alexftbl8181 wrote:PorkChop wrote:alexftbl8181 wrote:When "the good old years" consist of 7-8? straight 1st round playoff exits and one WCF run, your probably have a losing culture.
And the culture starts and ends with the guy on my left. As long as you have that guy running the team, you won't be able to completely vacuum out that stink. You never hear of a bad owner being a part of a championship organization.
I won't argue this team has had a losing culture, But when Kg played here years ago this team had a chance to win in every game they played almost solely on his presence on the floor. Had there been more talent around him who knows. Of course we've beaten that to death on here.
As far as Kg being here now I can't believe that his involvement in every day scrimmages and practices won't have a plus affect on the youngsters , regard less of munites player in real games. I read an article where KG took a rookie out shopping and bought him a whole wardrobe and told him it's important to dress professional to be a professional. Now I understand that may not lead to results on the court . But u can't tell me that kind of teammate and his actions will breed anything but positive attitudes in the locker room.
True, but KG was here before in an even bigger role, and Taylor fucked it up with Joe Smith, keeping Mchale, dumping on KG, numerous bad contracts, ect. That guy is still in charge until he isn't. So I can't fully trust the culture change until someone else is on top
Agreed with alex. A 40-year-old playing 20 mpg might not be enough to change the overriding culture. Despite getting into the playoffs as a lower seed every season... MN didn't have a "winning" culture. The team has won 2 playoff series in 26 seasons.
That's terrible. And we shouldn't have to sugarcoat it... or the fact that the team has only made the playoffs about 30% of the time when 50+% of the teams make it every season.
