Polling GSoM: Do you want Chris Cohan to sell the Golden State Warriors to Larry Ellison?

other then he’s not Cohan

That’s a valid reason selling the team is a great thing. Cohan may not be the decisionmaker, but ultimately he’s responsible for the state of our organization. Make no mistake about it, the problems in the Warriors organization go far beyond a number of poor basketball decisions, which by the way, are made by people Cohan hires. The franchise is, has been, and will continue to be a mess under him. Whether it’s going to court because he backstabbed his friends to gain control of the franchise, completely mistreating Mullin because Cohan wouldn’t fire him already…our franchise has burned many bridges, treated enough people like crap, that respected basketball people don’t want to be a part of it. Add in letting someone like Rowell, who had no idea what he was doing, sign Jack to an extension, nixing various basketball moves as the owner….Cohan has plenty of things he’s directly responsible for that set our franchise back.

The direction of a franchise starts at the top – and ultimately, responsibility for the franchise leads back to the owner. You can make whatever excuses you want (we know you’re really Robert Rowell), but Cohan’s leadership IS a reason for what our franchise has gone through since he took over. Not being Cohan is a much bigger thing than you’re letting on.

don’t get me wrong, i think Cohan is awful and want him to sell ASAP. That being said, clippers i think have a worse rep nationally. You still here espn heckle teams saying clippers-like or bengals-like. The Warriors haven’t reached that level yet (and hopefully NEVER will)

And you can’t dismiss his discrimination issues.

The real question should be Why not Larry Ellison?

I dunno, I don’t see anything special about him relative to other super-rich potential owners. The guy doesn’t know or care about basketball, and pretty much every other potential owner has been incredibly successful in business, too (that’s how you become super-rich, after all)….so I’m all for him on the basis of him not being Chris Cohan – I just want Cohan to sell already, to anyone…but I don’t see any reason he’s preferable over another potential owner.

And google search Cohan. There’s a reason to prefer anything over Cohan – when you have the worst owner in sports, by default, anything is, in fact, better. While I also agree that almost all the optimism over Ellison is a “grass is greener” thing and I don’t see any real reason to think he’d be a good owner, exactly….in the end, the grass really is greener, because Cohan really does suck. I’ll take “anything” over Cohan.

This would probably be true of any new owner…

First I would like to address that yes I realize there were two other founders of oracle, but Ellison has always served as the CEO. He has always been in control.

But back to downzing yes the company has had layoffs over the years just like most buisnesses in the ever changing economy. These were also for economic reasons, not to ensure that he was “all alone at the top” since he, as I mentioned earlier, has always been there