I'm not a Vinny supporter by any means. I think his rotations, though they have gotten better, still stink. He's a horrible X's & O's guy, & he still struggles with when best to use a TO & when best not to. However, I am sympathetic towards Vinny now aftering hearing about this. I work in the corporate world where there's really no such thing as a quick decision so I know the frustration of having to get authority to do something you know is right & in the companies best interest, in the heat of the moment, then not hearing anything back until it's pretty much too late. That type of crap happens all the time. I just never expected it to go on in the Bball world.
How is Vinny expected to perform his job when he is thrown under the bus by the FO at any opportunity, is constantly looking over his shoulder, & has to get the FO's ok to play a player on his bench an extra 2 minutes? If Pax wants to coach, THEN COACH! It is seriously time for Pax to just do what he was going to do last season & retire. The stress of this job has eaten him alive the past 7 years & if he keeps this up, he'll be looking at a major coronary in the near future.
This means Vinny is gone. No way either of these two should be back imho. Pax needs to retire & Vinny needs to go elsewhere. My biggest concern with this is it's impact on 2010 free agency. How are we going to look to potential FA's when our VP of Bball Ops is batshit crazy?
On another note: Why in the world did KC hold this story back? Does he really respect Vinny that much? Where's the journalistic integrity? Where's the objectivity? I know he's a beat sports writer, which means opinions kind of come with the territory, but I can't for the life of me understand why a journalist would sit on a story like this for 3 weeks. Respect or no, it's KC's JOB to report the news. And shame on whatever player or coach that let this slip out. Though since there are lawyers involved I'm betting it was a player's agent who leaked the story.
