither good or bad in an ultimate sense, that is just the way it is.
I only dislike two players on this team: Willie and Jackson. I don't go out of my way to hand out verbal smackdowns. I like and support every other player on this roster, for the time being at least, which may be a record over the last decade. Oh, I don't dislike Koufos, but I don't want to see him play either. Further, though I have been highly critical of Joerger and Vlade, I don't want either to lose their job. The coach in particular has been commendable. I forecast he was coaching for his career this season, and it would be predicated on whether he gave Z-Bo minutes.
Like I said we were drafting Bagley whenever one else was betting on MPJ and Luka or another name out of a hat, this was insight you didn't get elsewhere. This was not blathering, this was Blobian clairvoyance.Most fans saw Z-Bo as 10-15 MPG bench contributor. But back to the main point: Vlade is incapable of doing his job without a co-GM to compensate for Vlade's flaws. Vlade is more replaceable than Williams. Williams may have spoke out of turn, but we don't know the extent of what transpired yet. Your hero is a paper tiger. Your savior is a charlatan. The ownership knows it and that is why Williams is still gainfully employed.
Clearly very objective. Gaffs lollsIt’s amazing how some people defend Vlade. I can name a number of gaffs since he’s been GM.
Vlade did not get Fox. He was drafted. Any GM would have taken him.
Buddy was part of the Cousins trade. Which, was a disaster. Essentially, Vlade could have traded a perennial All star for a lot more the season before.
Hield is a good player. But. He is not an All Star.
Besides Fox, Vlade trades down for..JJJ(Garbage) and Giles(Unknown what he’ll be at this point)
Bjelica is a very average stretch 4. Who actually looks very bad over the past month.
Bogdan was a nice pick up. But, he’s definitely on the older side.
Number one, you are being rude. Number two, there is no point in having a forthright debate with you. You defend everything and every player on this team. You defend the coach at every turn. You defend the GM at every turn. Of course you are going to take issue with my opinion. I am willing to criticize this team. You are not. My analysis is based on piecing together bits of evidence, I am not pulling monkeys out of my butt. Of course someone who is unwilling to criticize her team is going to have a problem with someone who is willing to criticize the team.
You love Vlade as a player. That's fine I don't begrudge you that. But that doesn't make him immune to criticism as GM. He gave away the farm including our unprotected pick for cap space, chased broken down players, botched the Boogie trade, signed washed up free agents like Afflalo, Hill and Z-Bo, refused to work the phones, has poor command of the English language in a job that requires savvy subtle negotiation, and he is someone you want to place your complete trust and faith? That's like trusting your car repair to a pastry chef.
With that said, he doesn't have to perfect for us to turn the corner. I said a trained monkey could have picked De Aaron at #5, who I placed a franchise tag on before his first pro game. It was the #10 pick that required prudence. Henceforth, when everyone was going left I was going right. I was applauding his moves over the last 6 months controversial moves like drafting Bagley and chasing Lavine, and now here we are hovering around .500. But that doesn't make him a messiah.
Suppose you hopped over to the Milwaukee Bucks Forum. One fan loves every player, overlooks every lackadaisical play and mental blunder and defends every questionable draft pick. Then you have another fan that hands out praise only when there is preponderance of evidence while also questioning the team or player when progress and improvement is slow to nonexistent. Who are you more likely to trust? Who do you think is able to set aside their rooting bias to do an accurate assessment? Who is not blinded by emotion? You are the first fan. I am the second fan. That's is neither good or bad in an ultimate sense, that is just the way it is.
I only dislike two players on this team: Willie and Jackson. I don't go out of my way to hand out verbal smackdowns. I like and support every other player on this roster, for the time being at least, which may be a record over the last decade. Oh, I don't dislike Koufos, but I don't want to see him play either. Further, though I have been highly critical of Joerger and Vlade, I don't want either to lose their job. The coach in particular has been commendable. I forecast he was coaching for his career this season, and it would be predicated on whether he gave Z-Bo minutes.
Like I said we were drafting Bagley whenever one else was betting on MPJ and Luka or another name out of a hat, this was insight you didn't get elsewhere. This was not blathering, this was Blobian clairvoyance.Most fans saw Z-Bo as 10-15 MPG bench contributor. But back to the main point: Vlade is incapable of doing his job without a co-GM to compensate for Vlade's flaws. Vlade is more replaceable than Williams. Williams may have spoke out of turn, but we don't know the extent of what transpired yet. Your hero is a paper tiger. Your savior is a charlatan. The ownership knows it and that is why Williams is still gainfully employed.
It’s amazing how some people defend Vlade. I can name a number of gaffs since he’s been GM.
Vlade did not get Fox. He was drafted. Any GM would have taken him.
Buddy was part of the Cousins trade. Which, was a disaster. Essentially, Vlade could have traded a perennial All star for a lot more the season before.
Hield is a good player. But. He is not an All Star.
Besides Fox, Vlade trades down for..JJJ(Garbage) and Giles(Unknown what he’ll be at this point)
Bjelica is a very average stretch 4. Who actually looks very bad over the past month.
Bogdan was a nice pick up. But, he’s definitely on the older side.
No, she’s right. It’s your shtick. If your going to dish some of this stuff out, then be prepared to be countered.Number one, you are being rude. Number two, there is no point in having a forthright debate with you. You defend everything and every player on this team. You defend the coach at every turn. You defend the GM at every turn. Of course you are going to take issue with my opinion. I am willing to criticize this team. You are not. My analysis is based on piecing together bits of evidence, I am not pulling monkeys out of my butt. Of course someone who is unwilling to criticize her team is going to have a problem with someone who is willing to criticize the team.
You love Vlade as a player. That's fine I don't begrudge you that. But that doesn't make him immune to criticism as GM. He gave away the farm including our unprotected pick for cap space, chased broken down players, botched the Boogie trade, signed washed up free agents like Afflalo, Hill and Z-Bo, refused to work the phones, has poor command of the English language in a job that requires savvy subtle negotiation, and he is someone you want to place your complete trust and faith? That's like trusting your car repair to a pastry chef.
With that said, he doesn't have to perfect for us to turn the corner. I said a trained monkey could have picked De Aaron at #5, who I placed a franchise tag on before his first pro game. It was the #10 pick that required prudence. Henceforth, when everyone was going left I was going right. I was applauding his moves over the last 6 months controversial moves like drafting Bagley and chasing Lavine, and now here we are hovering around .500. But that doesn't make him a messiah.
Suppose you hopped over to the Milwaukee Bucks Forum. One fan loves every player, overlooks every lackadaisical play and mental blunder and defends every questionable draft pick. Then you have another fan that hands out praise only when there is preponderance of evidence while also questioning the team or player when progress and improvement is slow to nonexistent. Who are you more likely to trust? Who do you think is able to set aside their rooting bias to do an accurate assessment? Who is not blinded by emotion? You are the first fan. I am the second fan. That's is neither good or bad in an ultimate sense, that is just the way it is.
I only dislike two players on this team: Willie and Jackson. I don't go out of my way to hand out verbal smackdowns. I like and support every other player on this roster, for the time being at least, which may be a record over the last decade. Oh, I don't dislike Koufos, but I don't want to see him play either. Further, though I have been highly critical of Joerger and Vlade, I don't want either to lose their job. The coach in particular has been commendable. I forecast he was coaching for his career this season, and it would be predicated on whether he gave Z-Bo minutes.
Like I said we were drafting Bagley whenever one else was betting on MPJ and Luka or another name out of a hat, this was insight you didn't get elsewhere. This was not blathering, this was Blobian clairvoyance.Most fans saw Z-Bo as 10-15 MPG bench contributor. But back to the main point: Vlade is incapable of doing his job without a co-GM to compensate for Vlade's flaws. Vlade is more replaceable than Williams. Williams may have spoke out of turn, but we don't know the extent of what transpired yet. Your hero is a paper tiger. Your savior is a charlatan. The ownership knows it and that is why Williams is still gainfully employed.
Actually, I still wouldn’t value the opinion because i just pass over these posts.If anybody wants to see what narcissism looks like just read that post of yours and some of your other diatribes.
Can we change your username from Blob to Blowhard?
You do make some good points in this post and some of your others (along with some good predictions) but they're so saturated in narcissism that it's really hard to take you seriously. You're just the guy that blathers on for several paragraphs congratulating himself over and over, since apparently nobody else will do it for you. Nobody should use the words "I" and "MY" to such an extraordinary amount.
Your opinion would be a little more valued if you stopped telling everybody how valuable it is and let the results speak for themselves.
Any GM would have taken Fox? So why did Phoenix take Josh jackson over Fox when they have needed a PG for a long time?
Bjelica is a role player and being paid as such. Solid signing.
What about that Bogdanović trade. Bogdan is a huge piece for our core.
In all fairness, Chris Wallace has been one of the worst GM's in recent memory. After Hollins was ushered out at the behest of front office executives Jason Levien and Stu Lash who wanted then assistant coach Joerger to replace him, owner Robert Pera reportedly wanted to fire coach Joerger. FIVE games into his tenure as the head coach.On the surface it feels like the Malone situation when we look at it through our Kings focal point. But this IS how it went down in Memphis for Joerger when he was looking for a contract extension. Things leaking out into the media, etc.
This is an article Jason Jones linked in the Athletic about the firing of Joeger in Memphis. Same issues. Arguments with FO. Disagreement on roster moves. Player development or playing time.
https://www.nba.com/grizzlies/news/grizzlies-q-a-chris-wallace-160507
In all fairness, Chris Wallace has been one of the worst GM's in recent memory. After Hollins was ushered out at the behest of front office executives Jason Levien and Stu Lash who wanted then assistant coach Joerger to replace him, owner Robert Pera reportedly wanted to fire coach Joerger. FIVE games into his tenure as the head coach.
A year later, Levien and Lash were let go and Chris Wallace took over as GM for a second time. So Joerger now had an owner who had wanted him gone immediately after his promotion, and his two supporters in the front office were gone. Mind you, Pera had wanted to implement some kind of headset system with Joerger akin to the NFL where he would answer in real time to someone (Pera? Wallace?) to which Dave of course was highly opposed. No wonder the owner and Joerger were at odds from the jump.
Just trying to point out that while there may seem to be similarities right now with the Memphis situation, things are usually more nuanced than first glance might show.
I keep remembering the very recent quote from Joerger when asked about something to do with the rotations this season where he replied " I serve many masters." Has stuck in my head ever since.
https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2016/5/7/11616192/dave-joerger-fired-grizzlies-money-kings
On the surface it feels like the Malone situation when we look at it through our Kings focal point. But this IS how it went down in Memphis for Joerger when he was looking for a contract extension. Things leaking out into the media, etc.
This is an article Jason Jones linked in the Athletic about the firing of Joeger in Memphis. Same issues. Arguments with FO. Disagreement on roster moves. Player development or playing time.
https://www.nba.com/grizzlies/news/grizzlies-q-a-chris-wallace-160507
In all fairness, Chris Wallace has been one of the worst GM's in recent memory. After Hollins was ushered out at the behest of front office executives Jason Levien and Stu Lash who wanted then assistant coach Joerger to replace him, owner Robert Pera reportedly wanted to fire coach Joerger. FIVE games into his tenure as the head coach.
A year later, Levien and Lash were let go and Chris Wallace took over as GM for a second time. So Joerger now had an owner who had wanted him gone immediately after his promotion, and his two supporters in the front office were gone. Mind you, Pera had wanted to implement some kind of headset system with Joerger akin to the NFL where he would answer in real time to someone (Pera? Wallace?) to which Dave of course was highly opposed. No wonder the owner and Joerger were at odds from the jump.
Just trying to point out that while there may seem to be similarities right now with the Memphis situation, things are usually more nuanced than first glance might show.
I keep remembering the very recent quote from Joerger when asked about something to do with the rotations this season where he replied " I serve many masters." Has stuck in my head ever since.
https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2016/5/7/11616192/dave-joerger-fired-grizzlies-money-kings
And Vlade is a competent GM? Really?