Thank You Petrie !
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I have been notoriously tough on Petrie over the last half decade. But there was a reason for it -- there was about a 5 year period there where Geoff did very little right. He just wasn't making moves that let you rebuild or win.
I started to change my tune last year because Geoff had started to change HIS tune. Still a remarkable turnaround. Now we got lucky tonight, but lucky or not, when our picks came up Geoff made the absolute right calls. And all of a sudden our future looks real bright.
So I, notorious Petrie detractor, add my post to a thank you Petrie thread.
I started to change my tune last year because Geoff had started to change HIS tune. Still a remarkable turnaround. Now we got lucky tonight, but lucky or not, when our picks came up Geoff made the absolute right calls. And all of a sudden our future looks real bright.
So I, notorious Petrie detractor, add my post to a thank you Petrie thread.
Thank you Mr. GP.
..for taking going for that star instead of the safe pick in Monroe. Also thank you for doing your homework enough to know about Whiteside's game and snatched him up as soon as we got the chance. I have think that the reason Hassan slipped passed the 20s is because many GMs picking there didn't think he would be available and never worked him out or did their HW.
..for taking going for that star instead of the safe pick in Monroe. Also thank you for doing your homework enough to know about Whiteside's game and snatched him up as soon as we got the chance. I have think that the reason Hassan slipped passed the 20s is because many GMs picking there didn't think he would be available and never worked him out or did their HW.
I agree. There was a long stretch on completely uninspiring moves that I think were summed up with the Mikki Moore signing.
But you get a franchise PG, a potential HOF talent and add some young tough pieces to the core with Casspi, Greene, and JT. You have built a playoff contending core.
Today was a monumental day in the franchise history. Its very unlikely we'll pick this high again. Depending on how the pieces fell and Petrie's decisions we could have been consigned to being merely a very good team, but not a true contender. Instead team need, luck and skill converged and we absolutely nailed it. Its amazing when it happens. Its extremely premature but we have a championship level core now. The wholes we had are filled with elite talent. Its just gotta come together. Should be fun.
Soooo, THANK YOU PETRIE!!
But you get a franchise PG, a potential HOF talent and add some young tough pieces to the core with Casspi, Greene, and JT. You have built a playoff contending core.
Today was a monumental day in the franchise history. Its very unlikely we'll pick this high again. Depending on how the pieces fell and Petrie's decisions we could have been consigned to being merely a very good team, but not a true contender. Instead team need, luck and skill converged and we absolutely nailed it. Its amazing when it happens. Its extremely premature but we have a championship level core now. The wholes we had are filled with elite talent. Its just gotta come together. Should be fun.
Soooo, THANK YOU PETRIE!!
Ever since last offseason Geoff has been one of ( if not the best ) gm in the league.
Hire Westphal ( and more importantly our coaching staff, Westphal gets a lot of help ) Draft Evans, Casspi and Brockman. Trade for Dalembert, Draft Cousins and Whiteside. Petrie has been just about perfect lately. I hope this continues into the offseason. We dont need to spend a lot of money, or sign any long term deals. If we go into next season as is ( with the addition of a backup PG ) I think we'll all be happy.
Hire Westphal ( and more importantly our coaching staff, Westphal gets a lot of help ) Draft Evans, Casspi and Brockman. Trade for Dalembert, Draft Cousins and Whiteside. Petrie has been just about perfect lately. I hope this continues into the offseason. We dont need to spend a lot of money, or sign any long term deals. If we go into next season as is ( with the addition of a backup PG ) I think we'll all be happy.
I think some of the credit has to go to Westphal for helping change Petrie's tune. I think this was one of the things that Westphal said he wanted if he were to take this job.
To have such an instaneous shift in who we draft starting last year wasn't just done by Petrie alone. Either way, I'm glad Petrie agreed, and that we aer making the moves that we are.
This cannot be emphasized enough. Does anybody else think that its all too convenient that Geoff's metamorphasis from two-time EoY winner to Lame Duck GM to nascent genius again coincided all too conveniently with the Maloofs' level of meddling?
Props to the Maloofs for being hands off. Props to Petrie for knowing how to run a franchise.
Props to the Maloofs for being hands off. Props to Petrie for knowing how to run a franchise.