None of this seems like particular news we couldn'talready surmise. I think the article says staffers didn't know whether the "be competitive at all costs" direction was AKME's direction or ownership. I think that still seems to be the mandate from ownership. This team constructed similarly has fringe play-in potential. More future upside with Wilson, but I think the offseason moves show bottoming out, which is no longer beneficial anyways, isn't the plan. Just means the Reinsdorfs had close door meetings with AKME and kept those confidential.
There's a few things here. If AKME had been successful, nobody would care about how collaborative they were. But all they did was dig their heels in over and over. I was surprised that their refusal to have a contingency plan for Lonzo's extended absence was also not mentioned.
I do find the idea that the Reinsdorfs don't meddle as laughable though.
I don't think they meddle in the day-to-day. But they definitely have an organizational philosophy (what with all their success, how can you not?) and hire people who share it. That way they don't need to meddle, or lie about it. Which is a real time saver.
i remember the lead up to 2020, and knowing haliburton was an iowa state guy and assuming there was enough internal inertia that they'd fire garpax and still take the IState guy. then they didnt! and they should have! and now we're learning that they kind of tried? the one time the cyclone was the good pick. lol oops
The "failed regime" achieved their initial goal: "Stop the bleeding. Turn the team around. Step out of the Gar/Pax loser category, at least up into the .500 level." Then they stalled and ran out their string.
AKME "got more insular and defensive as" the drum beat intensified.
"they weren’t collaborative enough" ... maybe so. IDK, but they might not have been at liberty to divulge the Reinsdorf's mandates, even to their subordinates.
"a complete organizational failure" is rank hyperbole. One conflict resolution exercise requires you to make the other side's arguments. If you can't, then you're a hack.
I'd argue that playing winning or competitive BBall is the Reinsdorf philosophy, if only to fill the house. As to: "'their way' turned out to be stupid and terrible" ... and how do you know that "avoiding a rebuild was as much an AKME ... philosophy"? ... I don’t recall the Bulls tanking before drafting MJ, or during his baseball seasons, and yet they won two sets of three championship. Thereby, Krause proved that you can reload. Tanking is optional, not essential and it's not a guarantee of future success. Maybe in 98-99, the season after MJ and before drafting Elton Brand, but that crash could have been organic and not a tank, given the player/coach revolt.
I discuss AKME only to correct the record. It's easy to vilify the dead or those who probably have signed an NDA. I've always been critical of the substandard 2-way contracts, the PWill contract extention, and the inaction/delays at the trade deadlines which led directly to the 2026 firesale. I haven't changed my tune or erased my posts, but I have turned the page, and give credit where credit is due, to each regime.
BTW, I like Wilson, Sellers, Awaka and Atwell to various degrees, and every new front office and coaching hire, and I still have hope for Essengue, Swain and even the much-maligned PWill. Dillingham also needs work. The cup is half full.
None of this seems like particular news we couldn'talready surmise. I think the article says staffers didn't know whether the "be competitive at all costs" direction was AKME's direction or ownership. I think that still seems to be the mandate from ownership. This team constructed similarly has fringe play-in potential. More future upside with Wilson, but I think the offseason moves show bottoming out, which is no longer beneficial anyways, isn't the plan. Just means the Reinsdorfs had close door meetings with AKME and kept those confidential.
There's a few things here. If AKME had been successful, nobody would care about how collaborative they were. But all they did was dig their heels in over and over. I was surprised that their refusal to have a contingency plan for Lonzo's extended absence was also not mentioned.
I do find the idea that the Reinsdorfs don't meddle as laughable though.
I don't think they meddle in the day-to-day. But they definitely have an organizational philosophy (what with all their success, how can you not?) and hire people who share it. That way they don't need to meddle, or lie about it. Which is a real time saver.
i remember the lead up to 2020, and knowing haliburton was an iowa state guy and assuming there was enough internal inertia that they'd fire garpax and still take the IState guy. then they didnt! and they should have! and now we're learning that they kind of tried? the one time the cyclone was the good pick. lol oops
The "failed regime" achieved their initial goal: "Stop the bleeding. Turn the team around. Step out of the Gar/Pax loser category, at least up into the .500 level." Then they stalled and ran out their string.
AKME "got more insular and defensive as" the drum beat intensified.
"they weren’t collaborative enough" ... maybe so. IDK, but they might not have been at liberty to divulge the Reinsdorf's mandates, even to their subordinates.
"a complete organizational failure" is rank hyperbole. One conflict resolution exercise requires you to make the other side's arguments. If you can't, then you're a hack.
I'd argue that playing winning or competitive BBall is the Reinsdorf philosophy, if only to fill the house. As to: "'their way' turned out to be stupid and terrible" ... and how do you know that "avoiding a rebuild was as much an AKME ... philosophy"? ... I don’t recall the Bulls tanking before drafting MJ, or during his baseball seasons, and yet they won two sets of three championship. Thereby, Krause proved that you can reload. Tanking is optional, not essential and it's not a guarantee of future success. Maybe in 98-99, the season after MJ and before drafting Elton Brand, but that crash could have been organic and not a tank, given the player/coach revolt.
I discuss AKME only to correct the record. It's easy to vilify the dead or those who probably have signed an NDA. I've always been critical of the substandard 2-way contracts, the PWill contract extention, and the inaction/delays at the trade deadlines which led directly to the 2026 firesale. I haven't changed my tune or erased my posts, but I have turned the page, and give credit where credit is due, to each regime.
BTW, I like Wilson, Sellers, Awaka and Atwell to various degrees, and every new front office and coaching hire, and I still have hope for Essengue, Swain and even the much-maligned PWill. Dillingham also needs work. The cup is half full.