The Official Washington Wizards Thread

[Fight4RGIII]

Blatche is second guessing himself now because of the boos. Such a strong mental force, the Blatche is.

---------- Post added March-5th-2012 at 11:14 PM ----------

And how Vinny Cerrato with a wig and fake mustache is still the GM of this team, I'll never know. Who in the world gets to rebuild a team twice while in the process getting out of the first round ONCE????

[chipwhich]

And how Vinny Cerrato with a wig and fake mustache is still the GM of this team, I'll never know. Who in the world gets to rebuild a team twice while in the process getting out of the first round ONCE????

This is probably the most laughable theme of this thread.

Ernie Grunfeld is the most successful GM in this franchise in THIRTY PLUS years.

Who would coach or GM Les Boulez/The Wizards. One of the worst franchises in the NBA for 3 decades.

You have to walk before you can run. You can't get big names to oversee this mess. It's a death sentence. Take the money and run....FAST.

[Warhead36]

This is probably the most laughable theme of this thread.

Ernie Grunfeld is the most successful GM in this franchise in THIRTY PLUS years.

Who would coach or GM Les Boulez/The Wizards. One of the worst franchises in the NBA for 3 decades.

You have to walk before you can run. You can't get big names to oversee this mess. It's a death sentence. Take the money and run....FAST.

None of that means diddly poo. Right NOW EG is responsible for what might be the worst Wizards/Bullets roster ever(outside of Wall). He has made the same mistakes over and over again. Ted should have fired both him and Flip when he took over to really start with a fresh clean slate.

[No Excuses]

This is chipwich:

[StillUnknown]

Ernie's contract is up at the end of the year, this is the biggest (and should be easiest) call of Ernie's early tenure as owner.

If he extends Ernie, I lose faith in the man.

[Fight4RGIII]

This is probably the most laughable theme of this thread.

Ernie Grunfeld is the most successful GM in this franchise in THIRTY PLUS years.

Who would coach or GM Les Boulez/The Wizards. One of the worst franchises in the NBA for 3 decades.

You have to walk before you can run. You can't get big names to oversee this mess. It's a death sentence. Take the money and run....FAST.

This theme also represents D.C. Sports over the past 20 years. MEDIOCRITY. Being content with something average should not be accepted. Strive to be better, not mediocre.

[No Excuses]

Ernie's contract is up at the end of the year, this is the biggest (and should be easiest) call of Ernie's early tenure as owner.

If he extends Ernie, I lose faith in the man.

The fact that he hasn't been fired yet tells me he's back. GM's who are usually let go are fired mid season so the new guy can come in and evaluate the team and have more time to consider offseason options.

Ernie is coming back and Ted is dumb. Even if Ernie isn't coming back, Ted is still dumb. At least give the new guy more time.

Look at the Capitals. Their dumb GM still has a job. Ted doesn't like changes.

[chipwhich]

This is chipwich:
....BROKEN RECORD...

Yep...

It's been broken since I watched them win a title. 30 plus years ago.

NBA is not for the weak at heart.

I am sure a "real" GM wants to GM our team.

---------- Post added March-5th-2012 at 11:48 PM ----------

This theme also represents D.C. Sports over the past 20 years. MEDIOCRITY. Being content with something average should not be accepted. Strive to be better, not mediocre.

It's not about being content. Bee's are attracted to honey. Les Boulez don't have any honey.

[Warhead36]

The Wizards are still an NBA franchise. Go out and hire a young, hungry up and comer who will be happy to be an NBA GM. Someone who is innovative and not afraid to take chances. What big name did expansion team Oklahoma City hire to build their team? Or the guy in Denver? Or Memphis? Redskins fans seem to think the only way to win is to only get established big names but more often then not it's better to get a young hungry up and comer and let him develop into the next big thing. Everyone starts off as a nobody.

[chipwhich]

The Wizards are still an NBA franchise. Go out and hire a young, hungry up and comer who will be happy to be an NBA GM. Someone who is innovative and not afraid to take chances. What big name did expansion team Oklahoma City hire to build their team? Or the guy in Denver? Or Memphis? Redskins fans seem to think the only way to win is to only get established big names but more often then not it's better to get a young hungry up and comer and let him develop into the next big thing. Everyone starts off as a nobody.

Oklahoma City drafted an all star. And it wasn't because they had a great GM.

[Warhead36]

Oklahoma City drafted an all star. And it wasn't because they had a great GM.

Wall is an all-star caliber talent(not as good as Durant I'll give you that but Durant and his team weren't very good his second year either).

I get what you're saying chip: you can't win in this league until you get a superstar. But that doesn't excuse the fact that EG has made some horrendous moves in recent years and is responsible for this cluster**** of a roster. That's why he needs to be fired. What happened in the 1970s has nothing to do with it.

[MonkFan8]

Ernie Grunfeld is the most successful GM in this franchise in THIRTY PLUS years.

Rofl.

This is really something to write home about.

How long does he get to live off the glory years when the EC was so bad we made the playoffs with a barely .500 record?

[StillUnknown]

Wall is an all-star caliber talent(not as good as Durant I'll give you that but Durant and his team weren't very good his second year either).

I get what you're saying chip: you can't win in this league until you get a superstar. But that doesn't excuse the fact that EG has made some horrendous moves in recent years and is responsible for this cluster**** of a roster. That's why he needs to be fired. What happened in the 1970s has nothing to do with it.

Its not so much that he's horrible at picking players because some of the players he's selected in drafts show potential or have a certain quality that makes them acceptable in the right situation. His problem is that he has no clue how to build a roster. We have so many players with similar skillsets, and shooting is not one of them.

Finding talent is one thing, finding talent that compliments each other is completely different. Ernie has failed miserably on that account.

[chipwhich]

Rofl.

This is really something to write home about.

How long does he get to live off the glory years when the EC was so bad we made the playoffs with a barely .500 record?

Well out of 30+ years being the best Les Boulez has to offer, you tell me

---------- Post added March-6th-2012 at 12:07 AM ----------

Wall is an all-star caliber talent(not as good as Durant I'll give you that but Durant and his team weren't very good his second year either).

I get what you're saying chip: you can't win in this league until you get a superstar. But that doesn't excuse the fact that EG has made some horrendous moves in recent years and is responsible for this cluster**** of a roster. That's why he needs to be fired. What happened in the 1970s has nothing to do with it.

He does what ownership tells him to do.

Wiz are/were a messed up team.

Let's see what Ted has up his sleave.

---------- Post added March-6th-2012 at 12:09 AM ----------

Finding talent is one thing, finding talent that compliments each other is completely different. Ernie has failed miserably on that account.

What's worse????

He is the best in franchise history


We all wan't to turn this thing around....

You can't compete when you are a giant fail.

[No Excuses]

Yep...

It's been broken since I watched them win a title. 30 plus years ago.

NBA is not for the weak at heart.

I am sure a "real" GM wants to GM our team.

King of the strawman argument: chipwich.

No one is advocating to go hire the entire Spurs front office. However, a change may not be a bad option when the current GM has proven to be incompetent in decision making year after year. And cut the bull**** about ownership forcing Ernie's hands. Abe on his death bed wasn't telling Ernie to go trade a top 5 lottery pick for Mike ****ing Miller. That was Ernie being a stupid idiot, something he's demonstrated season after season.