Suns fire McD

[Folster]

Barkley just said on Bickley & Marotta that he almost got the Magic GM job last summer.

Yuck. He would make a turrible GM. He's lazy and hates analytics.

 

[Proximo]

One so-so game by the point guards against a team resting half of its players, where the point guards still weren't all that great and everyone outside of Jackson was just hitting their shots does not mean there is not still a gaping hole at point guard that needs to be filled ASAP.

Yes I know.

However you have to weigh pluses and minuses. Is it worth getting raped in a trade for a pg when you still are unlikely to make the playoffs?

I'm just saying the ball movement was far better last night than previously. I am not saying it is good enough, just that it was good enough to not mortgage the future for a pg.

 

[Proximo]

awesome. another super cheap, beyond inexperienced GM to run the ship who learned from the previous atrocious GM.

Maybe, but I think I prefer that over McHale.

 

[BC867]

Goran is not a pure PG, Booker is just as good a passer already.

Even if that were true (which it is not, considering that Booker has no experience as full-time Point Guard) ...

... your point doesn't take into account that if DBook were moved to the Point, we have no Shooting Guard who could come close to replacing him.

And if, somehow, you expect Devin to cover both positions, that would be an invitation to fatigue and injury.

 

[BC867]

awesome. another super cheap, beyond inexperienced GM to run the ship who learned from the previous atrocious GM.

I agree with that. But what can you do?

 

[BC867]

Sarver has earned a long reputation for aggressively involving himself in basketball decisions, but it's become harder for coaches and front office staff to manage in the past two years after the Suns became Sarver's primary business interest.

Suns coaches became accustomed to regular beratings and demands of strategy and lineup changes, league sources said. Rival executives could sometimes hear Sarver yelling in the background on negotiation calls with the Suns' front office. Agents tell stories of private conversations occurring with Sarver without the front office's knowledge.

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...ng-promoting-james-jones-full-general-manager

This is concerning.

I am not one to say 'I told you so', but it is why I wrote a letter to the other Suns owners urging them to put their 70% vote together and replace Robert Sarver as Managing Partner.

It didn't bother me that some of you opposed my point of view because, well, it just seemed so obvious that, from a management perspective, we hadn't yet seen the worst of Robert Sarver's unprofessionalism.

 

[Mainstreet]

Kinda takes some steam out of the argument that there was a fight with McDonough that led to the firing when you look at all the collateral damage. My initial reaction is that James Jones made a power play, but I hope I'm wrong.

As it turns out you were right.

 

[Cheesebeef]

I agree with that. But what can you do?

nothing. just saying my peace.

 

[GatorAZ]

Gambo now saying McDonough was trying to trade up for Gilgeous—Alexander but got overruled to take Bridges. Why would Sarver want Bridges?

 

[Superbone]

awesome. another super cheap, beyond inexperienced GM to run the ship who learned from the previous atrocious GM.

And who can be micromanaged by Sarver.

 

[Ronin]

Barkley just said on Bickley & Marotta that he almost got the Magic GM job last summer.

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[Superbone]

I am not one to say 'I told you so', but it is why I wrote a letter to the other Suns owners urging them to put their 70% vote together and replace Robert Sarver as Managing Partner.

It didn't bother me that some of you opposed my point of view because, well, it just seemed so obvious that, from a management perspective, we hadn't yet seen the worst of Robert Sarver's unprofessionalism.

Did you get a response?

 

[SirStefan32]

Did you get a response?

I imagine they were too polite to send him a picture of all of them giving him the middle finger.
I doubt anyone read it, and if they did, they probably got a good laugh out of it.

 

[1Sun]

Gambo now saying McDonough was trying to trade up for Gilgeous—Alexander but got overruled to take Bridges. Why would Sarver want Bridges?

My guess is that he was then counting on McDonough to swing a trade of Warren or Jackson for a starting point guard. Either that or (gulp) Sarver wants to stick with the current mess we have at point guard, and it was McDonough who wanted to swing a trade and was shot down.

 

[Proximo]

My guess is that he was then counting on McDonough to swing a trade of Warren or Jackson for a starting point guard. Either that or (gulp) Sarver wants to stick with the current mess we have at point guard, and it was McDonough who wanted to swing a trade and was shot down.

Sarver wants a pg. He made that clear in yesterday's interview.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Gambo now saying McDonough was trying to trade up for Gilgeous—Alexander but got overruled to take Bridges. Why would Sarver want Bridges?

Hmm that’s weird.

 

[1Sun]

Sarver wants a pg. He made that clear in yesterday's interview.

But he might prefer to wait until next summer to acquire one in free agency. He seemed to hint that free agency was the next focus in terms of player acquisition.

 

[sunsfan88]

I remember that article but to me, it's saying something quite different than the one from ESPN that you posted.

Either way it’s showing that he’s really active in basketball decisions and that he’s more active than most other owners in the NBA.

 

[Willie D]

“Sarverfish?”

It's a joke, dude! Learn to laugh once in a while. The Sarverfish is one of those invasive species that infects a lake and swims up your poo canal to set up shop for some medical shenanigans.

The Chief Sarverfish is a semi-educated banker whose banks have been under multiple FDIC supervisory agreements over the years. He would be hard-pressed to define what Tier I capital is for a bank, just like he can't deal with a team that once had THREE point guards on the roster a few years ago. He nitpicks in basketball operations. He thinks he is Jerry Colangelo, but at best he's Jerrih Jones.

 

[Raindog]

Hmm that’s weird.

Yeah, I don't get that all - very incongruous, given everything that has transpired since.

 

[Krangodnzr]

What are you talking about, we were truly tanking last year and the final half of the previous season. There is no debating that we tanked. What more should have been done?

Right and the Suns should have been tanking the Bender-Chriss draft. Reading between the lines, it sounds like Sarver didnt want to tank.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

As it turns out you were right.

Why do you say that? I haven’t seen that specifically anywhere.

 

[Dback Jon]

Right and the Suns should have been tanking the Bender-Chriss draft. Reading between the lines, it sounds like Sarver didnt want to tank.

Sarver's insistence that the Suns trade assets to try to get the 8th playoff spot killed the franchise for years. Sounds like he wants to sacrifice the future again for a vain attempt at the playoffs again.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

It's a joke, dude! Learn to laugh once in a while. The Sarverfish is one of those invasive species that infects a lake and swims up your poo canal to set up shop for some medical shenanigans.

The Chief Sarverfish is a semi-educated banker whose banks have been under multiple FDIC supervisory agreements over the years. He would be hard-pressed to define what Tier I capital is for a bank, just like he can't deal with a team that once had THREE point guards on the roster a few years ago. He nitpicks in basketball operations. He thinks he is Jerry Colangelo, but at best he's Jerrih Jones.

Uh, I just didn’t know why you called him that. I figured it was a play on words and I just didn’t get it. Now I understand it’s something you completely made up and expected an entire audience to understand your inside joke. Trust me, I don’t give a F what you call him, I was just trying to figure out why you called him that.

But thanks for trying me to call me out when I was just trying to get in on the joke dude.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Sarver's insistence that the Suns vainly trade assets to try to get the 8th playoff spot killed the franchise for years. Sounds like he wants to sacrifice the future again for a vain attempt at the playoffs again.

My greatest fear. He just can’t see how successful the Sixers have been without rushing it.