Copycat, Copycat....

[ABM]

Somewhat interesting from HoopsVibe

Keep this up. You can be the next one fired. This message applies to most GMs around the league. Stop copying other dudes’ models for success. It’s awful that they blatantly do this. If this is truly the formula to become a GM then count me in. Many of us can become one then. We don’t necessarily need the “lackey, work your way up” experience on the resume. There wouldn’t be a point to work my way up the ladder anyway if “copying” is the prevailing thought for the suits in the front office. Anyone playing fantasy basketball can do this job.

The only things standing in the way are rules, matching contracts, and whether the players’ styles would complement each other. That’s it. It’s not rocket science.

Kevin Pritchard, GM of the Portland Trail Blazers, once said, “We’re a league of mimics. We see what’s working and we try to mimic it. You see Boston with their great defense and then everybody wants to be a great defensive team. I come from a background where defense is very important. Right now every team is trying to figure out how they can put the best defensive players out there. I think that’s important.”

This is sheer idiocy. I’m not saying that Kevin Pritchard is an idiot. He’s just pointing out the truth. What I’m really saying is....................

 

[Nikolokolus]

Worst ... article ... evar

Not complaining that you posted it ABM, but the guy that wrote that article has some of the flimsiest assertions I've ever read. GMs copy models that work because they work, the author might as well have said don't run the pick n' roll because you're just copying somebody else's offense.

Blech

 

[BrianFromWA]

Other suggestions the article made:

1) It's time to start fighting land wars in Asia in winter. Learning from history is overrated.
2) Stop raising with pocket Aces. Slow-play them every time...that way you can beat out the whole table, rather than just one guy.
3) Stop paying taxes. Everyone else does, which makes you a *&(ing copycat.