Unbelievable. I’m sending Geoff Petrie a dictionary that has one word repeated 100,000 times: PROACTIVE. You don’t sit around waiting for teams to call. You work the damn phones until you’ve rid yourself of The Problem. I’ve tried to give Petrie the benefit of the doubt, but I just can’t shake the idea that he’s paralyzed into doing nothing. Absolutely pathetic.

Every executive that works in my company spends a good portion of their vacation time actually working…whether that is conference calls or checking the Blackberry.

I believe their families understand that it’s the tradeoff they make to have a pretty damn good style of living.

is that Detroit doesn’t seem to be the best swapping partner. If Petrie’s goal is to get Thomas off the books, then Detroit won’t go for that goal. Practivity won’t do a damn thing to get the money conscious Pistons interested in that type of deal. That is unless Amick mis-represented what he heard. Which I highly doubt.

I know I posted the thread, but I’ve got to walk away from it now. I’ve wanted Artest traded for the two-plus years that he’s been here, and Petrie has sat and sat and sat and the team has gone nowhere.

Artest is practically jumping up and down outside Petrie’s office demanding to be traded and Geoff is still waiting for other teams to call. The handwriting on the wall is as big as a billboard, and apparently Petrie still can’t see it. I’ve absolutely had it with Petrie, so I need to walk away from the whole thing for a while. I’ll be back when Artest is no longer a King.

Plenty of time to find a good deal.

Apparently Joe Dumars is tired of fans thinking he is sitting on his hands. Our GM? He’s going on vacation. I find it hard to believe Geoff can’t find a deal for Ron. I came to the conclusion right after the Beno signing that we have our lineup of the future already under contract except the small forward spot.

PG – Beno
SG – K-Mart
SF – ?
PF – Thompson
C – Hawes

We also have two guys on the bench, John Salmons and Francisco Garcia, who are more than capable at the small forward spot. So, after all that is considered, who are we going to trade for that is going to end up being a key player? At this point I would just like to see us dump the salary and see what our young guys can do. The worst that could happen is us ending up with a top 6 pick. I would rather suffer through a horrible season than watch us play another medicore season and end up with another pick in the 10-14 range and do absolutely nothing during the offseason.

this is the one and only characteristic i’ve ever noticed in carl: a belief that geoff petrie is constantly on vacation. of course i don’t want to sound vindictive or anything, but with all due respect, what the hell does he know about the day-to-day running of a franchise? just because we haven’t had some sort of fire sale and sold ron artest at 30 cents on the dollar certainly does NOT mean the man is not doing his job. i’d venture a guess that the personnel stories in the NBA that reach the eyes of fans, whether through mainstream media, blogs, or hearsay, represent less than 5% of the discussions that take place between team bigwigs.

now, if you want to talk in sane, calm terms about how geoff petrie is failing at his job, i’d be willing to listen. i’d disagree, of course, but i’d be willing to listen. in this case, i’m not. i think it is incredibly melodramatic and dumb.

Although I’d keep Artest all year or ‘till the deadline unless there was Really something in it for us, a prospect, a pick, losing K-9.

I think thats what Petrie thinks as well.(?)

We’re no longer interested in Lamar Odom?

Come on man, I understand this is the big lull in the offseason, but at least have the decency to call it a “scouting trip to Europe” like in years past.

I take my cell phone with me when I go on vacation, and I’m just a schlub. My bet is that GP takes his, too.

If we all take a mini-vacation.

This place is in midseason form, for sure.