I disagree with the concept of this thread, on many levels.
I'm sure everyone here is employed. On occasion, everyone everywhere will, at times, fail at what they do, or at least not perform up to standard. Bottom line is, nobody in this world is perfect.
Our front office has proven that they will take whatever measures are necessary in order to bring back winning basketball to this city. They've taken risks, granted, not all have worked out. Every decision every move every transaction has been carefully executed with the intention of making this basketball team better.
point of fact: they have not. thus far, the front office has only proven that they're deeply inexperienced stumble-bums. this is the nba; you don't get an "A" for effort. the "measures" that the kings' decision-makers have taken this season betray a rather startling lack of foresight, as well as an alarming lack of legitimate basketball acumen...
just as the team was beginning to develop a winning culture under mike malone, the kings fired him without an adequate replacement lined up. that doesn't strike me as a move that constitutes a
necessary measure "in order to bring back winning basketball to this city." the firing of mike malone was predicated on philosophical difference, and clearly was
not a measure of
necessity. after all, what team
needs to fire a head coach 24 games into a season in which he was mining tangible results from a limited roster, particularly when the decision-makers are unsure of themselves and indecisive about what constitutes the "right" coach for this team? again, it betrays a rather startling lack of foresight, as well as an alarming lack of legitimate basketball acumen...
had the front office lined up george karl to take over as head coach in the week after they fired mike malone, rather than allegedly communicating to demarcus cousins that karl wasn't the right coach for this team, only to pursue karl
eight weeks into a team-wide implosion and a pitchfork-wielding fan exodus and a massive media firestorm, i
might be inclined to agree with you, but the dam-bursting leaks we've witnessed during these last eight weeks strike me as concrete evidence that we're dealing with a group of deeply inexperienced stumble-bums, and not an earnest group of intelligent individuals who's mistakes can be shrugged off with the cliched sigh of "nobody's perfect"...
yes, hiring karl as a replacement for
tyrone corbin could be fairly considered a step in the right direction, but it has only occurred in the aftermath of this organization taking two godzilla-sized steps backward. karl should be able to stabilize the kings' on-court product in the meantime, but the kings' decision-makers have tremendous work ahead of them in correcting the way they conduct their business. in my opinion, the new regime must learn what the appropriate "measures" actually are
long before they start flailing about like amateurs. there's a difference between being smart and being aggressive, after all...
i'm a lifelong fan of the kings, but i'm also just a lifelong fan of nba basketball. that said, i don't mind having disagreements in philosophy over how the game should or shouldn't be played; disagreements in philosophy are important to the forward progress of any organization or institution. but the problem is that i don't believe these jokers when they claim that they understand how to plan two, three, and four steps ahead. i don't believe them when they say that they know what they're doing. personally, i see a group of decision-makers that are as green as can be, a bunch of hucksters now feeling the heat that comes with the responsibility of owning and managing a franchise that is beloved by its fanbase...