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

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.