Petrie turns down Hawks GM offer.

[fo_o_fo_404]

There's been a hush hush nature taken upon the GM selection process, but according to the Sacramento Bee, the ASG approached Kings GM Geoff Petrie about the vacancy and was politely turned down.

http://www.sacbee.com/100/story/946277.html

After hearing about the Hawks courting their GM, Kings owner Joe Maloof immediately picked up the 2009-10 contract option on Petrie.

Could it be the ASG is going into these interviews and telling candidates that 'we already have our coach (in Woody) in place?' Because the longer they hold out on a decision on Woody's future, that could really damage the search process and furthers the chance that the ASG would have to resign Woody. I don't see them going until June 30th without this situation being resolved.

Nice try ASG on Petrie! But it seems the ASG is all over the map here. They should stick to that short list of candidates and hope that Spurs Asst. GM Dennis Lindsey accepts the job. But going outside the short list could alienate some that are on the short list. Many compare Lindsey to Blazers GM Kevin Pritchard....and that would be a great hire IMO....if it materializes.

But, does it seem that the ASG keeps shooting itself in the foot?

Other team like Phoenix, Chicago, Milwaukee, New York, Miami, Dallas, etc. have made basketball operations decisions now. And we still are in limbo.

[lunarblues]

petrie was probably the ASG's first choice for GM and the short list was made after they were turned down. that being said i don't know anything about lindsey, but the spurs along with the kings have been my favorite west coast teams since 1995. so i'll be pretty happy with either.

[JoshB914]

I'm sure he turned them down because our ownership is a disaster, not to mention in a court battle. I doubt it had much to do with Woody.

It's nice to see we are going after some established candidates though.

[davefmcl]

Geoff Petrie that got way too little for Mike Bibby. Why would we want a GM that got the short end of a deal with the GM we let go???

[Rip2137]

Bibby with another year on his contract was not a easy guy to deal. Bibby THIS year would be easier to deal, but not this year passing.

[HoopsGuru25]

Petrie is much better than BK, dave. We are taking about a guy who put together a legit championship contender and STILL won more games than the Hawks last year despite their top 2 players missing 46 combined games in the west. They also didn't have the luxury of having high lottery picks year after year. He traded Bibby for flexibility. They already had a point guard who gave them similar production to Bibby w/o the $14 million dollar price tag. Let's not forget that he traded Webber before he turned into one of the worst contracts in the NBA and he managed to get Peja(an unrestricted free agent)for Artest who is probably a top 5 SF and who has been signed for an extremely cheap deal for the longest.

I would have been OK if he took the job(he has much more hits than misses unlike BK)but I'd rather have Lindsey due to the age difference.

[evildallas]

Petrie was an attempt to get some instant credibility around the league. With a large and sometimes dysfunctional set of owners and a former GM often ridiculed in the media it would have been nice to add an established GM with a good track record.

[HMFFL]

Mike had been on the market for three years. I'm sure Geoff had many offers for him over the years but he found one that relieves the team of Mike's contract with out taking on one of the same size. I think it was a good trade for the Kings even if they didn't get a "name" from Atlanta.