KTAR Reporting: Steve Kerr Not Returning as GM.

[Yuma]

For the life of me, I hope Sarver doesn't do this: Click this to see my Sarver nightmare!

 

[SunsFanVegas]

Could the Basketball Gods really be that cruel????

 

[Yuma]

Also, NBATV is saying Amare will opt out of his contract if the Suns don't give him a contract offer by July 1.

 

[Arizona's Finest]

WTF?

What freak show this organization has become. Screw Robert Sarver. I hope David Geffen comes and buys his sorry azz out. Clown.

Thank god for the Cardinals. Who ever thought we would be saying that 3 years ago????

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

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

eh, sarver admitted that finances played a "small part" in the decision. that's all i needed to hear. damning confession if you ask me, even if he downplayed it.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Yeah. All these assumptions are premature to say the least. We all know that Kerr reluctantly took the job in the first place. I for one didn't expect him to be our GM for too long. I think he stepped in as a favor to a buddy to try to put the Suns over the top with a little defense and rebounding. I think he stuck around to right the ship after the Shaq, D'Antoni, and Porter fiascos. It's a good time for him to leave in my opinion, because despite the amazing season this team is still on its way down and possibly losing its all-star power forward.

if he was really only doing it on an interim basis and always planned on leaving i'd suspect that he'd stick around to help a worthy successor. that doesn't seem to be the case.

 

[Yuma]

Does Steve Kerr leaving mean he KNOWS the franchise will not resign Amar'e? I just don't see Nash being as effective if we don't resign Amar'e. Maybe Kerr thinks that, too?

 

[Cheesebeef]

WTF?

What freak show this organization has become. Screw Robert Sarver. I hope David Geffen comes and buys his sorry azz out.

a man can dream Arizona... especially when reality looks like it's gonna be a nightmare.

God it would be great if our state had just ONE owner who was independently loaded so they could spend the money needed to win a title. The Cards have definitely changed their ways, but more income from outside the franchise itself wouldn't hurt there either.

 

[SunsFanVegas]

I truly believe that Kerr wants to put a contender on the floor and Sarver is not letting him with all his penny pinching ways. Kerr absolutely knows this now and I think he feels it will be impossible for him to do his job effectively. I also believe that the Amare scenario has a lot to do with Kerr's decision to leave. Amare is as good as gone imo. Which wouldn't be the end of the world if we could get a replacement, but that is not going to happen. I think Kerr wanted to sign Amare and add another piece or two defensively to help out and try one more time to get over the hump to a championship. We were so close this year. I really feel we have little to look forward to in this next season. I feel sorry for Grant and Nash. Their chances of winning a ring are just as good as nill now unless they both move elsewhere.

 

[Mainstreet]

I truly believe that Kerr wants to put a contender on the floor and Sarver is not letting him with all his penny pinching ways. Kerr absolutely knows this now and I think he feels it will be impossible for him to do his job effectively.

IMO, Kerr was a yes man for Sarver short term (to make the Suns more financially stable) with the understanding he could rebuild the franchise. Now he is finding Sarver eats his own. Kerr needed to look no further than how the BC situation was handled.

UA eats their own.

 

[SunsTzu]

Kerr needed to look no further than how the BC situation was handled.

Actually after reading Coro's article I think Gentry's situation could parallel BC's. He has a year left on his deal but is certainly deserving of a new contract that doesn't look like it's going to come. If teams show interest in Gentry I'm sure he's gone.

 

[carey]

I hope we would go for Portland's GM rather than go for Griffin.

+1 mate. I was going to post this if no one had posted it by the time I read all 6 pages. Let Griffin walk as well and combine the two salaries and hire Pritchard. He's better than both combined anyway.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

why would pritchard come to a drowning franchise?

 

[SunsTzu]

He's better than both combined anyway.

In what way?

 

[SunsTzu]

why would pritchard come to a drowning franchise?

Pritchard should know better than anyone(other than maybe Presti) what it would be like working for Sarver. He always knew where to look when it came to spending Paul Allen's money on a 1st round pick.

 

[MaoTosiFanClub]

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

The same John Gambadoro that goes on family vacations with Bobby Sarver? The same Gambo that blamed the entire Joe Johnson situation on JJ when Sarver was largely at fault? This stupid tweet does not surprise me at all, Gambo has been Sarver's mouthpiece/lackey/b!tchboy since he rolled into town.

From what I heard Kerr does not have any interest in being Sarver's hatchet-man again like he was the first few years of his GM tenure. He'd gladly look at becoming a GM again but I think he'll likely involve himself with UofA somehow along with doing the TV gig.

Let's face it here - Steve Kerr was the first front office executive we had in the ENTIRE history of the franchise that had the right vision for winning championships. No more giddy laughs and high-fives while we inevitably lost 125-115. The vision was toughness, chemistry, defense, building through the draft, and mixing admirable and solid vets with youth. You know, an actual team not something meant to entertain. And he's gone because of Bobby Sarver.

It's a freaking joke.

 

[Gaddabout]

It won't be Griffin. He's leaving as well. All I can say right now.

 

[slinslin]

They should hire me!

 

[HooverDam]

You know, an actual team not something meant to entertain.

Yah I hate when my sports teams are entertaining! Boo to that! This moronic stereotype that one style or another is the one way of winning NBA titles seems like it'll never die. You can win titles up tempo or with a slow tempo, that has nothing to do with it. The teams with the best players usually win, the Suns have never clearly had the leagues best squad.

A big part of that is bad luck, the Suns never had the #1 pick, which makes things tough. If the Suns get Kareem and pair him with Paul Silas, Connie Hawkins and Van Arsdale they could've run up and down the court and probably won a couple of titles with a very quick pace.

Anyway, about Kerr, its clear he's trying to jump ship before he has to deal with totally reworking the team that he in part has set up to have zero future. With no draft pick and Amare likely walking for nothing, its a bleak outlook. Sarver of course deserves a large part of the blame, the guy is awful, but Kerr wasn't great either.

Lets never forget he chased off a Coach who led the team to their most successful 4 year run, the Terry Porter hire, the KT trade thats still haunting us, the Shaq trade that never made sense, acquiring Ben Wallaces extremely valuable expiring but not holding on to it until the deadline and making something of it, and not getting a late 1st from Cleveland.

He did some nice things too, I was wrong about Robin Lopez that turned out to be a good pick. Dragic was a very good pick and I think Clark has potential. The J Richh/Dudley trade was a very good move as well.

Kerr certainly improved as his tenure went along, but he started so monumentally poorly it was hard to recover. His tenure ought to be a warning to other franchises looking to hire GMs with zero relevant experience. At the beginning of his tenure, he was getting bent over when dealing with other teams and now the Suns are looking at a 2010 with no All Star PF, no marquee FA signing, no draft pick, and an expensive but not particularly talented lineup.

 

[Folster]

It won't be Griffin. He's leaving as well. All I can say right now.

Interesting. This may point to greater objection to Sarver's financial management or Griffin knows he won't get the job and he's tired of getting passed over.

 

[SunsTzu]

Interesting. This may point to greater objection to Sarver's financial management or Griffin knows he won't get the job and he's tired of getting passed over.

More likely the former imo. Griffin has stuck with the team in the past declining GM offers.

 

[Tyler]

Yah I hate when my sports teams are entertaining! Boo to that! This moronic stereotype that one style or another is the one way of winning NBA titles seems like it'll never die. You can win titles up tempo or with a slow tempo, that has nothing to do with it. The teams with the best players usually win, the Suns have never clearly had the leagues best squad.

A big part of that is bad luck, the Suns never had the #1 pick, which makes things tough. If the Suns get Kareem and pair him with Paul Silas, Connie Hawkins and Van Arsdale they could've run up and down the court and probably won a couple of titles with a very quick pace.

Anyway, about Kerr, its clear he's trying to jump ship before he has to deal with totally reworking the team that he in part has set up to have zero future. With no draft pick and Amare likely walking for nothing, its a bleak outlook. Sarver of course deserves a large part of the blame, the guy is awful, but Kerr wasn't great either.

Lets never forget he chased off a Coach who led the team to their most successful 4 year run, the Terry Porter hire, the KT trade thats still haunting us, the Shaq trade that never made sense, acquiring Ben Wallaces extremely valuable expiring but not holding on to it until the deadline and making something of it, and not getting a late 1st from Cleveland.

He did some nice things too, I was wrong about Robin Lopez that turned out to be a good pick. Dragic was a very good pick and I think Clark has potential. The J Richh/Dudley trade was a very good move as well.

Kerr certainly improved as his tenure went along, but he started so monumentally poorly it was hard to recover. His tenure ought to be a warning to other franchises looking to hire GMs with zero relevant experience. At the beginning of his tenure, he was getting bent over when dealing with other teams and now the Suns are looking at a 2010 with no All Star PF, no marquee FA signing, no draft pick, and an expensive but not particularly talented lineup.

Ofcourse Mao is going to blindly support him, they come from the same cesspool.

 

[mojorizen7]

Let's face it here - Steve Kerr was the first front office executive we had in the ENTIRE history of the franchise that had the right vision for winning championships. No more giddy laughs and high-fives while we inevitably lost 125-115. The vision was toughness, chemistry, defense, building through the draft, and mixing admirable and solid vets with youth. You know, an actual team not something meant to entertain. And he's gone because of Bobby Sarver.

It's a freaking joke.

Yep, pretty much nailed it.

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[slinslin]

Let's face it here - Steve Kerr was the first front office executive we had in the ENTIRE history of the franchise that had the right vision for winning championships. No more giddy laughs and high-fives while we inevitably lost 125-115. The vision was toughness, chemistry, defense, building through the draft, and mixing admirable and solid vets with youth. You know, an actual team not something meant to entertain. And he's gone because of Bobby Sarver.

It's a freaking joke.

That is wrong though. Kerr WAS that. Unfortunately he gave up on it quickly by trading Shaq and firing Porter to accommodate Nash.

 

[MaoTosiFanClub]

Yah I hate when my sports teams are entertaining! Boo to that!

I actually refer to those times more as underachieving than entertaining but whatever. Losing to inferior teams and continuing the 0-fer championship streak this organization has (longest in the NBA) isn;t entertaining to me no matter how many points they scored.

This moronic stereotype that one style or another is the one way of winning NBA titles seems like it'll never die. You can win titles up tempo or with a slow tempo, that has nothing to do with it. The teams with the best players usually win, the Suns have never clearly had the leagues best squad.

Yes, they did. Those teams were loaded and could not get past an elderly Spurs teams and the perennially choking Mavs. It never had anything to do with tempo, D'Antoni's teams lost because despite their superior talent they were mentally and physically weak and could not get stops.

A big part of that is bad luck, the Suns never had the #1 pick, which makes things tough. If the Suns get Kareem and pair him with Paul Silas, Connie Hawkins and Van Arsdale they could've run up and down the court and probably won a couple of titles with a very quick pace.

That's speculative at best. You weren't even alive then.

Anyway, about Kerr, its clear he's trying to jump ship before he has to deal with totally reworking the team that he in part has set up to have zero future. With no draft pick and Amare likely walking for nothing, its a bleak outlook. Sarver of course deserves a large part of the blame, the guy is awful, but Kerr wasn't great either.

Haha, Kerr already re-worked the team once. Twice actually. I'm sure he was terrified of losing Amare, a guy he always thought of as replaceable.

Lets never forget he chased off a Coach who led the team to their most successful 4 year run

Successful? Try underachieving.

the Terry Porter hire

A mistake no doubt with good intentions. Of course he realized it and nipped it in the bud within a few months but I'll give it to you.

the KT trade thats still haunting us

Forced by Sarver.

the Shaq trade that never made sense, getting rid acquiring Ben Wallaces extremely valuable expiring but not holding on to it until the deadline and making something of it, and not getting a late 1st from Cleveland.

Yeah, I'm sure Cleveland was chomping at the bit for a 37 year old overweight has-been who makes $20 million annually and who has imploded his last three teams because of a poor attitude. Anyone would tell you the Shaq trade was the worst move Cleveland made all year. he killed their chemistry just like he did the Suns.

He did some nice things too, I was wrong about Robin Lopez that turned out to be a good pick. Dragic was a very good pick and I think Clark has potential. The J Richh/Dudley trade was a very good move as well.

Kerr certainly improved as his tenure went along, but he started so monumentally poorly it was hard to recover. His tenure ought to be a warning to other franchises looking to hire GMs with zero relevant experience. At the beginning of his tenure, he was getting bent over when dealing with other teams and now the Suns are looking at a 2010 with no All Star PF, no marquee FA signing, no draft pick, and an expensive but not particularly talented lineup.

Talented enough to get to the Western Conference finals, no?