The Phoenix Suns promote Brian Gregory to General Manager

[Kryptonic]

I watched it “delayed live” so I watched most of it on 2x speed trying to catch up and he sounded a lot better/smarter than the parts I watched on 1x speed.

noted.... maybe I'll have to watch him 2x, lol.


I'm betting Gregory takes inspiration from Ted Lasso and puts a sign above his office that says "Alignment" instead of "Believe".

[Uncle_Gene]

I watched his press conference. He let it be known that he's going to take his time in finding the next head coach. It won't be a rush job like the previous couple of years.

[SunsRIt]

Might as well apply for a team name change... The Phoenix Cronies.

The Phoenix Sucks has a better ring. Here we go again.

[Split T]

Might as well apply for a team name change... The Phoenix Cronies.

The Phoenix Sucks has a better ring. Here we go again.

Sadly all still have 0 rings

[Kryptonic]

Might as well apply for a team name change... The Phoenix Cronies.

The Phoenix Sucks has a better ring. Here we go again.

Sadly all still have 0 rings

Rings as in jingle or as in jewelry? Sadly both are zero lol

[TOO]

Been trying to remain neutral on this because "wE dOn'T kNoW hOw eVeRyThInG wIlL tUrNoUt" but I'm here to tell ya, it's all going to shit.

I think many of us on here are “aligned” on this take lol

What if I told you it was already shit?

[TOO]

Might as well apply for a team name change... The Phoenix Cronies.

The Phoenix Sucks has a better ring. Here we go again.

The Fartin Spartans.

[Charlie Smithy!]

Been trying to remain neutral on this because "wE dOn'T kNoW hOw eVeRyThInG wIlL tUrNoUt" but I'm here to tell ya, it's all going to shit.

I think many of us on here are “aligned” on this take lol

What if I told you it was already shit?

Maybe Brian Gregory will say something in his next press conference like:

"...sometimes you have to eat shit to learn how to serve it"

[Flagrant Fowl]

[TOO]

Been trying to remain neutral on this because "wE dOn'T kNoW hOw eVeRyThInG wIlL tUrNoUt" but I'm here to tell ya, it's all going to shit.

I think many of us on here are “aligned” on this take lol

What if I told you it was already shit?

Maybe Brian Gregory will say something in his next press conference like:

"...sometimes you have to eat shit to learn how to serve it"

If it's aligned correctly it'll go straight through you.

[ShelC]

I watched his press conference. He let it be known that he's going to take his time in finding the next head coach. It won't be a rush job like the previous couple of years.

This is also not the way things work in the NBA/sports. Owners/FOs usually know who they want and how they want to play. It's all about relationships and network. Casting a wide net and interviewing 5+ coaches shows how lost they are. Maybe just put the job posting on LinkedIn/Indeed/Glassdoor.

[Kryptonic]

I watched his press conference. He let it be known that he's going to take his time in finding the next head coach. It won't be a rush job like the previous couple of years.

This is also not the way things work in the NBA/sports. Owners/FOs usually know who they want and how they want to play. It's all about relationships and network. Casting a wide net and interviewing 5+ coaches shows they how lost they are. Maybe just put the job posting on LinkedIn/Indeed/Glassdoor.

Not to mention sometimes the best coaches aren’t going to wait around for you. To be honest they should have zeroed in on a new coach before firing the current one.

[Mori Chu]

For the coaching hire, they should just do what they did with our medical staff and go with AI. CoachGPT.

[specialsauce]

What an awful hire. He looks and speaks like a low level broker on the Boiler Room, not an NBA GM. This is going to be worse than Lon Babby. Awful. We're a clown show. Can I get Sarver back

[Mori Chu]

I watched only clips from the presser, and one press conference doesn't mean too much. But I don't really know how anybody could watch this guy talk for a few minutes and come away with any confidence that he is the right man to be general manager of a professional basketball team. I am filled with dread and concern.

[ShelC]

Yea a lot of people were anointing Ishbia as soon as he took over simply because he wasn't Sarver, now look where we are. And everyone who hated James Jones...careful what you wish for.

I'm betting that deep down, Ishbia loves all this. He loved his press conference because it made him the star and he was everywhere for 2-3 days in the NBA media ecosystem. That's what he paid $2B for. He wanted to make his proclamations, wanted the back and forth with the media. No one cared who he was when he was a billionaire in Michigan. Now, people care and know who he is. Bought is way onto his college team, bought his way into the NBA, tried to buy a championship. Now he's got his cronies doing his bidding and he's going to prove to everyone that he knows best.

[Superbone]

I watched his press conference. He let it be known that he's going to take his time in finding the next head coach. It won't be a rush job like the previous couple of years.

This is also not the way things work in the NBA/sports. Owners/FOs usually know who they want and how they want to play. It's all about relationships and network. Casting a wide net and interviewing 5+ coaches shows how lost they are. Maybe just put the job posting on LinkedIn/Indeed/Glassdoor.

How about Nextdoor. I'm right here! This I would come out of retirement for.

[Mori Chu]

The problem with being a successful businessman is that it can (sometimes falsely) convince you that you are special and brilliant and will be successful at completely unrelated areas. You would think that in order to rise to the top of a successful business you would need to become really good at finding excellent people to work with/near/under you, delegating work to them, empowering and trusting them. But a lot of these guys seem to develop a hero complex and think that they know better than anybody else, even people who have been in the new domain for decades.

[Superbone]

The problem with being a successful businessman is that it can (sometimes falsely) convince you that you are special and brilliant and will be successful at completely unrelated areas. You would think that in order to rise to the top of a successful business you would need to become really good at finding excellent people to work with/near/under you, delegating work to them, empowering and trusting them. But a lot of these guys seem to develop a hero complex and think that they know better than anybody else, even people who have been in the new domain for decades.

Well, he's going to learn fast enough and these guys know they have to course correct if they're going in the wrong direction.

[Mori Chu]

Well, he's going to learn fast enough and these guys know they have to course correct if they're going in the wrong direction.

Yes, but, if it takes torching the future of our franchise for a decade for him to "learn" and "course correct," it will be too late. We will have lost an entire generation of Suns team success. It isn't like one bad mortgage deal where you lose a few mil. This is crippling the entire team and its future for many years to come. There may not be any way to "course correct" if we squander and botch all the assets, contracts, and picks we have.