yuvken
Established Member
I don't know about the relevance of the above claims/complaints - I can see where they come from emotionally, but we've all learned it is just not as important as it would seem.
Perhaps more interesting to know some things about "the boy". First, he's not 23 (like some quotes above may mislead you to understand) but 33, and he's not a rookie in the business at all. He's played sports himself (played basketball for the university of Missouri), and, as has been pointed out already, has been running some serious sports operations.
What is perhaps even more interesting is that he is not a "silent Stan" type, at least by the look of things (or he may be silent, but he doesn't shy away from bold moves and controversy). An example was this summer, when he fired both the general manager and coach of the Denver Nuggets, at the end of their best year ever (win lose record). Not getting into "justified or not" (there are of course opinions here and there - look for ex coach George Karl's take on it, Calling him "stupid"), but just mentioning this is not someone without balls.
There were also opinions I read (related to the above story) which hold that "he is not as attentive/fair as his father". So I guess there's more ammo here for both haters ("little American out of college brat doing whatever he wants" - satan's man on the board) and hopers (dude is a serious and fearless businessman that might achieve big things for us).
Yawn.
Perhaps more interesting to know some things about "the boy". First, he's not 23 (like some quotes above may mislead you to understand) but 33, and he's not a rookie in the business at all. He's played sports himself (played basketball for the university of Missouri), and, as has been pointed out already, has been running some serious sports operations.
What is perhaps even more interesting is that he is not a "silent Stan" type, at least by the look of things (or he may be silent, but he doesn't shy away from bold moves and controversy). An example was this summer, when he fired both the general manager and coach of the Denver Nuggets, at the end of their best year ever (win lose record). Not getting into "justified or not" (there are of course opinions here and there - look for ex coach George Karl's take on it, Calling him "stupid"), but just mentioning this is not someone without balls.
There were also opinions I read (related to the above story) which hold that "he is not as attentive/fair as his father". So I guess there's more ammo here for both haters ("little American out of college brat doing whatever he wants" - satan's man on the board) and hopers (dude is a serious and fearless businessman that might achieve big things for us).
Yawn.