Why is Sean Marks still Nets GM?

[Stop_It_5]

Very unique set of circumstances between the disaster he inherited from the Billy King trades, how efficiently he navigated that in a short span of time, and then how quickly they went from cashing that diligence in for KD/Kyrie to watching it all blow up for 50 different reasons.

Scrapping Atkinson for Nash because KD wanted him, gutting the roster for Harden because KD wanted him and then having to sell the big three because they all wanted out were franchise altering blunders but how can you blame him for any of them? Even their current predicament of spinning their tires in purgatory sounds more like a mandate from the owner than Marks refusing to tear it down. How he dug them out of the Billy King hole is why he still has a job and it's also the last time he was really allowed to navigate the ship.

 

[tremonthustler1]

Because they can't. The Nets are saved by the fact that they're one of the city's second class teams so New Yorkers don't care.

1. give me the city that loves rebuilding.

2. it's not that NYC can't handle a rebuild. What they can't handle is a rebuild without a plan. They'll rock with the plan of finding homegrown guys and building around them and coming back up. If it's not working then yeah it'll be hell. In the short term, will most people tune out? Of course. It's a city with plenty of diehards, but with more people ready to do something else with their dollar. That's a fact. If you're not the Rangers or the Knicks to a lesser extent you're not gonna get as many people going to your games while you start over, but if your rebuild shows promise, you'll get the fans back soon. What the Nets are doing is worse than blowing it up because the fans are tuning out anyway, the ones who go to the games are going depending who the road team is and there's no real young star developing. Everyone is a supporting player for someone better who ain't there.

 

[AJtheOne]

He drafts well but other than that he doesn’t deliver.

He should be a draft scout and we should get someone else to put rosters together aka be gm

 

[Shadow King]

1. give me the city that loves rebuilding.

2. it's not that NYC can't handle a rebuild. What they can't handle is a rebuild without a plan. They'll rock with the plan of finding homegrown guys and building around them and coming back up. If it's not working then yeah it'll be hell. In the short term, will most people tune out? Of course. It's a city with plenty of diehards, but with more people ready to do something else with their dollar. That's a fact. If you're not the Rangers or the Knicks to a lesser extent you're not gonna get as many people going to your games while you start over, but if your rebuild shows promise, you'll get the fans back soon. What the Nets are doing is worse than blowing it up because the fans are tuning out anyway, the ones who go to the games are going depending who the road team is and there's no real young star developing. Everyone is a supporting player for someone better who ain't there.

1. Who said anything about "loving" a rebuild? There's a gap between loving and stomaching.

2. You can't properly plan a rebuild when you can't/don't/won't embrace the concept. The Nets are already tuned out in general, the limbo they're in is irrelevant to that. The "big brother" teams in each of the 3 major sports fail to commit to a rebuild and end up falling short of expectations because of it. I can't speak on hockey. You yourself stated in another thread the Yankees are more about maintaining their streak of "winning" seasons than winning it all.

 

[ALonelyDad]

Because the owner agrees with most of his decisions lol

 

[UpAndComing]

I still am baffled at his inability to find a big man.

I thought Day'Ron Sharpe was supposed to be a big who had potential?

 

[No Homo]

I thought Day'Ron Sharpe was supposed to be a big who had potential?

Hes a very servicable backup.

 

[mastermind]

Sean Marks NBA & ABA Basketball Executive Record | Basketball-Reference.com

Sean Marks NBA & ABA Basketball Executive Record

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He’s been there for ten years, they are currently 11th in the east, and they have won 1 playoff series

How many people have got this type of leash with essentially no results? I haven’t even brought up the horrible coaches

 

[tremonthustler1]

1. Who said anything about "loving" a rebuild? There's a gap between loving and stomaching.

2. You can't properly plan a rebuild when you can't/don't/won't embrace the concept. The Nets are already tuned out in general, the limbo they're in is irrelevant to that. The "big brother" teams in each of the 3 major sports fail to commit to a rebuild and end up falling short of expectations because of it. I can't speak on hockey. You yourself stated in another thread the Yankees are more about maintaining their streak of "winning" seasons than winning it all.

1. OK. Find me a city that has no problem stomaching a rebuild.

2. Cashman and ownership value that winning streak. The fans woulda been fine with the first losing season in 30 years if it meant everyone losing their jobs, and that's mainly because the fans don't feel like the team's goal is to win a title anymore. The only argument against a full scale tear down is that the Yankees have Cole and Judge and the team can't afford to not try to win during their prime years.

 

[Shadow King]

1. OK. Find me a city that has no problem stomaching a rebuild.

2. Cashman and ownership value that winning streak. The fans woulda been fine with the first losing season in 30 years if it meant everyone losing their jobs, and that's mainly because the fans don't feel like the team's goal is to win a title anymore. The only argument against a full scale tear down is that the Yankees have Cole and Judge and the team can't afford to not try to win during their prime years.

1.Every other city/team not named New York (Yankees/Giants/Knicks).

2. It took the first October with no Yankees in the AL bracket in 30 years for fans to finally wake up to that fact. The Yankees organization values the winning streak because they know their fanbase.

 

[Loose]

Is it his fault he was forced by his ownership to take on kyrie /Durant and trade for harden?

 

[KnickstapeCity]

A good mustache is a sign of a big dikk and that cac mustache is .

 

[Paper Boi]

how is there an organization that had two dudes with the last name marks in their front office

sound like the place is run by a bunch of marks

 

[fallback]

The biggest mistake Sean Marks made was a) Firing Kenny Atkinson no other coach was nearly as good.

b) Not trading Mikal Bridges and other players for picks.

He went all in to try and build a super team it's not his fault Kyrie was a liability. Harden was temperamental and KD is nearly not a leader.

Also I don't think there is another GM who wants the job.

I'm still confused as to why they did that. Durant wasn't even playing yet and why would him and Kyrie join a team and want another coach? Whatever the case they should've kept him, now he doesn't want to be a head coach again.

 

[NYC Rebel]

Is it his fault he was forced by his ownership to take on kyrie /Durant and trade for harden?

Bro, we were getting on him before those names became Nets.