Jamaaliver wrote:jayu70 wrote:They have owner, front office (particularly Pat Riley) and coaching consistency. We don't.
We've been thru Ferry, Bud, Schlenk, Fields since Ressler bought the team. On the coaching side: Bud, LP, Nate and now Quin. That's too much turnover in just 8 years.
And Jayu nails it on the first try.
Leadership & consistency. Do we think we'll attain these under Ressler?
Is there another team in the division that you can see able to dominate in the same manner?
Will the Heat remain relevant after Riley's inevitable departure?
Do we think we'll attain these under Ressler? Ressler is too impatient and I think meddlesome and cheap (until he proves otherwise)
Is there another team in the division that you can see able to dominate in the same manner? Hawks have a guy they can build around, but lacks a consistency strategy. Wiz nor Horcats - No
Will the Heat remain relevant after Riley's inevitable departure?That's the elephant in the room
The new Champs Denver Nuggets top 7 guys in this run to the championship:
Drafted Joker in 2014 (1st NBA season in 2015), Murray in 2016, MPJr in 2019, Braun in 2022 [two missed lottery picks along the way: Emmanuel Mudiay #7 and Trey Lyles #12 ]
Traded for Gordon in 2021 (Harris, Hampton, 1st)
Traded for KCP in 2022 (out Barton and Morris)
Bruce Brown in 2022 FAcy
Think about this; guys like Gallo, Milsap, Jerami Grant, Will Barton, Kenneth Faried, Jusuf Nurkic, Javale McGee, Gary Harris, Malik Beasley, Jarred Vanderbuilt were once teammates with Joker/Murray.
So the team that won last night has had their share of player turnover on the roster around Joker and Murray since they were both drafted.
The main stay from Joker's rookie season has been Coach Mike Malone (and Tim Conelly as GM until this year when Calvin Booth got the job) over the last 8 years:33-49, 40-42, 46-36, 54-28, 46-27, 47-25, 48-34, 53-29.
Hawks are now on their 3rd head coach since the rebuild started in 2018 with front office upheaval this past year. Record over that span:
29-53, 20-47 (two deliberatetanking years), 41-31, 43-39, 41-41
I'm hoping we can have some stability in coaching and front office for at least the next 5 years.
Since 2015 when Ressler bought the team:
4 GMs: Ferry, Bud, Schlenk and Fields
4 Coaches: Bud, LP, Nate and Quin
That's too much turnover in 8 years.