I read the article, not a very good one. She mentions both sides need to make it work but the things she mentions Morris needs to do to make amends, he won't do. I don't know how management is suppose to mend the fence when Morris has publicly stated he wants out and he doesn't expect to be here when its time to report. If he is here when TC begins what's he going to do? How will he handle the situation? He has kind of already alienated his teammates and coaching staff saying he won't talk to anyone and he has already alienated fans by criticizing them for lack of support.
She also screwed up with the line of thinking... too many players have wanted out lately. Communication seems to be an issue?
What... Dragic for being a drama queen, and Kieff for what he did?
No... here's the message McD is sending. We're not good enough. We need to get better. We need to add assets for trades. We need to get guys BETTER then some of our starters. We need a superstar.
McD has said most if not all of this MANY times. If Boivin isn't listening, well it's not like it's her job or anything.
The problem is... a few of the guys we have don't like that. They think they are all that and a bag of chips and don't want to be replaced or be a lesser part of a much better team.
Also, it seems like guys didn't have much of a problem, or told McD it would be ok... only for them to change their minds. In the end McD traded Ennis AND IT at the deadline, so if Dragic ever cared to look back, McD didn't break his word, Dragic was just impatient.
Dragic is a me-first player. He wasn't when he got in the league, but something changed. Now he is.
Kieff is in the same spot.
McD needs to keep doing what he is doing, there is no way for McD to say.. hey we need someone better then you. Some guys will accept that in order to win, some won't. There simply is no good way to communicate that. Some guys either sense it and accept it, others whine and force their way out.
That's not a problem with the front office, it's a problem with some of the players.
I don't see any of our Kentucky players acting like that. Tyson Chandler is exactly the type of player we need. Let's also not forget that guys like Kieff and Dragic, were previous regime holdovers.
I have a feeling that McD wanted Kieff to learn and understudy from LMA, just like Len would from Chandler. In four years, Kieff would be 29 and be able to ascend into that role... perhaps.
But Kieff doesn't want that. He wanted to play with his brother and his G.I. Joes.... and be 'da man'.
Boivin is clueless and wants to make excuses. McD didn't put us here, Kieff's fragile ego, and allegedly inability to take a joke did. Dragic's ego and impatience did. They wanted things their way over what it takes to make the team better. Both of them got mad at what a GM does to make the team better.
It's as simple as that. They didn't buy a ticket to ride on the train, they were just hitching a ride.
