Vanderbilt_Grad wrote:KingCat wrote:Vanderbilt_Grad wrote:Of course this team isn't winning the finals. That doesn't mean they should trade Kemba though. Teams have to get good before they can take that next step to really compete for a ring. At this point the best thing the team can do is start rebuilding their reputation as a reliable winning franchise. They need to make smart draft picks, free agent signings, and strategic trades while building a good culture.
The Hornets have been trying to do this since signing all in 2013...And now 5 years later we are in the same exact spot we were when we first kicked off the rebuild in 2011
True. They failed at it. This is why there is a new GM and coach now. This does not also mean that all previous effort was bad. Individual elements like the stability of having Cliff for as long as he was here and some players like Kemba may be things that can be built on.
Exactly, I'm a 36 year old man and it disturbs me that we live in a what have you done for me lately in the last five minutes or just hand me a championship generation, not every coach is going to lead you to the NBA Finals, there are steps and whether people like Cliff or not he stabilized our franchise by being here as long as he was. You can't keep changing head coaches every year and expect to be taken seriously. Cliff left us in a better place than before he took the job. I will use my favorite baseball team the Braves for example they have been rebuilding and are after 5 or so years of rebuilding are in first place in the division near the All-Star break, there were players and coaches along the way that are no longer there that laid the foundation for the process that should get as much credit for turning the culture around as anyone, one veteran Nick Markakis should make his first ever All-Star game this year in his mid 30's on an expiring deal and signed on right in the heart of the rebuild and isn't part of the long-term plans but he and those no longer with the organization deserve as much credit as the young players finally making it to the big leagues and realizing their potential now. Another example, high school football is king here and my alma mater (Gaffney High School Indians) have 17 South Carolina State Championships which is most in the state but we haven't won one since 2012 and do you know how many of the past five champions would trade that for a history like ours? Probably all five.
/rant over
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