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Originally Posted by FatDT
Sherck you are better than calling people critical of Ballard.'s moves "haters". Give me a break. I don't even dislike Ballard. I think he's made mistakes. And he's owned some of them. I think he's taking longer than he needs to. What I dislike are the fiercely loyal happy horse-shitters that love everything he does and refuse to even consider that a rookie GM might be making bad decisions. The ball swingers. What has Ballard done to deserve unflinching loyalty? Where is the loyalty to the players?
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Exactly. We are free to criticize him at times when we want. I'll give him credit when the situation calls for it as well, like with Leonard. It doesn't mean anyone hates Ballard. I don't. However, he needs to stop taking project players early in the draft when there are guys available that are starter quality and can contribute right away. This team needs guys who can play. It's not helpful to keep drafting guys who may devleop two, three, or even four years down the road. You can do that when you're a talented team and that guy is just a depth player. We aren't that. Will those guys develop? Well I hope so, but I hope we don't have to wait a long time to find out. This in turn causes them to cut players who are better now in the hopes of hanging onto a guy that we hope develops.