Kings want George Karl to resign!
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Your spot on. News travels fast in the NBA. It's a small club, and regardless of the competition, most players are friends off the court. All the PR in the world can't counter what is perceived to be inside info about an organization. Vlade is going to have a tough sell. Having Cousins on your side helps balance it, but you lose him, no one is going to buy in.
Its only a few more weeks.
And there really should be a cachet with other coaches, who are the single most important piece we need to add this summer, in doing things in regular order. Given what looks like outright hostility in the lockerroom at this point, firing Karl at the break would have likely been the move. But now? Not much to be gained. We'll fire him soon enough, players or whoever watching will know why. Coaches might be a little easier with a sign that we don't fire every coach we get midseason. The national media will still trot out the same old storylines, but the more stable and less kneejerk the moves the better for us going forward.
I hope we don't wait on the coach search though. Especially with Thibs out there. If we could get a name or personality in here of significance, and quickly, then the Karl era is rapidly washed away and the conversation becomes about the new coach, including with free agents.
And there really should be a cachet with other coaches, who are the single most important piece we need to add this summer, in doing things in regular order. Given what looks like outright hostility in the lockerroom at this point, firing Karl at the break would have likely been the move. But now? Not much to be gained. We'll fire him soon enough, players or whoever watching will know why. Coaches might be a little easier with a sign that we don't fire every coach we get midseason. The national media will still trot out the same old storylines, but the more stable and less kneejerk the moves the better for us going forward.
I hope we don't wait on the coach search though. Especially with Thibs out there. If we could get a name or personality in here of significance, and quickly, then the Karl era is rapidly washed away and the conversation becomes about the new coach, including with free agents.
The more I've thought about it Thibs seems like another poor fit. Yes, the Kings biggest problem over the years has been defense but I don't see him meshing with Vlade all that well. Very different philosophies. And Thibodeau's biggest issues in Chicago were that (1) he eventually lost the players and (2) he shut out the front office with his micromanaging, obsessive ways.
He'd be a huge step up from Karl, but I'm not sure he's the right fit. And honestly, the Kings can't afford to have yet another coaching hire not work out.
The more I think about it the more I hope Vlade puts the full court press on Ime Udoka.
He'd be a huge step up from Karl, but I'm not sure he's the right fit. And honestly, the Kings can't afford to have yet another coaching hire not work out.
The more I think about it the more I hope Vlade puts the full court press on Ime Udoka.
Of course the Kimgs want Karl to resign. It would be better for everyone regardless of money. So that's not surprising. What's important is that the Kings will terminate him either way at the end of the season. We are all assuming this but we don't know for sure. If they don't it's bad news. And unbelieveable. Fire Karl (0r promote him to a helper job n the FO) and hire somebody new - anybody.
The players want to win. And they should. They've shown themselves perfectly capable of not giving an ounce of effort for Karl when they don't want to. Karl's not really doing anything magical to force wins, except perhaps in finally playing WCS some more, which we want him to do. If we rally for some wins though, its not going to be for his sake.
Without knowing exactly what went down in Chicago.....I don't rely on National media for anything.....Thibs is still the best option here over an untested Udoka. Vlade has partly put together a roster Thibs can work with, still need defensive wings, and I believe that Vlade and Thibs could easily co-exist. If Thibs gets us to the playoffs consistently before wearing out his welcome, I'll take that.
