WuTang_OG wrote:Tacoma wrote:HoopAndTheHarm wrote:To show how ridiculous and petty this is, this entire situation is solely the result of one man's vendetta from 5 years ago over a bruised ego and the belief that Masai was requesting too much money. Dumping Ujiri without a replacement in place was simply a dumb move and speaks volumes about the shortsightedness and sheer knee-jerk stupidity of Ed Rogers, as well as the clear role of Pelley as being not much more than a yes man.
Potential high level candidates aren't stupid. They see what happened to one of the most respected execs in the league. Does MLSE really expect any of them want to willingly enter that kind of environment? Nevermind that you just saddled them with a GM etc signed for the next 3 years whether they like it or not.
So that leaves the lesser-lights such as Casey, Eversley, etc. Bringing in a senior exec with a losing track record from a mediocre or poor organization sends a bad message to fans and likely also gets Bobby and others polishing up their resumes with one foot out the door.
Given that they are unlikely to attract an elite exec, their best scenario would be promoting from within. So move Bobby up and let him choose his new GM from whomever he can attract or promote. Right now, that's probably their best chance at saving some face in all of this.
If the intent was to fire Masai because of "one man's vendetta" and "bruised ego" then I agree they could've started the search for his replacement sooner. So the fact that it didn't happen throws cold water to your theory.
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Rogers took over the board and closed the sale with Bell in June of this year. He fired him the first chance he got.
Not to mention masai asked pelley to wait until after the draft according to pelley himself. I wonder if masai knew "after the draft" meant literally a day after the draft. Seems like ed couldnt wait to get masai out of here
