Comments on: A Must Read

By: blah

blah — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:48:13 +0000

I will say this…now that the season is over for all intent and purpose. We need to sort out this GM situation ASAP!

Either Keep Mullin or let him go. We are going to have a hell of a time attracting FA’s with our current F’d up perception. How to you hire a new GM and give him a couple weeks to draft a player on such sort notice.

Marcus/Poole. A good follow up article would hit this point above.

It seems to me that Mullin has respect around the league from players, agents, and media too. Maybe he hasn’t had a perfect histoty here. But the last couple years he did a good job, at lest before he got the rug pulled out from beneth him. Players dominate this league, we’ve got fans that the players love, but how do we progress/sale to the leagues best talent with our house mess?

Personlly I think Rowell is going to oust Mullin. Again, who can he bring in to change that perception. To me it takes us backwards. so who should go? What change do we need? Nelson? Maybe, but again, who’s better out there? And who can put on a show like he does? At least the team is entertaining.

I think the most resonable senario is Rowell. How do we get ride of him? Write this article and maybe it gets in Cohan’s ear.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 01:56:01 +0000

Blah, I hope next season that the Warriors make you forget all about the horrible GM’s in GSW history. Jerry West, I just read your other posts under this heading (“A Must Read”), and I must say that your Monte Poole-like insightfulness has left me speechless. Considering how I usually “ramble” on and on, which leads ultimately to sheer boredom, I’m sure “speechless” is a good thing. Good luck, Jerry.

By: Jerry West

Jerry West — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:53:33 +0000

Steve is, without question, one of the most boring and rambling on and on, pointless bloggers of all time!

By: blah

blah — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:20:15 +0000

Steve, All of those contracts you mention Mullin making as evidence of his stupidity where traded away. Seems other GM’s were accepting. For ever poor draft Mullin made I’ll name you a pick or DL that was good to great. No GM’s going to Draft at 100% success, the draft is all about potential and most with sense will agree it’s a gamble. St. Jean was the worst GM to ever exist in the NBA, so it wasn’t hard for Mullin to inprove on that. I don’t think he’s the best GM in the game, but I also don’t think there’s better one available. Over that last few years he’s done a descent job. Again, not how I would do it. We don’t have a balanced roster or team. Your garbage is unvalidated as I just explained. Previously you mixed St. Jeans mistakes with Mullin. I respect your opinion if you don’t like him, but your reasons are rubbish and your references were worse, long, wrong and boring. blah blah blah.

By: Lufty455

Lufty455 — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:25:33 +0000

Fire Nelson, Fire Rowell and then fire the whole Warriors staff. Start from scratch.
Bring in a fresh crew to manage the Warriors.
We got a good core of young talent already.
They just need someone to guide them to the promise land.
You never hear any of the superstars out there saying they wouldn’t mind going to the Warriors or playing for the old demented fat coach either.
That should tell Cohen something but I guess he Madoff are partners in the pyramid scheme.
Enough said… just really am frustrated with the Dubs and the soap opera world they live in.
Nelson you really did a great job here in the Bay Area Area, Dallas, New York, and Milwaukee. How many titles did you win again???? A BIG FAT ZERO.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 02:54:10 +0000

An idiot? You’re the perfect example of some of the morons who post here as if they actually know what they’re talking about. I never said Mullin drafted Mike Dunleavy or Troy Murphy, I said he gave them ridiculous contract extensions. But just to be precise and accurate with all the facts and figures so even you can understand……….Chris Mullin was hired as GM for GSW in April of 2004. Yes, I’m sorry to say, Mullin himself drafted Patrick O’Bryant and Ike Diogu. But even worse, he started throwing money around like it was confetti soon after he took over. He gave Troy Murphy, who was drafted by GSW #14 in the 2001 draft, a 6 yr $58MM contract extension in the summer of 2004. He signed Mike Dunleavy, who was drafted by GSW #3 in the 2002 draft, to a 5 yr $44MM contract extension in November of 2005. At the same time, he signed Jason Richardson to a 6 yr $70MM extension. All this was so much fun, he decided that Derek Fisher would be a good free agent signing, so viola, 6 yrs and $37MM to Mr. Fisher. And even though the great Gary St. Jean thought that Adonal Foyle would make a sumptuous draft pick for the Warriors, it was your old buddy Mullin who decided to give good ol Adonal a 6 yr $42MM extension in July of 2004. When Don Nelson waived Foyle in ’07 he still had 3 yrs and $29MM remaining on his contract…….And people are wondering how Cohan and Rowell could be so mean to poor Mully? Gawd! Hey, “blah”, instead of me giving Mullin a ride to the airport on his way out of town, I’ll let you do the honors. That way you two can wax nostalgic over the good old days here in Golden State Land. Later, you might want to head down to the Bay Area Newsgroup guys. With your knowledge and insight, you’d make a great “source” of information for Monte Poole’s next Warriors column. LOL

By: Chris Cohan

Chris Cohan — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:23:57 +0000

4-0-2!
4-0-2!
4-0-2!
4-0-2!

http://chriscohansucks.blogspot.com/2009/03/vetgate-san-jose-kings-and-warriors-3.html

By: blah

blah — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:20:24 +0000

Steve, have you ever heard the saying, it’s better to remain quiet and let everyone THINK you are an idiot, than to open your mouth and let everyone KNOW you are an idiot?

Next time, before you call out Mullin, dig into some Warrior history and find out who was the GM responsible for your offenses. Was is Gary St. Jean, or Chris Mullin.

Talk about “garbage in garbage out”.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 07:50:11 +0000

Some other comments………..One reason I haven’t read this blog on a regular basis this season is the verbal bs that always follows a team through a bad season. I enjoy reading all viewpoints, and even moreso the negative ones IF they’re based on logical reasoning. Sorry, but there’s not much logic behind implying that the Warriors should have done better this season. When you lose your best player (Ellis), who’s also a legit star in the NBA, for more than half a season, AND you’re the youngest team in the NBA, you are doomed to failure. Period! End of story!! I’m glad everyone likes Mullin so much, but just as he always failed in the clutch as a player (anyone care to name even a handful of games he helped win for the Warriors by hitting big shots in the final minutes of a close game?), he has been terribly mediocre as a GM. And thankgoodness Donnie Walsh likes him so much cause I guarantee no other GM in the NBA would have traded for Murphy and Dunleavy and their ridiculous contracts. Was there mass-complaining about Nelson after the Warriors won 90 games the last 2 seasons with middle-of-the-road talent? Now all the geniuses are complaining. About what? You don’t think Ronny Turiaf was a good sign? Maggette? You don’t think matching the Clippers offer to Azubuike for 3 years and $9MM wasn’t smart? Do you like Randolph as a draft pick? How about signing Morrow to a free agent deal? Any good? Would you like to have Jason Richardson back right now and give Brandon Wright to Charlotte? They also acquired a very good player (Crawford) for a malcontent (Thank you, again, Donnie Walsh!), who should bring a pretty good player in return if the Warriors do indeed trade Jamal in the future (given the economic conditions I doubt seriously that he opts out after the season). What is wrong? These are all the changes made by the Warriors, most of them since the end of last season, and yet Rowell and Nelson and the Warriors are roasted here constantly. The Warriors need a PG? Why? I think Belinelli can be quite good in that role if given a chance, but regardless, it’s more important to have lots of good players, and the Warriors are getting there in that regard. Rondo and Derek Fisher were the starting PGs in the Finals last year. And Chris Paul won’t be winning an NBA title this year because the Hornets don’t have enough good players on their team. Enough said………..If the Warriors have no significant injuries next season, and their current roster stays pretty much intact, their record should do a 180. If not, THEN you can fire the damn coach and President. LOL

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 06:38:56 +0000

I read Mr. Poole’s column this morning and subsequently sent him the following email. BTW, in my email I referred to the Jamal Crawford situation as a “financial issue”, which I still believe has some merit even with Nelson’s comments concerning Crawford’s defense. Whatever, all just my opinion…………Internal strife? Chaos? Collapse? My goodness gracious, what would us simpleton readers do without the 21st century sports media endlessly trying to bring us the REAL story behind every closed locker room door? The REAL story behind every losing record? The REAL story behind every trade? Wow, it’s amazing reading some of this “stuff”, with your latest column just another example of “garbage-in, garbage-out”…………Chris Mullin, on his best day, was (I’m assuming his days with GSW are nearing an end) a very mediocre GM. The Baron Davis trade worked wonders at the time, but his attempt to re-sign the forever-injured PG to a lucrative contract extension was almost as dumb as his decision to extend Mike Dunleavy, Jason Richardson and Troy Murphy at salary-cap-hell numbers. The ONLY reason that those 3 players were traded was because Don Nelson knew the Warriors could never even remotely dream of being a championship contender unless the Warriors talent level was upgraded significantly, and what better way to start the process than to unload the grossly overpaid trio. Throw in horrible #1 draft picks Patrick O’ Bryant and Ike Diogu, and I’ll gladly give Chris a ride to the airport if he needs one………….Robert Rowell? I’ll give him this, he was smart and observant enough to see that the Warriors started climbing back up the long road from woebegone to relevance soon after Nelson was hired as coach. As a fan, I could care less what decisions are made at the highest corporate levels, as long as they translate positively to what we see on the court. Trying to deal this season with an injury-ravaged team that’s also the youngest in the league shouldn’t distract from the results of the two previous seasons that saw GSW win 90 games and one playoff series………….Frankly, your column became more and more humorous with each passing paragraph. The Warriors don’t have a long-term plan? How about addition by subtraction? It started with unloading Mullin’s long-term contracts (Dunleavy, etc), and continued with saying goodbye to non-difference makers such as Matt Barnes and Airhead France (Pietrus). The Warriors long-term plan is what every team’s long-term plan is, increase your talent level, and this year’s team is MUCH more talented, from top to bottom, than it was 3 years ago………..The Chris Webber Warriors days are long gone, but to sum it all up quickly, when your 2 best players are Webber and Latrell Sprewell you have none chance. Webber and Sprewell played all those years and only had 1 ring, and that was the ring around Carlisimo’s neck………….To credit Mullin with any drafting success after Nelson arrived is dubious at best. Nelson puts his stamp on everything, so to suggest that Nelson “iced” Randolph because he was “a Mullin draft pick” is pure folly. Nelson didn’t play Randolph because the kid wasn’t approaching his job (practice) the way Nelson wanted him to. And Randolph’s play in recent weeks compared to earlier in the season speaks volumes for Nelson’s handling of the situation………..Jamal Crawford? Very good player, but making too much money over the next 2 years, especially playing a position with so much duplication on GSW. IMO, Nelson wasn’t saying that Crawford was an inferior player, only that unless he opted out and renegotiated with the Warriors, GSW would have to trade him for financial reasons. It makes perfect sense, but unfortunately the conversation between coach and player was leaked to the media………….You say that Mullin 4 years ago stated his goal was to assemble a team that could develop together. Great, except he didn’t have a clue on how to do that, specifically which players to keep long-term. If Nelson had never returned as coach, Warriors fans would be watching and booing loudly the nitely escapades of Davis arguing (unhappiness) with his head coach (when he wasn’t out injured), and Murphy, Richardson, Dunleavy, Diogu, and O’Bryant running up and down the court, all helping to cement GSW’s position in the lottery for the next decade………..Finally, you say that “the coach has lost much of his locker room”. Interesting that in Monday’s SF Chronicle, Janny Hu quoted Jamal Crawford, in reference to Nelson and Jackson being ejected from Sunday’s game with Phoenix, “It’s a snowball effect—-Jack’s our captain and Nellie’s the leader of this team”. If the “locker room”, and especially Jamal Crawford, refers to Nelson as “the leader of this team”, it hardly paints a picture of player discontent with the head coach. Players often refer to other players as “leaders”, but very seldom do they call their head coach their “leader”. An even better barometer is the gametime effort being given on a nitely basis, and for the most part, the Warriors have been highly competetive all season. Hell, they’re the 2nd highest scoring team in the NBA, behind only the Lakers. I’d rate that a B+ on the entertainment meter…………Ultimately, what’s most disappointing about columnists such as yourself is that you can’t take the obvious and simplest reasons for a bad season and put it in writing. Instead, it’s always about “strife”, “chaos”, “collapse”, etc. Ironically, directly above your column on page 2, Jonathan Okanes wrote in his notebook on GSW, “The Warriors are 9-7 with Monta Ellis this season, 14-36 without him”. Those numbers project that with a healthy Ellis this season the Warriors would be on pace to win around 45 games, or in other words, they’d be fighting for a playoff spot as we speak, even with the youngest team in the NBA…………This season was all about injuries, youth, and roster turnover (players playing together for the first time). That’s a pretty simple story, albeit lacking “sex appeal”. And then of course, there’s your story……….garbage-in, garbage-out.