HomieOmey wrote:I don't really see the reasoning behind firing BC right now. I think the justification has been there in the past, but right now seems like a really weird time to fire him considering
1. Jonas looks very promising
2. It was mostly expected that we would suck
3. Lowry is one of the team's best acquisitions ever and the draft pick we are set to give up could still end up a number of different places.
4. DD is quickly proving to possibly be worth his new extension
5. After sticking with the Bargnani experiment as long as he has, trading him a week into the season would have made little sense.
All that being said, I've never been BC's biggest fan, and I do think that the decision to fire him or keep him should be given a lot of consideration this season. I'm assuming management can know for sure exactly how serious of an offer he made for Harden, which should be taken into consideration - just as much as the drafting of Ross, imo. If, closer to the trade deadline, we're still seeing the same Bargnani in a Raptors uniform, can pretty much bank on giving up a pick in the 4-7 range, and still feel uneasy about the DD contract (while obviously still hating the contract given to Fields), then sure... fire him and try to correct the path this team is on before the second half of the season starts.
Whoa. Number 2. Who "expected that we would suck"? Some pundits or fundits had us challenging for a playoff spot. Our own GM sure didn't think we'd suck and he was the guy calling the shots. He stated that we were in win-now mode and aiming for the postseason. If that is true, as widely reported, then by definition Colangelo failed big time - no, huge time.
PR note: if Colangelo and his followers are now able to flip the flop and start to say that they "expected we'd suck" this season, then western civilization as we know it won't change much, but I'll be gobsmacked by the sheer audacity of the man and probably even tip my (Jays) cap.
The whole off-season is there in a nutshell. The most important off-season we've had in years. As things played out, we had the chance to go one of two ways: aim to win now and make the playoffs, given all the resources we had; or, when Drummond fell to us at 8, we actually had the chance to take a step back, look at the bigger picture, and possibly decide to pick the huge upside young center with (maybe) Andrew Bynum potential, and build for the future.
Colangelo chose to go win-now. Okay, fine. He actually probably had already decided that long ago, and he's not known for being fast on his feet and able to change direction quickly -> except when he's defending and promoting himself.
Okay, so we go win-now. That puts the onus back on the puppeteer. But Clownangelo has always been more Pinocchio than Gepeto. So how does the off-season go re. building a playoff team? I think somewhere between badly and underwhelming.
The Lowry acquisition was indeed excellent, though of course we gave up a very nice asset. In the off-season lead up we were debating Lowry vs. Dragic and lots of us favored Lowry but realized that he'd cost us an asset, vs. just signing Dragic straight up.
Note re. the PG upgrade. Excellent, of course. But, as we were trying to put together a team to make the playoffs, we started off by upgrading what was our best position last year. Jose has his flaws, but he was our best player last year and a solid PG. I'm not complaining about Lowry by any means, it's just that we might've been able to use that draft pick differently and to address a more pressing area of need.
The embarrassing Nash chase and related Fields signing was one of the more depressing sights in recent Raptor history.
The Ross pick is what it is. He was not the best prospect available, though he must've been considered the best combo of best player (now) and still with room to improve. He hasn't looked like much so far, if he was picked to help us make the playoffs.
Jonas is promising but BC left him out to dry. When Scola got amnestied how the hell did no one think he'd be a good solid veteran CHEAP acquisition to school all of our young big men? He'd also make trading Bargnani easier to deal with from the viewpoint of making the playoffs, e.g. Scola takes over at PF if Andrea is traded for a SF.
Anyway, I won't drone on any further. I don't agree that there's anything wrong with firing him now. I'd do it because he's been a failure and failure breeds more failure.