KTAR Reporting: Steve Kerr Not Returning as GM.

[Mainstreet]

It's really almost comical at this point. I don't see why he won't just sell the team seems like a lot of people that can actually afford to own and operate an NBA team are looking to buy.

Maybe this is the plan if Amare walks for nothing. This could be the start of cleaning house for selling the franchise.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

i'm just stunned. as with everyone else i'm thinking, "what the hell is next?!?"

if sarver really asked for a pay cut he should just be strung up by his balls. just as cheese admitted, i was originally a kerr basher, but the growth of lopez and dragic (not to mention getting to within 2 games of the finals) turned me.

i . . . i . . . i just don't know what to say . . .


is this just one more way for the spurs to get a dig at us? send one of their old cronies to get us to a very potentially important offseason and then pull the rug out from beneath us (i jest, i jest).

 

[Chaplin]

he wanted Kerr to take a pay CUT?!

I should have thrown that coffee on Sarver when I had the chance two years ago. Jesus Christ!

Could it be that he asked for Kerr to take the cut so that they could extend Amare? Who knows?

Kerr was no savior, that's for sure. Surprised by the news, but it doesn't make me want to go out and hang myself.

 

[Superbone]

I posted here during the season that he wouldnt be back next year. Apparently I am slightly psychic.

Is Amare staying or going?

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

"It's definitely been an interesting three years for both of us and the organization," said Sarver, who calls it "a little disappointing" that he has had three coaches and three GMs in six years as an owner.

if the idiot can't look in the mirror and see the constant in that equation i don't know what to think.

 

[Mainstreet]

Could it be that he asked for Kerr to take the cut so that they could extend Amare? Who knows?

Kerr was no savior, that's for sure. Surprised by the news, but it doesn't make me want to go out and hang myself.

The thing is, does Sarver have good GM lined up or is he just going to wing it again.

 

[SunsTzu]

Could it be that he asked for Kerr to take the cut so that they could extend Amare? Who knows?

That is ridiculous.

 

[ASUCHRIS]

Could it be that he asked for Kerr to take the cut so that they could extend Amare? Who knows?

Ha, no it couldn't be. I know Sarver's cheap, but money for Kerr's contract would have absolutely nothing to do with extending Amare.

Who the hell knows what happens now? Considering who's in charge, its a frightening proposition.

 

[Chaplin]

Ha, no it couldn't be. I know Sarver's cheap, but money for Kerr's contract would have absolutely nothing to do with extending Amare.

Who the hell knows what happens now? Considering who's in charge, its a frightening proposition.

The money all comes from the same pockets. But I'll agree it's a little confusing as to what happens now.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Could it be that he asked for Kerr to take the cut so that they could extend Amare? Who knows?

Kerr was no savior, that's for sure. Surprised by the news, but it doesn't make me want to go out and hang myself.

hang ourselves? no. but any fool can see that continuity is generally a large factor in championship teams in virtually all sports. the more turnover, the less likely you are to have players, coaches, and general managers that are all on the same page with the same goals. 3 coaches and 3 gm's in 6 years is, imo, a very bad sign. even if you can make good individual arguments for each change (and you certainly can with the suns), it doesn't change the fact of the actual impact on the long-term outcomes for the team. lack of continuity = lack of stability with means ultimately the base of the team crumbles. great.

 

[Divide Et Impera]

I gotta tell you, if by some stroke of luck, Lebron goes to the Clippers, I might just switch allegiances until $arver finally sells the team to someone who actually wants to win and has the money to do it. I've lived in LA for ten years now anyway and it would be great to root for the team that opposes the Lakers and actually has a shot to beat them. Might as well get in on the ground floor!

Dude, I gotta say, if James ends up in LAC, I might have to be a fan there with you. Sarver is such a douchebag, but Sterling is worse. However, I must say I'd be terribly intrigued with LeBron there....

 

[ASUCHRIS]

hang ourselves? no. but any fool can see that continuity is generally a large factor in championship teams in virtually all sports. the more turnover, the less likely you are to have players, coaches, and general managers that are all on the same page with the same goals. 3 coaches and 3 gm's in 6 years is, imo, a very bad sign. even if you can make good individual arguments for each change (and you certainly can with the suns), it doesn't change the fact of the actual impact on the long-term outcomes for the team. lack of continuity = lack of stability with means ultimately the base of the team crumbles. great.

Exactly, it's like old school Cards apologists who failed to realize that yes, one or two bad things in a vacuum don't hurt a franchise, but all that stuff adds up and is what makes good teams good, and bad teams bad. Continuity is one of the biggest red flags, and this situation is a giant one.

 

[Chaplin]

hang ourselves? no. but any fool can see that continuity is generally a large factor in championship teams in virtually all sports. the more turnover, the less likely you are to have players, coaches, and general managers that are all on the same page with the same goals. 3 coaches and 3 gm's in 6 years is, imo, a very bad sign. even if you can make good individual arguments for each change (and you certainly can with the suns), it doesn't change the fact of the actual impact on the long-term outcomes for the team. lack of continuity = lack of stability with means ultimately the base of the team crumbles. great.

Hey, I get it. You make a lot of sense. I'm just trying to keep an open mind.

 

[ASUCHRIS]

Dude, I gotta say, if James ends up in LAC, I might have to be a fan there with you. Sarver is such a douchebag, but Sterling is worse. However, I must say I'd be terribly intrigued with LeBron there....

Ridiculous. You're either a Suns fan, or you aren't. Screw this fan bigamy bs.

 

[Cheesebeef]

That is ridiculous.

agreed.

 

[Chaplin]

Ridiculous. You're either a Suns fan, or you aren't. Screw this fan bigamy bs.

+1

Although I don't think they're that serious.

 

[Mainstreet]

Maybe Sarver will become an owner/ GM. I don't know if this has ever happened before but Sarver fits the job description. Sarver has always been the overseer of the GM position.

Please someone wake me up and tell me it's a nightmare.

 

[SunsFanVegas]

"A source told ESPN The Magazine's Ric Bucher that the move has to do with Kerr feeling unable to adequately do the job with the financial limitations imposed by Sarver. The Suns have both Amare Stoudemire and Channing Frye as potential free agents this summer."

I think this paragraph speaks for itself. Sounds like Kerr's hands were really tied and just said "screw this cheapskate" and walked. There is little doubt that what most of us are saying about Sarver being as cheap as they come isn't indeed true. We don't need a crystal ball to see the handwriting on the wall....looks like Amare will be in a different uni for sure. I wonder if Grant Hill is second guessing his decision to pick up his option now.

 

[devilalum]

The Clippers?

Really!?!?

 

[Mainstreet]

"A source told ESPN The Magazine's Ric Bucher that the move has to do with Kerr feeling unable to adequately do the job with the financial limitations imposed by Sarver. The Suns have both Amare Stoudemire and Channing Frye as potential free agents this summer."

I think this sentence speaks for itself. Sounds like Kerr's hands were really tied and just said "screw this cheapskate" and walked. There is little doubt that what most of us are saying about Sarver being as cheap as they come isn't indeed true. We don't need a crystal ball to see the handwriting on the wall....looks like Amare will be in a different uni for sure. I wonder if Grant Hill is second guessing his decision to pick up his option now.

I think this leaves Sarver looking to sell the franchise. Other players may now want to walk including Nash.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

+1

Although I don't they're that serious.

they could try, but i don't think they would succeed.

and chap, i'll try to keep an open mind, but this is difficult and frankly baffling.

 

[SunsFanVegas]

I think this leaves Sarver looking to sell the franchise. Other players may now want to walk including Nash.

I agree...and I wouldn't blame them either. Sarver selling would be the best thing to happen to this franchise. Because it sure doesn't look real good at this point.

 

[SunsFanVegas]

We were two games away from the Finals this year and now this sh$t happens. Does anyone really think anything good will come out of this and we will be a playoff contender next year? I truly have my doubts.

 

[Chaplin]

Gambo just tweeted that there was no request for a paycut--Kerr just wanted to go back to TV.

 

[SunsFanVegas]

Gambo just tweeted that there was no request for a paycut--Kerr just wanted to go back to TV.

I have a real hard time believing that one.