guest81 wrote:shrink wrote:jpatrick wrote:No mention that it was Lore/ARod that cleaned out the front office and the nonsense that was going on and hired Connelly who had been a huge part of this turnaround.
To be fair, Glen hired Rosas, who made the tricky pick to take Ant and added Jaden, and hired Finch, which is a big part of the team’s turnaround.
And Glen was the guy that kicked Rosas out for his poor behavior. We don’t know if he would have paid to hire Tim Connelly or not without ARod and Lore. I give Connelly, ARod and Lore more credit for the Gobert trade.
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Fans constantly scapegoat Glen Taylor for every bad thing on the organization, and never give him any credit for the good. Granted, he has made some bad hires that have led to many poor seasons, and that’s on him (yet strangely made a great hire for the Lynx?). But as I’ve reviewed the performance of owners for the last fifteen years, the three things I want are:
1. Loyalty to the city - won’t move the team
2. Doesn’t interfere excessively in day-to-day decisions
3. Willing to pay the lux when he has a winning team.
Many teams haven’t had an owner that doesn’t check all three boxes. Glen has been extremely loyal to keeping the team here, even when he wanted to sell for years. He doesn’t interfere as far as I can tell - in fact, most of us wish he would have been quicker to pull the plug on some other GM’s. And Taylor has paid the lux four times already, which is more than you’d expect considering how many non-winning seasons we’ve had. If he’s trying to keep the team, he’s doing so knowing he will face big lux taxes, and he has the money to pay them without loans.
It was Lore who kicked Rosas out. And no he doesn't get credit because he's kept the team here. I find it hard to believe there isn't any other rich guy who would keep the team here. Giving a billionaire credit for spending a tiny fraction of his net worth? Come on. Lastly, HE"S THE REASON THE WOLVES HAVE HAD SO MANY LOSING SEASONS!
It was not Marc Lore who kicked Gersson Rosas out, that was objectively Glen Taylor’s decision.