Sarver interview

[Gaddabout]

http://www.azcentral.com/video/2503595053001

This is the most sensible he's ever been. It sounds like he's showing signs of maturity.

 

[carey]

Not sure if that was a troll or what, but that video is something about a guy that ripped off his own penis and I had my kids in the room.

Edit: Looks like it defaulted to the News tab video instead of the Sports tab video for some reason in Chrome on mac.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Not sure if that was a troll or what, but that video is something about a guy that ripped off his own penis and I had my kids in the room.

lol...it wasn't a troll, but there's another video on the azcentral website that has that in it and i think it was probably the next one up in the que.

 

[elindholm]

This is the most sensible he's ever been. It sounds like he's showing signs of maturity.

that video is something about a guy that ripped off his own penis

I love the suggestion that ripping off his own penis could be the most sensible thing Sarver has done since purchasing the Suns.

 

[Cheesebeef]

I love the suggestion that ripping off his own penis could be the most sensible thing Sarver has done since purchasing the Suns.

haha...that's a good one.

 

[sunsfan88]

LMAO yea the penis video thing happened to me. I thought OP was trolling at first but now I figured it out.

 

[Superbone]

Ouch!

 

[Gaddabout]

The link to the Sarver video works for me still. Sounds like a glitch. I'm happy for the unintentional joke.

 

[sunsfan88]

Kinda ironic that he's wearing purple considering he's trying so hard to get it out of our team colors.

 

[Errntknght]

The link took me to the News tab but I found several bits about Sarver under the Sports tab. He said basically that his big mistake was staying in 'win now' mode too long instead of having a long term plan. He also said that selling off draft picks was a mistake.

 

[AzStevenCal]

Kinda ironic that he's wearing purple considering he's trying so hard to get it out of our team colors.

It's amazing the things he gets blamed for. I doubt he has any more than the smallest involvement in the new uniforms.

Steve

 

[Mainstreet]

Second part of interview with Robert Sarver:

http://www.azcentral.com/video/#/Ro...misses+during+his+time+as+owner/2503651543001

 

[ASUCHRIS]

It's amazing the things he gets blamed for. I doubt he has any more than the smallest involvement in the new uniforms.

Steve

Really? He's the owner, I'd be surprised if any major decision didn't have his fingerprints all over it.

Pretty funny to see the fan reaction over the new colors/logos, I'd say overwhelmingly negative isn't strong enough.

 

[HooverDam]

It's amazing the things he gets blamed for. I doubt he has any more than the smallest involvement in the new uniforms.

Steve

This is a guy, who in that very interview wouldn't say he's going to back away from making basketball decisions. The guy is a micromanager of the HIGHEST order, he absolutely is involved/in charge of uniform and color decisions.

I have a friend wo worked in Corporate ticket sales for the Suns (she just quit) and tells many a story about Sarver coming into their cubicles, taking the phone from them while trying to make a ticket sale himself. All the while not telling the person on the end of the line who he was and just pretending to be "a manager."

 

[Superbone]

Speaking of logos, interesting how Sarver mentions the deeper purple of his Suns shirt at the end of the interview.

 

[Chaplin]

Speaking of logos, interesting how Sarver mentions the deeper purple of his Suns shirt at the end of the interview.

Yeah I was just going to mention that. Was it a hint?

 

[AzStevenCal]

This is a guy, who in that very interview wouldn't say he's going to back away from making basketball decisions. The guy is a micromanager of the HIGHEST order, he absolutely is involved/in charge of uniform and color decisions.

I guess I better listen to it again as I walked away with almost the opposite interpretation. I thought he denied having much involvement in basketball decisions. Cooper asked him about it and he said that he'd never had much involvement in basketball decisions except for pretty much being the tiebreaker guy (in the Dragic signing for example).

Steve

 

[Chaplin]

I guess I better listen to it again as I walked away with almost the opposite interpretation. I thought he denied having much involvement in basketball decisions. Cooper asked him about it and he said that he'd never had much involvement in basketball decisions except for pretty much being the tiebreaker guy (in the Dragic signing for example).

Steve

That was what I heard as well.

 

[AzStevenCal]

Really? He's the owner, I'd be surprised if any major decision didn't have his fingerprints all over it.

Pretty funny to see the fan reaction over the new colors/logos, I'd say overwhelmingly negative isn't strong enough.

I'd be surprised if the final decision didn't have his fingerprints all over it but I see no reason to think we're getting rid of purple because Sarver specifically set out to do so.

Steve

 

[Gaddabout]

Sarver is a banker. He makes decisions based on whatever the numbers tell him. Right now the spreadsheet tells him it's time to wipe the slate and rebuild, and let the basketball ops handle basketball decisions. This will work until basketball ops makes arguments for moves that don't have data to back it up. A small part of the Suns' full-on dive into analytics is because it will help explain and justify their decisions to Sarver.

It's not Game of Thrones. Sarver really doesn't want to be a micromanager. He just wants to fulfill his obligations to his investors. It doesn't make for inspiring NBA management, but it can work as long as the team he's selected understands how to speak his language.

Gosh, that sounds like I'm warming up to him. I'm really not. I am impressed with his recent interviews that sound like a move towards the saner side of things. No more delusional "win now" speak. That's progress, I think.

 

[ASUCHRIS]

No more delusional "win now" speak. That's progress, I think.

Ha, how the standards have hit rock bottom, especially considering he was selling this "win now" philosophy less than a year ago, despite the fact that it was obvious this team had arguably the worst "talent" in basketball.

While I approve of the McDonough/Horny hires, I still have almost zero faith in Sarver. Hopefully a good draft and free agent goal of unloading big contracts/acquiring young talent happens.

 

[HooverDam]

I guess I better listen to it again as I walked away with almost the opposite interpretation. I thought he denied having much involvement in basketball decisions. Cooper asked him about it and he said that he'd never had much involvement in basketball decisions except for pretty much being the tiebreaker guy (in the Dragic signing for example).

Steve

I'm on my phone now so it's tricky for me to re watch, but Bickley said something like "you told me you'll be getting out of the way of basketball ops a little more now, is that right?" And Sarver didn't go along with that notion. He tried to twist it as if he's never been that involved in basketball decisions, which we know is horse crap since he was the one responsible for the Hedo/Warrick/Childress mess.

 

[Chaplin]

I'm on my phone now so it's tricky for me to re watch, but Bickley said something like "you told me you'll be getting out of the way of basketball ops a little more now, is that right?" And Sarver didn't go along with that notion. He tried to twist it as if he's never been that involved in basketball decisions, which we know is horse crap since he was the one responsible for the Hedo/Warrick/Childress mess.

He never said "never". I think this is a case of your hatred painting your interpretation of what he said. I'll not deny he has more input than he said, but remember what was the state of the front office during that Hedo/Warrick/Childress mess. He had unqualified people giving him advice because he didn't HAVE a front office at the time. He wanted to improve the team and his low-level advisors told him to do it a certain way. He shouldn't have listened.

 

[HooverDam]

He never said "never". I think this is a case of your hatred painting your interpretation of what he said. I'll not deny he has more input than he said, but remember what was the state of the front office during that Hedo/Warrick/Childress mess. He had unqualified people giving him advice because he didn't HAVE a front office at the time. He wanted to improve the team and his low-level advisors told him to do it a certain way. He shouldn't have listened.

Fine he claimed to be minimally involved, which again, we know isn't true. Remember Kerr has said it was Sarver who pushed for the idea that the Suns must get under the cap at all costs, thus leading to the KT trade.

Plus giving him a pass because the front office was a mess is silly, it was a mess because of Sarver! That's like giving a pass to a long tenured college coach because he doesn't have good players on his team, he's the recruiter, that's his fault!

 

[Chaplin]

Fine he claimed to be minimally involved, which again, we know isn't true. Remember Kerr has said it was Sarver who pushed for the idea that the Suns must get under the cap at all costs, thus leading to the KT trade.

Plus giving him a pass because the front office was a mess is silly, it was a mess because of Sarver! That's like giving a pass to a long tenured college coach because he doesn't have good players on his team, he's the recruiter, that's his fault!

So what's your point? Seriously, the guy isn't going anywhere, and the only hope we have is for him to improve, which it appears he is doing. What else do you want? Sure, it'd be great if he sold the team, but that isn't going to happen.

Babby appears to be a decent hire, and McD and Hornacek seem like great additions, so while nobody is jumping up and down, there's good reason to be cautiously optimistic.

I just don't think it's worth being so angry about. The days of the Messiah Steve Kerr are gone--time to move on.