Well the usual agenda pushing from Voisin, who obviously still can't write a single column without trashing DMC.
1. DMC held the Kings hostage? Oh please....
2. Vlade is fully in charge? Well if that's the case, Vlade is also fully responsible for what happened during his tenure. No more "but Vivek" excuse than...
3. Perry fills a gaping hole in the FO? When there was a gaping hole for that long, isn't that pretty telling about Vlade's body of work? Weren't Catanella and Bleech also highly praised additions? Where was the drama last offseason, that obviously held Vlade busy?
4. Divac is enjoying an offseason winning streak? You mean failing to reach the proclaimed goals of the season twice in the row, trading the best player SAC ever had for Buddy Hield and 1 protected first rounder in a rushed move during all star game and having young players, who showed some signs, but hardly were taking the league by storm actually counts as an offseason winning streak?
5. Because we saw progress with the young players - and let's be honest the progress was on a very low level of expectations - it somehow means we don't have a weak front office? We didn't miss entirely in the draft, but that and the Joerger hire is pretty much the only thing this FO hasn't screwed up so far.
6. We don't want to built a team for the 8th seed. We want to built a contender for the title. Yeah right. After over a decade of missing the Playoffs, that's the kind of completely delusional and unwordly statement I as a fan want to hear from my FO. Maybe have some grasp for reality. The Kings are one of the worst teams of the league as currently constructed. Maybe do some work and show some results first, before you talk about building championship contenders. Maybe at least don't embarass yourself with completely lopsided trades, before you talk about building championship contenders.
I really want to support the Kings. I absolutely support our group of young players, great vets and Joerger's coaching staff. But this "oh how shiny and new everything is" rhetoric is turning me off big time. Just get to work, take the beating you deserve for your potential bad decisions and let the success you obviously believe in speak for itself, when you reached it. You don't prove people wrong by talking big or by throwing shades at the players you trade away. You prove people wrong, by building a team, that is able to win games.