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Optimus_Steel wrote:
the Devos have friends in high places.
RookieStar wrote:Yeah.. is there something about the Devos family that some of you hate? Aside from politics of course. A lot of us non-American Magic fans always seem to be clueless about it because based on what we see/read/hear, they are great owners of the Magic.
1.) They are willing to spend as evidenced by the Ra$$hard Lewis contract and other overpaid scrubs
2.) Great owners let their employees handle and not micromanage ( like SAC overruling their GM's draft choices )
3.) etc etc
tiderulz wrote:RookieStar wrote:Yeah.. is there something about the Devos family that some of you hate? Aside from politics of course. A lot of us non-American Magic fans always seem to be clueless about it because based on what we see/read/hear, they are great owners of the Magic.
1.) They are willing to spend as evidenced by the Ra$$hard Lewis contract and other overpaid scrubs
2.) Great owners let their employees handle and not micromanage ( like SAC overruling their GM's draft choices )
3.) etc etc
Magic family were founders in Amway. (ie pyramid scheme)
and their politics rub people wrong
RookieStar wrote:tiderulz wrote:RookieStar wrote:Yeah.. is there something about the Devos family that some of you hate? Aside from politics of course. A lot of us non-American Magic fans always seem to be clueless about it because based on what we see/read/hear, they are great owners of the Magic.
1.) They are willing to spend as evidenced by the Ra$$hard Lewis contract and other overpaid scrubs
2.) Great owners let their employees handle and not micromanage ( like SAC overruling their GM's draft choices )
3.) etc etc
Magic family were founders in Amway. (ie pyramid scheme)
and their politics rub people wrong
Oh I def know about Amway. But hey, they can't force you to join if you don't want to.
And as I said, aside from politics, why do some NOT like them. I kinda want to know "basketball reasons" why they think the Devos are bad owners.
Xatticus wrote:RookieStar wrote:tiderulz wrote:Magic family were founders in Amway. (ie pyramid scheme)
and their politics rub people wrong
Oh I def know about Amway. But hey, they can't force you to join if you don't want to.
And as I said, aside from politics, why do some NOT like them. I kinda want to know "basketball reasons" why they think the Devos are bad owners.
An illegal business model where they exploit desperate people and essentially made their family fortune by draining the bank accounts of their employees. Nepotism. Thinly veiled class warfare and racism.
I've always thought that we were disadvantaged by an organizational hierarchy based on patronage and subservience as opposed to results.
I suppose you can argue that they are good owners. I've never felt that way, but I don't know enough about the rest of the owners to determine where they would rank. I don't know how one can argue that they are good people.
I wish people would stop bringing them up. I enjoy Orlando Magic basketball more when I don't think about ownership.
RookieStar wrote:tiderulz wrote:RookieStar wrote:Yeah.. is there something about the Devos family that some of you hate? Aside from politics of course. A lot of us non-American Magic fans always seem to be clueless about it because based on what we see/read/hear, they are great owners of the Magic.
1.) They are willing to spend as evidenced by the Ra$$hard Lewis contract and other overpaid scrubs
2.) Great owners let their employees handle and not micromanage ( like SAC overruling their GM's draft choices )
3.) etc etc
Magic family were founders in Amway. (ie pyramid scheme)
and their politics rub people wrong
Oh I def know about Amway. But hey, they can't force you to join if you don't want to.
And as I said, aside from politics, why do some NOT like them. I kinda want to know "basketball reasons" why they think the Devos are bad owners.
tiderulz wrote:RookieStar wrote:Yeah.. is there something about the Devos family that some of you hate? Aside from politics of course. A lot of us non-American Magic fans always seem to be clueless about it because based on what we see/read/hear, they are great owners of the Magic.
1.) They are willing to spend as evidenced by the Ra$$hard Lewis contract and other overpaid scrubs
2.) Great owners let their employees handle and not micromanage ( like SAC overruling their GM's draft choices )
3.) etc etc
Magic family were founders in Amway. (ie pyramid scheme)
and their politics rub people wrong
And-1Xatticus wrote:RookieStar wrote:tiderulz wrote:Magic family were founders in Amway. (ie pyramid scheme)
and their politics rub people wrong
Oh I def know about Amway. But hey, they can't force you to join if you don't want to.
And as I said, aside from politics, why do some NOT like them. I kinda want to know "basketball reasons" why they think the Devos are bad owners.
An illegal business model where they exploit desperate people and essentially made their family fortune by draining the bank accounts of their employees. Nepotism. Thinly veiled class warfare and racism.
I've always thought that we were disadvantaged by an organizational hierarchy based on patronage and subservience as opposed to results.
I suppose you can argue that they are good owners. I've never felt that way, but I don't know enough about the rest of the owners to determine where they would rank. I don't know how one can argue that they are good people.
I wish people would stop bringing them up. I enjoy Orlando Magic basketball more when I don't think about ownership.
orlando_joe wrote:Optimus_Steel wrote:
the Devos have friends in high places.
plus they are great people and great owners
MagicStarwipe wrote:Maybe the days of inflated stats are over and 90's players can be rated fairly again.