Sunday, April 17, 2005

Cavs
Way back, in November of 2003 I wrote that LeBron James was a Godscend for Cleveland, but also wrote that I was expecting something to go wrong at any moment. Why? Because it's Cleveland. Something always goes wrong.
I expected James to blow out his knee, but instead, for a year, he carried the Cavs (and Cleveland sports for that matter) on his back.
Then, Gordon Gund sold the team to Daniel Gilbert, who apparently decided that despite the fact that the Cavaliers were heading for the playoffs for the first time in over half a decade, that wasn't good enough.
So within two weeks of taking over, he fired everyone in sight and turned the organization from a rising contender to what it was before the LeBron arrived-- a laughingstock.
I make it a point never to agree with Stephen A. Smith, but the man actually had an interesting and truthful piece of advice to Gilbert:
"Back off and write the checks."
Right on.

2 Comments:

At 9:00 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Things were going horribly wrong for the Cavs even before Gilbert took over. When Gilbert assumed the reigns, the Cavs were in the midst of a six-game losing streak that didn't end until a home game against Orlando in March.
Could Gilbert have just kept Silas and let things be? Possibly, but it was becoming apparent that Silas was getting more and more eccentric as the losses mounted. I am not a big fan of Jeff McInnis, but benching him while LeBron scores 56 and the Cavs lose is inexcusable.
The team has become a reflection of Silas' behavior at the end: petty, spiteful and bitter. Players can't seem to get along, everybody is jealous of LeBron and the team is purely incapable of playing defense for an entire game.
This team was inherently flawed from the get-go this year. Even when they were winning, they had no bench and inconsistent defense. You can thank Jim Paxson for that. When the delicate, paper-thin leadership structure on this team collapsed, it was curtains.

 
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