re: Offseason Dell Demps Job Watch - Day 28ish - And now my watch is ended

Is it happening like Saints drafting Reed?

This is spot on. It all starts at the top. The Pels, as an organization, are basically Kings South at this point. These rumors only further the idea that Benson/Loomis have no clue what the hell they are doing.

btw- How did your post get downvotes? Is it the Demps stuff? I have doubts, but Danny Ferry was pretty meh in Cleveland before getting autonomy/support in ATL.

He knew about the Bucks trade

He knew about Ryan injury

He knew about the Rivers trade

And you know jack shite

Oh dear lord yes. Please someone get ready to bump the thread with MM acting like a fool. When I spoke to Lauscha, he really did say that everyone will be evaluated and no decisions had been made. Anyone that was/is relying on Demps or his staff for accurate inside information about his own job security is naive.

I guess we'll find out soon enough. Regardless of the path we took within the past 5 years, we need to go in a different direction.

With a guy like AD, you shouldn't need to rebuild. If a new GM can put a complimentary team together, we'll be in much better shape.

I'm a firm believer that you can build a competitive team without relying heavily on the draft as long as the team has a complimentary roster. I still believe this. Unfortunately, Demps didn't do a good job of putting together players who can peak together.

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. The Pels, as an organization, are basically Kings South at this point.

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Do the pels have(had):

A psycho man child "superstar"

A solid coach malone who was fired a quarter through the season due to a crazy owner not liking him

Hired another coach that fanned flames from day one and a very public and embarassing battle between at least 3 parties

And more

Things aren't great right now and its time for a change but its not near kings level yet

Kick ML aside and get a real POBO

The rest will sort itself

I get that your thing is optimism. Your post is delusional.

Have the Kings ignored medical advice for a player coming off a season ending injury, likely because of a playoffs mandate from ownership?

Or allowed a player to skip medical checkups, likely because of that same mandate?

Then fired a coach after meeting said mandate and after having the owner put out a statement praising his work?

Or leave the future leadership of the team (2 months before the draft and, likely, the most insane FA ever) twisting in the wind because they are too busy with the draft of another franchise and then a horse race?

In no way would I want to be a Kings fan over the last decade. The Maloofs make Shinn look like Mark Cuban. But since Vivek took over, he and Benson are in the same ballpark

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tzimme4

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you're such a joke on this site

I went over to PR for the first time in awhile and the amount if people white knighting for Dell is amazing. Wow.

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I went over to PR for the first time in awhile and the amount if people white knighting for Dell is amazing. Wow.

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It's been that way for a while over there. Lots of homerism and irrational defense forcing. Before my second ban because a BSS mod doesn't understand the difference between personal attacks and calling out forum behavior, the common argument was Demps is a Spurs disciple so he is automatically GOAT and superficial shite like I like Jrue yada yada.

Its an empty argument though. Sure, some of his strategies can be seen to be molded from that experience in SA. Others, not so much and many are misunderstandings of the Spurs philosophy. If Demps was a pure disciple that truly "got it" he wouldn't of done a lot of the things he did. For example, traded for Tyreke Evans or Omer Asik. Neither fit what Pop or Buford would consider "high character, selfless, players that have gotten over themselves." Ignored the draft or shown more affinity for Dumars Pistons model of building. Blindly thrown huge capital at players he hadn't been able to interview and determine if they fit character wise(something Pop and Buford claim is critical in making big decisions on personnel). He was a part of the Spurs organization, that doesn't automatically make him anything more then a successful functionary. He also wouldn't have been so antagonistic toward his coaches(even Gentry this season) and taken on a persona of the king, trying to consolidate power. The Spurs are the original participatory organization and they pride themselves on that. Demps is literally striving for an opposite set-up where he is king.

Also something that is not acknowledged is context. Demps came aboard an already well-oiled machine. Demps didn't experience how the Spurs became the Spurs, he was just dropped into an already defined role in an already defined organization and culture. That is much different then say, Travis Schlenk. Who saw and was a pivotal part of an organization transitioning from a flawed, disjointed, undisciplined organization that lacked cohesion, focus and was behind the curve on things like analytics and medicine and transitioned into the other most prominent well-oiled, high functioning organization in the game.