Raptors Realtor wrote:Scase wrote:Tripod wrote:This is why Masai is gonna swing a big deal.
Adds a big name...harder to not re-sign.
And if they don't, he shows everyone Kawhi was not a fluke. And if he overpay, won't be around for the fallout.
It's why he should be signed ASAP. Tie his future to his moves.
And if he fails to do that, but they re-sign him, then what?
Realistically, holding any exec to a single big name signing is a pretty stupid reason to sign or not. Players usually head where they want to nowadays, not sure I would put that on execs.
CPT wrote:I kind of think Masai deserves to be fired (or not offered another, even more lucrative, extension) based on the last 5 years, but I’d still probably take him over MLSE’s next choice. You could also easily argue he deserves a chance to redeem himself. I don’t think you can argue the last 5 years have been good.
I like the idea of having that organizational stability, and while we haven’t found it in a coach yet, if we can get it from leadership, we probably should.
This is kinda where I'm at, I by no means think we should keep him because of the chicken littles out there thinking he's the only good exec in the entire world and no one out there could possibly do any better, but the consistency/stability is good to have. That said, he's been pretty awful the last 5 or so years, so not sure if that's the consistency we should want.
Whenever I hear someone who's indifferent or think we should fire/let Masai walk, I always ask, who would you replace him with? And so far, everytime, it's crickets... So who would you replace him with that isn't currently employed by another team, or at least realistically obtainable, that you are confident would do a better job?
Well yeah, it's not my job to find that person. Just because I think someone is doing a poor job, it doesn't mean I'm the one who needs to have the answer. I trust the people who actually hire and know the industry to do it. If they think Masai is the best bet, then so be it.
What I think is worse is the constant arguments of "Well there is no one better". Yeah, we heard that with BC as well, until we found someone better. No one wanted Nurse gone, until they did. I'm not saying fire Masai for the sake of firing him, I'm saying he's been doing a poor job for years now, and it's not unreasonable to think that someone else might do a better job. Sometimes you just need a change.
We aren't the spurs with Pop, we don't have decades of excellence to point to as a reason to have faith, we had 5 years of a climb resulting in an awesome chip, and we've had 5 years of a decline, resulting in some of the worst records in our franchises history and without much to show for it. I think it's pretty reasonable.
Would you keep an employee on board who has been bad for half a decade? I don't think I would. You also have to take into account that this employee in question is the highest paid employee in the company, and you're getting bad or mediocre results. That's flat out not worth it, what we've seen the last 5 or so years does not match the price tag, and if I'm running a business and can find someone to do the same job at a fraction of the price, why do I pay more than I need to?
Masai hasn't done anything to justify his cost in the last 5 years, he's no different than a player at this point, he had a banger few years, signed a big contract, and then declined massively. Should that necessitate another big contract? It wouldn't with a player, and it shouldn't with an exec.
