Why I don't think this will work

[Minstrel]

I don't think being at the lower end of the playoff bracket is the worst place to be. I disagree with the principle that you should either be the best team in the league or else utter shit for the draft pick, otherwise you're wasting your time.

However, I think being at the lower end of the playoff bracket and being capped out all the way up to the luxury tax line is pretty close to the worst place to be. That's why I think Olshey needs to go. It's one thing to have a mediocre roster--it's quite another to be paying through the nose for a mediocre roster.

 

[handiman]

I think something nobody mentions is that improvement has been dull from our new contract guys. I give Turner a pass but if Crabbe, Leonard, Mo, Ed and offensively Chief had made a significant leap in their games.....we'd have a better record...like them or not, I think this has to frustrate Stotts and Olshey..they, like us, probably expected more....a lot of this I put on individuals more than the system or opportunity...Leonard didn't make the leap at all from what I see. Right now we're a 3 man team....Dame CJ and Mason....we have nobody averaging a double double on the roster

Why would you expect guys to make a big leap simply because they got a big contract? You have to assume they were already working hard last year to get the contract. Where do you go from there other than gradual improvement at best?

You might be frustrated by that, but if Stotts and Olshey are, they don't understand the game and sports psychology well enough to be in their positions.

Generally speaking, contracts are what the player figures to be worth mid to late in the deal, not first year.