Hoopalotta wrote:Honestly, I don't know what you guys were expecting.
The current management knows that the likelihood of their getting fired has just increased exponentially in the fallout from Gil's assorted doings. They ain't got his back.
The current ownership group is at this very moment in negotiations to sell the team, their prized asset. But the asset is heavily devalued by this whole situation as well and could conceivably cost them many, many, many millions of dollars. They ain't got his back either.
Even if unintentional, the whole franchise has been devalued in a most humiliating, pointless and insulting manner. Why would they show any loyalty to Gil right now with the situation he's put them in?
But it's highly unlikely that any of these people will even be here to make a final decision on Gil. We'll just have to see what happens when Ted comes in and takes over. I wouldn't venture to guess what all his reaction will be so long as Gil's not charged with felonies, but it's conceivable that there could be an emotive rehabilitation at that point.
But right now, sailing in the squall, skipper's just taking down the splintered mainmast so as to lessen the chance of Zeus's furry combust'ing the powder that lies thar' in the hold.
Yar'.
It's a good point. What if the remainder of his contract was worth less than the amount these events have devalued the Pollins' share of the team? And what if, even after the events began to devalue the team and Arenas was confronted, he continually exhibited an attitude that he'd done nothing wrong and had nothing to apologize for, and his public comments continually comments made light of the situation, which continued to devalue the team and undermine already precarious jobs? Perhaps he burned more bridges than we know. Still, from where I sit, it doesn't look very team-like.
The bolded paragraph above is the best point of all.
MJG wrote:What this says to me is that not only are they going to try to void his contract, but that they think they're going to be successful. That seems very premature to me, but I suppose they have more information than I do, so maybe they know something I don't.
Well, either that, or they're delusional and think they're going to be able to trade him away.
I wonder if Stern has communicated that he would back them on this. DC isn't NYC or LA, but it's a much bigger market than almost all the other basketball cities. Soon the basketball world will be reeling with pro-Wizards conspiracy theories, which could mean contract voided, Jamison traded, and Wall in the draft. That would give other teams something to talk about. (Oh, and Arenas would sign w/ LA).
