MJG wrote:I think EG is about as "C" as you can get. He's made great moves and he's made awful moves and he's made moves everywhere in between..... but going as far up to a B or down to a D seems silly.
Why is it so unreasonable to give Ernie a D? It's like folks are so set on grading him on a curve b/c of the Bullets/Wizards past history. Hold any schmuck up to the monumental disasters that proceeded him in Wes Unseld and MJ and they'll look pretty damn respectable. Outside of maybe the Clippers, no GM with a history like EG's over the last 7 years as Ernie would have been cut so much slack or still have been employed.
02-03: 25-57 .305
03-04: 45-37 .549
04-05: 42-40 .512
05-06: 41-41 .500
06-07: 43-39 .524
07-08: 19-63 .232
08-09: 26-56 .317
TOTAL: 241-333 .420
In the EG era, the Wizards have won at a 42% clip in a conference that has been widely criticized as being inferior over the same period of time. His teams have made it to the playoffs exactly 3 times in 7 years and have never won a 2nd round game. How exactly is the C-level quality???
His best team was SIX YEARS AGO! We've also just endured one of the most embarrassing seasons in NBA history under his watch. One left a franchise with a black eye and returned us to laughingstock status. The culture he fostered was one that ignored accountability and allowed players egos to go unchecked. He watched and sat by as the locker room disintegrated over the past two years. He covered for Arenas for so many years that he helped create an environment were Gil could actually think that bringing guns in the locker room as a practical joke wasn't the stupidest idea in the world.
And your telling me that its silly to grade him so harshly? Really???
Are we so blinded by those fleeting moments of mediocrity that we are willing ignore all the collateral damage done under his regime?
The latest gem from melodious/Rico on the Post Blog.
