Report on Grantham’s reasons

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(02-16-2019, 03:25 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: Precisely! The same management team is in place.

People act like Marvin didn't want free agents now and Taylor will. I guarantee you Marvin wanted us to upgrade positions, but it wasn't in the budget.

We'll draft some guys and some will pan out...but our core is early 30's now and we'll be looking to replace them sooner rather than later. And we have a vastly inexperienced coaching staff to coach these guys up.

It should be a red flag to people that we can't hire a DC. If our roster was so great, we'd have people wanting to come here.

I'm not saying Marvin did not want FA's. I'm just saying it seems like there was some kind of an epiphany or changing of the guard or the philosophy, as evidenced by the guy they hired and the fact they are willing to pay two coaching staffs.

The point is, there is evidence to support the idea of a change in the way of doing things.  And why do people keep forgetting that when Marvin first got here, he was able to sign several starter quality FA's in his first couple years on the job?  Why wouldn't Zac get the same consideration? And we have the 8th most cap room in the league.

Also, Duke, who is, for all intents and purposes, the GM, has said multiple times that they intend to give the new coach whatever he needs to succeed.  Now, I can foresee some people jumping on here and calling Duke a big fat liar, which is a thing I'm not at this point willing to do.

What it comes down to is how one wants to see things.

And I've always believed I'd rather be wrong about expecting the best than right about expecting the worst.