jarrettjackfan wrote:kdawg531 wrote:How reliable is this source?
I say there is no way we get rid of Bird any time soon. It is clear that he is currently pretty much in the middle of his rebuilding plan, so it's too early to tell how good of a job he is doing. If we can get him in to work along side Bird I say we have to pull the trigger. But I just don't see either happening any time soon.
I personally think it's pretty clear that Bird has no clue what he's doing in Indiana. He says he's rebuilding, yet most of his players are older, or don't have much talent. Even Granger is almost past his point of rebuilding at 27. I'm sorry, but if we keep Larry Bird much longer, he's going to waste the career of Granger, and the next few seasons that we watch. Let's move on and get a proven winning GM like Pritchard. Bring winning back to the Indiana Pacers!
Bird has been at the helm for what, two years? How can you say he is doing a bad job when he has plenty of young talent to build on, not to mention 3 pretty significant expiring deals coming off the books in a year? A year from now we will be able to tell exactly how good of a job he has done, but it is still too early to tell. And I am almost positive that most inquiring minds who know about the NBA as a business will who read this post will agree with me.
I'd say so far he has done a good job. Look at the mess he was left with when Walsh left and tell me along every step of the way where he could have done a better job? Aside from some draft picks, (even though drafting in the middle of the first round every year is a crap shoot), and with the resources he had, I see no better way of going about rebuilding that team.
After all, Pritchard didn't rebuild the Blazers overnight, it took about three good years, how can you expect it to be different for Bird?
