pilprin wrote:I think the time has come to rake the snake and remove LH. I do not want him making anymore trades that could further screw up this team...If that is possible.
A new GM needs to be brought in. Let him look over the squad and evaluate what a team should look like.
We have two SG's starting in Mo and Redd. IMHO one needs to go.
A true PG needs to be added. At this point I would not be upset in going with what we have until a Vet. PG could be added.
Bogut and YI are thebuilding blocks of this team. Everything else is expendable.
This team needs a GM who can create a cohesive team that have players that complement the core ones.
Simmons, CV, and possibly Gadz have no value as complimentary players. We have a hug quantity of mediocre players with little or no quality.
LH has had long enough to turn things around.
Except that Larry Harris has never really had the opportunity to shape the team as he would like to. Kohl and Kohl's cronies are an extreme and consistent hindrance. Harris is widely considered to be a shrewd evaluator of talent and an up an coming GM within NBA circles. The absurd dysfunctional aspects of our franchise are well known.
To me, the only criticisms I see of Larry Harris that seem reasonable at this point was summed up pretty well by Epi recently. He likened Harris to a eunuch. Impotent, like a eunuch, and backbiting as a way of compensation for that impotence, like a eunuch. I'm paraphrasing Epi there, so hopefully I got that right.
Basically, Harris is a contributor to the dysfunction that has basically always existed during Kohl's tenure, but the cause of Harris contributing to that dysfunction is a byproduct of the preexisting dysfunction. That doesn't excuse Harris' contributions to the dysfunction, but that's what happens sometimes when a person who should have a certain level of power/influence isn't granted the appropriate power/influence. They try and exert influence through other avenues. As Epi has said, none of this is good for an organization as it permeates all the way to the product on the court.
pilprin wrote:The time has come to give someone else a chance...someone with serious credentials like Grunfeld had when he came in. Without that type of move, the cycle of crap will continue.
What would be the point? If Kohl and his cronies continue to operate as they have been, it really wouldn't matter if we bring in a different GM. And if we do bring in a GM and Kohl gets out of his way, then the real change is Kohl getting out of the way, something he could do NOW with Harris, without changing GMs.
Besides, no one with the kind of serious credentials you would be looking for has any interest in stepping into this mess of a front office.
If we do want to try and bring in that type of person, we would need to do a number of things:
1) Senator Kohl would have to relinquish his title of President of Basketball Operations and give that title to this new person. This in and of itself will not be enough though. This was on the table for Doug Collins, but Doug Collins still declined to come here.
2) Remove Ron Walter from the organization. He might not be well known among fans, but he is well known (in a very bad way) among front office people. No one will come here unless Kohl gets rid of Walter. At this point it would probably be a good idea to just clean house and get rid of Steinmiller and Burr as well. Walter is the primary problem though and his removal would be huge in the eyes of a prospective candidate to become our new President of Basketball Operations and GM.
3) Make this new guy the highest paid executive in the NBA. Despite moves #1 and #2, any candidate is still going to be skeptical about whether it would be a good idea to come here as long as Kohl owns the team. The money is a must.
4) Assure the new guy that he can make ANY move he deems necessary. ANY. Obviously, that includes the coach. One reason why front office people aren't interested in this job is that Kohl always picks the coaches himself. If the new guy wants to keep Larry K, fine. But if he doesn't, Kohl can't stand in his way and prevent him from firing Larry K.
If firing Larry Harris is a prerequisite to Kohl taking steps 1-4 for the GM of this team, than I am all for the firing of Larry Harris and I hope Larry Harris gets fired ASAP.
Otherwise... we'd just be firing him for the sake of firing someone. Which is fine I guess. But nothing would change.