lipoli390 wrote:TheSP wrote:1. Fire Thibs!
2. Tell Butler to stay away.
3. Task Layden with finding the best deal for the Wolves in the medium term. Not old vets that help now, not draft picks years down the line. Young talent and/or picks in the next two drafts.
4. Fire Thibs again, just because it feels good!
5. Find a buyer for the team. I still appreciate Glenn stepping in and saving the Wolves for Minnesota, but he's been a terrible owner for most of his tenure.
6. Offer theSP a contract! I promise I'll turn it down, but it'll make me feel good.
7. Declare the date on which Thibs was fired a Wolves holiday that will be celebrated annually by dumping player and execs who're not living up to their contracts!
8. Fire Thibs one last time, just because he's annoying as hell and a terrible basketball coach.
Lol. Love this post, SP!! But I'm just wondering. Do you think Thibs should be fired? :)
Technically, we
could fire him twice because he has two jobs.
Seriously though, this is a sh*tshow at the worst possible time.
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[*] Training camp starts in two days.
[*] Our best players are at odds.
[*] One has demanded a trade and the offers will be disappointing.
[*] Our owner and GM/coach are publicly at odds.
[*] Firing Thibs is logical, but somebody has to trade Butler ASAP and coach this team starting Monday.
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There are no easy solutions here in the short term, though obviously, Thibs and Taylor and probably everybody in power in this franchise have to go. Other than Towns, honestly, fire or trade everybody and start from scratch. Thibs especially needs to go. Butler needs to go ASAP. Wiggins and Dieng and their contracts need to go next.
For the long term, here's what needs to happen.
1) Install a competent front office team that understands the need to build a team that fits the NBA of the future and to build a professional organizational culture (think Spurs), which this team has severely lacked.
2) Hire a great college coach like Jay Wright and make him a long-term commitment for stability. Wright is professional, unflappable, forward-thinking, and accomplished. Best-case scenario is that we'd have the next Brad Stevens.
3) Find new, stable ownership that will keep the team in Minnesota and operate the franchise in a professional way, in part by keeping their mouths closed and staying in the background.