Rafael122 wrote:Well he had to, the team was losing money, attendance was going down. There was nowhere to go but up.
He built through the draft, and signed key guys. That's great and all, to build through the draft. But guess what? In the NBA, it's 2 rounds. NHL...who knows...they pick like 12-15 players, if not more, every year. So if you've got a lottery pick, and the guy turns out to be a bust, that's gonna set your team back 5 years. Look at Kwame.
Just saying, Leonsis has had success, but like I said, part of it was luck. The other part is that he had nowhere else to go but up. His team couldn't get any worse.
I agree that there's no reason to think he will necessarily be able to solve all the problems overnight. The Wizards have some big problems. I will be happy to move on to the next owner; I hope the next owner is Leonsis because he's shown commitment to the team, a transition to him will likely be the quickest and smoothest transition, and I have no reason to think he will be a bad owner.
The "win now" mode seemed reasonable, but it failed. There is nowhere to go but up, but who is going to lead the way? Leonsis seems to have learned from the Jagr move and he's stated things to that effect, and he also has acknowledged that the Ovechkin pick was fortunate. He seems well grounded in the realities of running a franchise, and his stated plans sound reasonable and realistic. For now, that's enough for me.
