HotelVitale wrote:FAH1223 wrote:But the urgent matter is that Ernie Grunfeld has to go. He's a failure. He's the worst GM in the NBA and has had this job since 2003. The Wizards need a new front office to chart a new course. It's that simple.
I don't think he' a smart GM either but I have to say that he's basically followed a good plan and he's not the reason it's failed. He got an all-NBA building block, then nailed a couple other top draft picks to be the 2nd and 3rd best players, then surrounded them with quality vet role players. He's made some mistakes but so has the GM of every good team, and I don't know if we can fault his execution.
It seems like the team just hasn't gelled and the key pieces (esp Wall) aren't quite consistent or good enough to win meaningfully.
The only picks he's nailed are Wall, Beal, and Porter.
He should have been fired after 2009 by trading the 5th pick for Foye/Miller. He should have been fired in 2011 after drafting Jan Vesley who we all knew was a bust. He had another 1st rounder and used it on Chris Singleton who was out of the league within 4 years.
He signed Mahinmi to a $64M contract! He signed Andrew Nicholson to a $24M contract and then had to unload the 2017 1st rounder to dump it... that 1st became Jarrett Allen!
He's a TERRIBLE GM. He is the worst GM in the NBA. How do you have a job after 16 years of below-average management? The Wizards went 5 straight years with no postseason appearence from 2008-2013.
Aingle and Buford are the only people with a tenure as long as Grunfeld and they have rings. Pat Riley has been head of the HEAT for a long time as well.
This is not acceptable. HE SHOULD NOT BE THE ONE WHO REBUILDS THIS ROSTER.