If you were Larry Harris would you resign?

L Gator · Post #1 » by **L Gator** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:13 pm

This is completely removed from whether you think he is a good GM or not. If you were Larry and you had just been neutered by Kohl, not allowed to make any trades to improve your roster, told trading CV is off limits, the other various things going on in the front office and your a lame duck, would you resign effective today? I would. It would Kohl look like an idiot, you save some face, and I am sure another team would at least hire him in an assistant GM role and if not you get a nice vacation until the season end.

Epicurus · Post #2 » by **Epicurus** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:17 pm

Yes, what person with any self-respect wishes to be a Eunuch, even a reasonably high paid one?

Matches Malone · Post #3 » by **Matches Malone** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:19 pm

i'd be gone in a heartbeat!

75totheMACCfund · Post #4 » by **75totheMACCfund** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:20 pm

no...hang out and collect your checks...every front office around the league knows he's handcuffed...why forfeit your paycheck when your reputation is intact around the league.

msiris · Post #5 » by **msiris** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:20 pm

No way. Kohl meddles too much. Do us a favor old man. Sell the team. Or read the book Basketball for Dummies. Your not the savor anymore. This team is a huge black hole.

75totheMACCfund · Post #6 » by **75totheMACCfund** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:26 pm

msiris wrote:No way. Kohl meddles too much. Do us a favor old man. Sell the team. Or read the book Basketball for Dummies. Your not the savor anymore. This team is a huge black hole.

GrandAdmiralDan · Post #7 » by **GrandAdmiralDan** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:29 pm

L Gator wrote:This is completely removed from whether you think he is a good GM or not. If you were Larry and you had just been neutered by Kohl, not allowed to make any trades to improve your roster, told trading CV is off limits, the other various things going on in the front office and your a lame duck, would you resign effective today? I would. It would Kohl look like an idiot, you save some face, and I am sure another team would at least hire him in an assistant GM role and if not you get a nice vacation until the season end.

Despite awareness being spread about the kind of meddling Kohl and his cronies do, most people don't know these things and just think that Larry Harris gets to run the Bucks like Ted Thompson gets to run the Packers, Doug Melvin gets to run the Brewers, etc.

Therefore, whether Harris resigns of his own volition, resigns after being told to resign or be fired, or is even just straight up fired, those people will assume he has been fired anyway and many of those people would be glad as they blame Harris for this team's composition and problems. Just the way Kohl wants it...

MajorDad · Post #8 » by **MajorDad** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:32 pm

I think if i was larry harris i would just book a couple of cruises and a couple of trips to Europe and charge it to the bucks. he could say he's on a scouting mission.

No way would I resign if I was him. just never come back to the office or do any paperwork.

Kablooie · Post #9 » by **Kablooie** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:38 pm

I would tell Herb to shove all those thousands of dollars right up his ass. Not where he could hear me, of course. I like money for doing nothing.

GrandAdmiralDan · Post #10 » by **GrandAdmiralDan** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:38 pm

Epicurus wrote:Yes, what person with any self-respect wishes to be a Eunuch, even a reasonably high paid one?

Harris is not the kind of person to take that kind of principled stand. He really enjoys going around town as the "Bucks General Manager" regardless of how much that title really is in name only.

He loves the attention and loves being in the media. People should do a comparison, even just visually, of the Larry Harris who was our Assistant GM and in the first few weeks of being promoted to GM and the Larry Harris we've seen since then. Big difference. The slick persona was something he did not have before and something he has come to enjoy. And he generally refuses to stand up for himself directly, other than trying to manipulate things behind people's backs. Also, this is his home where he has lived for many years and he would prefer not to leave it in order to take another job within another organization. He became very comfortable here.

Epicurus · Post #11 » by **Epicurus** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:44 pm

I know--that is why I said "with any self-respect."

L Gator · Post #12 » by **L Gator** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:51 pm

I never in a million years expected Harris to resign. I was more approaching the scenario as what the said poster would do in the same situation.

Andrew34r · Post #13 » by **Andrew34r** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:30 pm

Larry Harris will be a very good GM for another team. Book It!

Fight the Tank · Post #14 » by **Fight the Tank** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:41 pm

Harris shouldn't resign but he should let the truth be known about the Kohl's dumb ass moving forward.

El Duderino · Post #15 » by **El Duderino** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:49 pm

I'd collect every last cent Kohl owed me if i was in the position Harris is in

http://www.last.fm/user/DPF55 · Post #16 » by **Buck You** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:53 pm

If I was Larry Harris I'd spew everything about Kohl and this horrible front office to the media. Really, what does he have to lose? He's rumored to be getting fired anyway.

mpg · Post #17 » by **mpg** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:13 pm

If I knew Kohl would want to have that much control over my job, I would be a professional and stay. But if I didn't know signing up for the job that I'd just be the puppet, then yeah I'd quit.

That raises the question how long as Kohl's tyranny gone on for? Has he become increasingly tyrannical over time? or has he always been like that and just had better bball foresight in the past?

mpg · Post #18 » by **mpg** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:18 pm

ReddBogutCharlieV wrote:If I was Larry Harris I'd spew everything about Kohl and this horrible front office to the media. Really, what does he have to lose? He's rumored to be getting fired anyway.

He has his professional career to lose. He'd be blacklisted in basketball for sure. People won't trust a guy who might tell their secrets.

SpeedBump44 · Post #19 » by **SpeedBump44** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:29 pm

I'd be like the dude from Office Space. Show up late, go fishing in the morning and clean the fish in my office, play Tetris on my PC... and collect checks.

GrandAdmiralDan · Post #20 » by **GrandAdmiralDan** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:39 pm

SpeedBump44 wrote:I'd be like the dude from Office Space. Show up late, go fishing in the morning and clean the fish in my office, play Tetris on my PC... and collect checks.

At the very least, Larry Harris should start having sex with Jennifer Anniston on a regular basis. That seemed to help in the movie.