needs to be at top of this site

…I thought such a thing mattered even remotely, I might support it, but we all know the Warriors current management doesn’t give what we think. Furthermore, there’s no point in firing Nelson unless it’s part of a larger strategy. For instance, I’d be interested in firing Nelson as a means to bring in a different coach with a different philosophy, but finding the right fit is homework that an organization has to do. Even if this petition achieved what you’re hoping, that would mean management had canned our coach without necessarily wanting to. Therefore, it stands to reason that they wouldn’t have been putting in the work to scout new coaches or review their philosophies about where they want to go post-Nelson, and therefore we’d just end up with the same flat ideas.

I still signed the petition

Mr. Ellison, PLEASE SAVE OUR WARRIORS IMMEDIATELY !!!

becuase I hate Chris Cohan, Nelson is a jackass and Larry Riley is a puppet.

I have thought a lot about this and read about other forms of protest from (primarily) Adam’s thoughful blogging. I believe the most impact we could have is sign a petition (more like a brief but powerful manifesto) and send it to David Stern (I should know :).

Seriously, if we made a few points about how tired we are of supporting this loser of an owner, organization, and coach, and said this joke of a franchise is losing the best fan base in the NBA and will lose it for years to come if this debacle continues, I have the feeling (call me crazy) and this is where we should make our stand and try to apply pressure. Of course Cc Cohan, Rowell and the fat boy running the team (into the ground). Our objections should be factual and not angry. Maybe Adam would help.

My two cents.

Cohan is the root of the problem. Just boycott the Warriors so he’s forced to sell.

get rid of cohan and rowell, and get people who don’t let Nellie make all of the decisions.

just a thought, since he was fired today.

but I don’t think Nelson is the “bottom line” here. That is to say, I don’t think he’s the real problem. The problem, or ROOT cause, has already been well-stated by MissingBarry, countless other fans I’m sure, as well as many writers in the Bay Area (especially that kawakami guy who Ralph Barbieri secretly hates for some reason… and I think his being Asian has something to do with it). Anyway, it should be more and more apparent to fans now, if it hasn’t already, that Cohan and Robbie Rowell should be the ones to go. There stupid decision, and it really was stupid in every sense of the word, to sign steven jackson to that long term deal has proven to be a huge pain the neck. These were the same guys, if my memory serves me right, who gave DunMurphy those large contracts. We all know how that worked out. I liked Murphy. I thought he was tough. I also liked Dunleavy. I thought his intelligence for the game could translate onto the court if given the right circumstances. But! They were clearly not worth the contracts. And again, if I’m correct, they didn’t make any demands. They… didn’t… ask… for… it. Murphy was a fine player. But his “occasional” toughness down low, and erratic shooting from 20 feet was only going to get him so far. I recall being hugely surprised when I logged on to the Warriors’ website and saw that Dunleavy was signed to a long-term deal. I was surprised because I didn’t think, right off the bat, that he was going to be worth it given the structure of the team (i.e. the players that they had, and were trying to build a team around). They overestimated DunMurphy’s value, and similarly, they overestimated Jackson’s value.

If those signings weren’t bad enough, they… are you ready?… gave Corey Maggette that fat contract. Can anyone say, incompetent? Maggette is a great scorer, when he hogs the ball and puts up enough shots, but Cohan and Rowell should have asked themselves, is that what we really want on this team? A guy who hogs the ball and shoots it every time he gets it? Or wait! Was the signing of Maggette Mullin’s doing? Regardless, we can’t ignore the fact that these guys up top were dumb enough to allow such decisions to occur.

Start a “Please sell the team, Cohan” petition, instead. Sell it to someone who knows basketball.