What your advocating is exactly why the Kings are as bad as they are. The Kings are already the laughing stock of the NBA, and you want to fire the new GM when he's essentially been here for one full season. How soon before you want to fire Joerger? How soon before you want to trade a player that you wanted us to sign? This is ridiculous. You think a new GM is going to turn around 10 or more years of bad decisions in one year? It took Petrie five years before he finally had the team he wanted. Petrie knew we needed capspace, and he had to wait for the right moment. He drafted Peja, and was willing to wait two years for him to come over. He got booed for that decision.
Sorry if I seem a bit testy, but I'am so sick of this kind of crap. People on this forum see a player that they want signed in freeagency, and when he goes to another team, they want to fire our GM, as though he's some kind of god that can dictate to players that they have to sign with us. Unfortunately we seem to live in an instant gratification society. No one has any patience, nor will they give a player, a GM, or a new Coach a chance to prove themselves if that person wasn't their choice.
Sadly, too often the Kings organization has reflected that same attitude, giving up on coaches and players, after rushing into decisions to hire them in the first place. Anyone noticed how Nik Stauskas is playing so far this season? 24 mpg, 10.2 ppg, 55.3% fgp, and 45.7% 3pp. I have no idea if he can maintain that, but if he can, then where are all those naysayers that wanted him gone and labeled him a bust? Every new administration comes in and has a different way of doing things, and the players are victims of that. A first round pick can go from playing 25 minutes a game his rookie year, to 10 minutes a game his sophmore year simply because there's a new boss with a new system in town. Neither the player, or the new coach is to blame; but the results reflect the constant change.
Some on the forum didn't like Vlade's draft picks this season. I get that! I, like many others wanted Baldwin as our first round pick. Not that I thought Baldwin was going to be the next Chris Paul or Damian Lillard, but because we needed a PG, and I thought Baldwin was the best one left. But I could have argued for several players that I liked. Papagiannis I had never heard of, so I couldn't honestly express an opinion on him. However, after seeing him in summer league up close and personal, I'd be lying if I didn't say I was disappointed. But none of that doesn't mean that three years from now he won't be a good player. You have to give them time. Especially big men and PG's.
The same applies to GM's. No one knows what Vlade's long range plan is. But based on his signings this off season, and how the contracts were drawn up, it's apparent to me that he does have a long range plan. I know we would all like to know what it is, but if he told us, then he would be telling the rest of the league as well. So we have to give him our trust and be patient. Not forever, but for a reasonable period of time, which to my mind is a minimum of three years, but ideally five years. As I said, it was Petrie's fifth year when it all came together. As reminder, in Petrie's fourth year the team won 27 games. If you think people weren't upset then your nuts. Turns out, he knew what he was doing.
Let me be clear. I have no idea if Vlade will be successful or not, but I'm willing to give him a chance to prove himself. Contrary to what some may think, this isn't rocket science. Vlade knows the game of basketball. He knows what works and what doesn't. The trick is to get everyone on the same page with pieces that fit together properly. Right now, we don't have a team. We have a group of pieces, some of which are ill fitting. Joerger is trying to figure out which one's to keep, and which one's to let go. Unfortunately for the fans, it can be a painful process. But if it was easy, every team in the league would a contender.
