warriors:  got them to play hard, with a young team and almost got them to the playoffs twice.  he got fired so a local boy (montgomery) could do worse with the same team.  

kings:  inherited a roster full of INDIVIDUAL good talent, but one that doesn't mesh well as a team.  i am not saying he is totally out of the scope of blame, however, it doesn't help when no one wants to work together as a team.  and no that is not his fault, they were like that before.  and no if adelman was here they would be better.  remember all of you adelman fans, he was the coach of the warriors before muss and they did worse with adelman than with muss.  again, i stress individual talent.  yes, adelman took the kings to the playoffs with the same roster last year, but let's get real.  artest hadn't played in a year, and was on his best behavior.  and let us not forget, that they sucked before he got there.  he brought a tough nosed attitude to he team, and it didn't hurt that bonzi was unstoppable in the playoffs.  that was not adelman's doing.  that was one guy who was reborn (until this year when he fell back to his old habits) and the other realizing he could get a fat contract from someone, because his was up, so he better do something to attract attention.

i got a chance to go to the spurs/kings game a few weeks back and you can totally tell the difference in team work.  why?  because each buy into the team concept.  they pass the ball and don't take ill-advised shots.  also, this is a team full of good guys.  and the good guys are the stars of the team, which makes their leadership roles that much more important.

who is the leader on the kings?  artest? bibby?  martin?  can someone tell me?  up until recently, when THE PLAYERS realized they had no shot at the playoffs and started planning their vacations, Muss had the team playing hard.  

it isn't Muss's fault that bibby couldn't hit his ass with a tennis racket earlier in the year.  how many games did that cost us?  or the miller has been non-existant ALL YEAR.  and guess what folks, he contract keeps getting fatter the more useless he becomes.  he has a malcontent as the small forward.  kevin martin shows flashes of brilliance at, but then cowers over in the corner and doesn't demand the ball.  

this team has no chemistry, and certainly no leader.  and guess what, that is Petrie's job, not muss's.  nobody wants to blame Petrie.  i love the guy too, but he hasn't exactly brought in the best talent to mesh together.  

there are many problems, all of which with one solution:  blow it up, all of it.  and if you want to blow out muss, fine, but who will you replace him with?  i say get rid of everyone, except for the young talent, martin, garcia, price, etc.  start over.  work it through the draft.  suck for a couple of years and rebuild totally.  not on the run.