Slack for Christie?

How much slack do you give Christie as a coach for his W-L performance?

  • The whole season and next if needed - he was dealt a bad hand by circumstances out of his control

    Votes: 18 54.5%
  • This whole season to experiment with many combination of players available

    Votes: 2 6.1%
  • The whole season to experiment only if significant trades are made

    Votes: 2 6.1%
  • The half-way mark of the season if he hasn't found competitive culture regardless of losses

    Votes: 1 3.0%
  • At the quarter mark or beyond the if W-L % goes under .250

    Votes: 1 3.0%
  • He should be fired within several games if he doesn't institute a marked shift in rotation mins

    Votes: 2 6.1%
  • The organization should fire him asap following the Pelicans example

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • He should be kept the whole season for tanking, but released punitively if Kings lose lottery.

    Votes: 1 3.0%
  • He has deep organization roots as former player who deserves at least a year's immunity from losses

    Votes: 3 9.1%
  • He is clearly a poor coach, and should be fired at first chance.

    Votes: 3 9.1%

  • Total voters
    33
I think Christie shouldn't be judged by his W-L rate, as W-L isn't particularly relevant when you aren't actually competing.

I think the metric of success Christie has is how well he manages the roster. Do guys tell their agents that Sacramento is basketball hell, to forsake the organization for the foreseeable future? Do they publicly disparage the organization to the media and fans?

In the absence of competition, all that's left is to manage expectations
 
The real question should be "Slack for Perry?" but surprisingly not many people are asking that.

The terrible offseason we had made the team older, weaker and smaller. A lot of disjoint pieces that even Red Auerbach couldn't make work.
I have been asking that question since just before start of training camp, when nothing happened to improve the roster. Then all of a sudden, he hires Westbrook and Achiuwa, which were good moves, albeit months late.

We can give him until the next draft, or even the middle of July, before pulling the pitchforks out of the barn, though. It takes a at least a year to reshape a company, which is what he has been tasked with doing.
 
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