cammac wrote:The Pistons have a had a very easy schedule to start the year and it is true you don't get blown out. I see SVG as a minor problem being both the coach and the GM aren't a idea situation. A coaches mentality is to win and to win now and that's what he should be doing. The GM on the other hand if they are good are strategists in that at times it is better to take a perceived step backwards for the future.
If you look all of SVGs signings were to make the team better immediately rather than a sustainable rebuild. Let me give you a example when Toronto traded Gay I'm sure that Casey was pissed losing his best player for a bunch of scrubs.
Any respectable coach that the organization hopes to have around long term has tons of input in those decisions. You're taking the coach out of the equation as if they are completely removed from these decisions, which doesn't happen if an organization is run properly.
I personally think all of SVGs signings were made with the future in mind. Only 1 player, Jodie Meeks, was signed beyond 2 years. Caron Butler was signed with a team option second year, but brings a huge locker room and bench presence. Gray is already gone. And Martin is on a 2 year minimum deal. If SVG was intent on making the team better immediately, we would have chased higher priced players seeking longer deals. In hind-sight, even the Meeks deal looks respectable because of the deals other players signed later on.
If you think coaches like Carlisle, Thibs, Brooks, Clifford, Hornacek, Vogel don't sit down at the same table with the GM and discuss moves like this together, than you're missing something. A GM and a coach work hand in hand in building the roster. The difference is, the coach is hands on with players, while the GM interacts with other teams, and handles the administrative side of a teams dealings.