re: Woj saying that Monty will be be an NBA HC again soon...

Now that I have a better idea of what this org wants in a head coach I should have been worried when we fired Monty. He was growing as a head coach and leader of a team. And AD was still developing and averaged 31 pts and 11 rebs with 3blks in the playoffs to the eventual NBA champions. He should have got one more season to see if he could have kept his team chemistry growing like he did towards the end of the season.

Back then I wanted to hire Jeff Van Gundy soooo bad. This Gentry crap got old for me last year when he smiled after a close loss at home because he saw someone he knew in the stands. He's not a fricking leader.

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Gotta get rid of Loomis too. Otherwise it'll be the same no matter who the "acting" gm is.

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Why? Because you believe everything Dell's office leaks? Do you really think Loomis didn't want to hire a coach who wanted power over personnel or is there another person in the decision making process who wouldn't want that?

Loom needs to act as the owner proxy and lend assistance on negotiations/contracts. They do need a POBO to oversee a new GM.

I just find it convenient that all of the ownership restrictions come out after Gentry starts getting heat. Same thing for all of Dell's moves. Even though every move is completely in line with Dell's philosophy and history, the meddling ownership excuse never fails to surface when things go south.

Demps wanted a coach who played the system (Warriors) that he wanted, who AD would like, and who would not challenge him in anyway like Monty started to do. I also find it difficult to believe that ownership would be willing to fire Monty and pay his salary after getting to the playoffs and then go super cheap on the new coaching search. I think a coach willing to take a cheaper salary was a plus and they were not willing to pay $8M+ per year for a coach unproven with the organization, but I don't think they gave Dell a salary restriction which eliminated most candidates. They also paid above average money for assistant coaches for Gentry.

I do think ownership plays a role in making Demps job more difficult, but Demps is in the driver's seat. It is his job to make the decisions and it is his job to convince/persuade ownership of the right path to success. The idea that Demps just made a few more bad moves than good ones and really it is mostly ownership's fault where no GM could possibly succeed is an extremely biased view that comes from people in Dell's office feeling the heat.