Petrie Poll, Part I

Please excuse the profanity and move along if you’re easily offended, but I picked the 50/50 option because…
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Geoff did shit the bed. He made this mess. But if anyone can unshit it, it’s Mr. Petrie.

We had some great playoff years and Petrie was a big factor. We could should have been champions in 2002. That’s more than enough for me to vote positively about him. We all know he has a terrific percentage in drafting good players. His ability to judge talent and potential is high.

The darkest moments of his career imo is obviously the Webber trade and signing Mikki Moore. I’d put Beno in that list too but I don’t think there was any other decent PG available at that time. He didn’t have much of a choice given that Beno had a good 2nd half last season.

I trust Petrie and the next couple of years will be the biggest challenge of his career.

PS. Don’t forget that Douby is a summer camp legend

I gave him the benefit of the doubt with a 75%

We’ve seen him at his best, and now we’re seeing him at his worst, and frankly, being that his “worst” reflects the current cycle of the team, rather than any particularly bad choices by him.

While I’ve long been skeptical of his judgment towards handing out contracts, that facet of his GM game only makes up roughly 25% of his overall job description (IMO). Because he is not a 100% hitter, and no one expects him to be, one should expect a downward cycle every few years (as he has even alluded to/ warned). See L*kers 2005.

I’m sure it doesn’t help having owners that interfere or think that changing up your lineup is as easily done as in NBA Live 06. Owners that jump on trendy bandwagons such as “Defense wins Championships” when your already a good defensive team (but masked by the fact that the offense was great) allows me to give him the benefit of the doubt.

I’d love to vote 100%, but then I remember the five-year, $36 million offer to Bonzi Wells. We’d be in Year Three right now.

On account of Mikki Moore, and Francisco’s dumb extension.

It’s easy to say you love and trust your GM when the going is good. True belief in an individual’s ability goes beyond the last 5 minutes. Obviously, people can change. Bad streaks can happen. But we’ve all said that re-building is a process. It is not immediate, and it is not perfect. But I still believe that we will return to contention within another couple of seasons, and that GP will have been the architect of the return to glory.

Geoff isn’t perfect here. He’s gotten lucky, and somewhat who knows what else. He isn’t perfect, but who is?

because if we get rid of GP, who we gonna get to replace him?

Petrie is probably one of the best GM’s in the league. He’s just unlucky enough to be in a small town market.

I’m gonna take the post Webber trade era into account for my vote. Because I really loathe Mikki Moore and the Beno signing was not excusable. If Geoff signed Beno only because he thought we would be competitive this season, that’s on him too. I like the Thompson and Hawes picks, K-Mart obviously, Garcia so-so. The Douby pick was atrocious. Theus and Natt suck too. Maybe I’m being a little irrational, but the Beno signing is just such a heavy factor for me here.

I thought “he’s burned through his good will” didn’t really capture my sentiments, although I guess i’d be in the 50-60 percent camp at first thought. I think if you grade his major moves they’d generally be in the 80s or above in the early years and sub-50 on average for past 4-5 years with a few exceptions. I have a pared down list of his major moves and might post that with some analysis/ratings at some point.

“The poll didn’t really capture my sentiments” in the after-deadline poll.

the whole situation is kind of fucked up. There are numerous problems with the way this team has been built. Geoff occasionally appears inactive and too patient, this is true. But, there are other problems too. We are still feeling the effects of Webber’s injury. He got a huge contract, went down, and was traded. We’re still feeling the effects of that with Kenny Thomas’ contract. Plus, there has been way too much Maloof intervention, namely in acquiring Ron Artest, the firing of Rick Adelman, and the subsequent coaching searches. That has all led to the mess we’re in. What worries me more than Geoff’s abilities as GM is the fact that a lot of our young talent is being wasted because we don’t have a coach that’s really going to help these guys develop. Coachie is a start but we need a head coach who can do something as well.

if we get the number 1 pick and Petrie drafts Rubio then he automatically goes back to 100%

If I was to vote for 0%, my reasoning wouldn’t be that we are at 11-43 right now, but rather that we weren’t two years ago. Futility has to happen, otherwise the rebuild doesn’t work. The fact that it had to happen at this point and not quite a lot earlier, I blame on Petrie.