Is Stan K Committed

after what he saw in the beginning of his tenure, overpaying doesnt equal wins… look back at the year we had camby, ai, melo, kmart, nene, jr, kleiza, najera… that didnt equal wins/success, he understands that it is important to get a balanced team that plays with a certain swagger when they arent a bunch of overpaid athletes, like last years nuggets team… like look at the lakers to me they dont play with swagger, they just buy talent and it is disgusting…

with that said though, stan cant ignore the fact that we are going to be over the tax this whole year and he is going to have to live with it…. so might as well get a quality big, the problem is, we dont have the pieces to get one that would be much of an upgrade over malik allen/petro….

I’m not convinced Stan is committed to winning, if he was he would have fired Karl by now. You look at the moves he has made over the past few years like dumping Camby for jack sh*t and trading away AI and he has just been lucky the way things have worked out because of Wark’s managing skills. But in reality all Stan wanted to do was dump salary.

I remember the day it was announced that GK was coming on board to coach— I once again began to consistently follow and watch all things Nuggets instantly. Its not that I was not watching and supporting the team prior, but like many fans I had lost patience with the lack of committment from the owner/management and refused to devote some much of my time to medeocrity. GK is an intelligent man and a coach with an impressive track record—I felt aquiring him was a big step in the right direction, for awhile it was. But I have grown impatient with his coaching decisions. Mike Shanahan is also an intelligent man with an impressive record but it was clear that it was time for him to go. It might be time for GK to move along as well. I will never understand his justification for giving AC the kind of minutes that he does. Like others on this site, I don’t understand why Balkman does not get ANY minutes—I have heard rumors that Balkman’s work ethic is wanting and that he struggles in practice but I have seen more positives than negatives from him when he has played ( for a bench player). GK’s rotation habits drive me crazy—I also wonder what kind of practices are held. When you consistently see the same type of errors being committed on the floor e.g. missing free throws, not switching on def. coverages or missing your assignment altogether it makes me wonder what kind of instruction (coaching) is being had or how often are they having it.

Over the summer, I also raised the question of wheather SK was committed enough to this organization. I went back and forth with a knuckle head on this site making the argument that teams that have re-tooled in the WC will not be any better. He mentioned the suns and mavs as examples of teams that will not be a threat—well, we all know how that storyline has shaped up so far. I have a difficult time being sympathetic for a billionaire that purchases my favorite team and has to deal with the luxuary tax issue. Other teams have to deal with this as well. I have given silent Stan credit in the past for opening his wallet—bringing AI here was one such moment. But what have you done for us lately? We needed (still need) a marque type “big” to get us to the promise land; No substantive moves made over the summer.The argument is made behind the luxuary tax issue all the while Stan is periodically in the paper trying to aquire larger stakes in professional sports in europe. And the “small basketball market” argument also rings hollow—Look at it as an investment; if you spend it, they will come. Think I’m wrong? How much extra revenue (and interest) was generated by the Nuggs going as deep as they did in the playoffs last year? You remember don’t you stan, when you booked a wrestling event at the “can”, smack dab in the middle of the playoffs? Not only a lack of committment, a lack of faith.

Stan and his front office have got to make a strong move before the trade deadline next month if they are serious about making a championship run. Moves that also are mindful of the pieces that are needed to matchup with specific players on other contending teams. Band-aid moves not wanted. And as for GK, some of the reasons for our losses are directly related to coaching issues and coaching decisions—he can’t fall back on his career record forever( no championship mind you). He has all stars and probable future hall of famers on this team—time to bring that talent together in a way that consistently demonstrates professionalism and smart basketball execution on the floor.