What confuses me so much about this discussion is the timing. Ryan talked Sarver into a full rebuild around the 2017 All Star break and was extended 5 months later. I can see the justification for firing him last February to July but not now? What's he done in the past 9 months that so clearly warrants termination?
First, the last 9 months didn’t happen in a vacuum... they happened after years of turmoil, losses and general embarrassment.
Then, he wanted to short-circuit the rebuild going after Blake Griffin according to the paper of record in Arizona which would have not gone by the “Timeline”, then Botched the Bledsoe situation letting it play out to a predictably ugly fall out where not only did he lack to foresight to see that coming but also showed he didn’t learn his lesson airing dirty laundry about players making the same mistake in the press he made with Dragic.
And somehow thought again this year’s team was going to be competitive and was forced to fire his coach after becoming the laughingstock of the league.
Last, his two lotto picks from 2016 showed next to nothing in their second year in the league.