Don Nelson the GM

Don Nelson needs to be sent back to Maui ASAP. The guy has checked out mentally and is just sticking around to collect his paycheck. Don can fool a lot of people with his fun loving, aw shucks personality, but don’t be fooled. This guy has an ego bigger than any player on his team. He is petty, manipulative, and plays head games with his players which is why he wears out his welcome wherever he goes. Larry Riley as GM is a questionable move, but Don Nelson as GM is absolutely absurd.

My opinion has been from my observations over the years, not by the media. Did you ever think that maybe, just maybe certain media outlets are right about Nellie?

There is no way, under any scenario he should be kept around.

Mostly because he’s been the Warriors coach every time something good has happened. I also am a big fan of Nellie the GM. I think he is a brilliant, though eccentric, basketball mind, and a keen eye for talent.
That said, I’d be surprised if he was with the team past this season. I hope that the team is great this year, and I can’t think of any available coach I’d rather have to bring along our backcourt, so I hope he makes it through the season. I also believe he is the best chance to coach us into the playoffs.

Don Nelson the GM…0 championships.

You have no idea if he was in control or not, we do not know as much about the inner workings of the Warriors/other teams as we think we do. Why pay a GM if Nellie is making all these genius draft decisions?

This is what I’ve been saying!! lol. Don Nelson DOES have an eye for talent….which is precisely why he should be a SCOUT, far far far far away from the team and Oracle areana. He can spend his time watching hula girls and visiting Euroleague games for all I care.

Enough is enough. The ODB has a track of record of burning bridges and being a major contributer to dysfunction to this franchise – on more than 1 occasion! Let’s see, who’d he have problems with? (which for many of them led to their removal from the team), There was ….Webber, Baron, Harrington, S Jax, A. Randolph, Biedrins, J. Crawford, Monta Ellis, Chris Mullin, etc etc.

. Lacob MUST fire Nellie if he is serious about changing the culture of this team. Furthermore, head coaches are overrated in basketball anyway. Basketball is definitively a player’s game more than any other team sport. Just ask Doc Rivers, who went from worst to first….why? Not because of his unbelievable coaching, but the future HOF players he was given.

And what point is there to keeping him? He is a lame duck.

Bottom line…Nelson’s cons far outweigh his pros and Lacob needs to send him packing if he’s serious about changing the tradition of dysfunction known as Warriors Basketball.

I’m actually really surprised by the close poll results.

Nelson is good talent evaluator and a creative coach. But let’s be real, none of his teams have even reached the finals while his been there. In fact, only the Mavs have even come close to a championship with a Nelson built team, and that was only after he had been ousted from the organization completely. Basically, Nellie builds interesting, entertaining teams, but they’re always deeply flawed.

I’m assuming this post is in reaction to Adam Lauridsen’s most recent post. I actually think that Lauridsen hits the nail on the head when it comes to Nellie’s shortcomings as a coach, basically that he is an egomaniac and has trouble dealing with star players. Nellie the GM has the same problem with Nellie the coach. He thrusts himself into the spotlight, instead of the players who are, you know, actually playing the games.

Basically, I think you’re wrong on Nellie. He’s got an occasionally brilliant basketball mind and he’s a good talent evaluator, but he’s not worth the headaches he brings.

Somebody MUST be kidding with this idea. This guy should be put on the first stagecoach out of town. I will have lost a whole lot of respect for the new ownership if they keep this sarcastic head game player around for one minute after the ink is dry. It is just a very poor move and I would seriously doubt that Lacob plays mr. feelgood on his commercial investments with executives. Nelson is poison and has proven it time and time again. I am totally opposed to Smart but I can ALMOST swallow hard for a year…,I say ALMOST because he is a fraud but at least he does not look like he died on the bench and I seriously doubt he will or did play with the heads of the players and turn them off or “get injured.” With a high degree of certainty there were several players who were not as injured as one might suspect but could not stand being around Nelson or playing for him.

Question: Was it Nellie that passed on Kobe Bryant?

Agreed Nelson drafts well.
But drafting is a small part of being a GM.

I just want one of these pro nelson people to show me one trade. Just one. Where nelson wasnt taken in the deal and got the worst. And i am speaking Nelson as a Warriors GM. Just one.

billy owens deal – no
t hill – no
c webb – no

and on and on and on.

I argue that Mullin was a better GM when it came to making deals that benefitted the warriors.

Last year the Warriors were lucky when Curry slipped to them at #7. Thank the stupid draft by the Timberwolves for that, not some brilliant draft strategy by Nelson. This year the W’s were not so lucky and missed out on Cousins. Karma is a bitch…

Gatling and Spre for three? All Stars?

Let’s be real honest Warrior fans… Don Nelson brings an exciting brand of ball.. The “We Believe” Warriors were the most successful this franchise has been since… THE LAST TIME DON NELSON WAS COACH in the 90s. As fans we’ve gotta understand that we’ve been unlucky the last couple of years with injuries, and I understand how frustrating that could make fans who have been dying for a successful product for a long time now… but we shouldn’t call for the head of the orchestrator of the exciting product that we love so much.

For those that say he doesn’t develop talent, that’s a laugher. Last year, I believe was testament to how Don Nelson CAN develop talent under his system. Steph Curry had a tremendous second half of the season while playing with mostly D-Leaguers as his supporting cast. The Warriors should have been nowhere near 26 wins with most of their roster decimated with injury. Don Nelson should STILL be chasing Lenny Wilkens for all-time coaching wins.

Give Don a chance to run the show as GM/Senior Consultant once he gets tired with being on the sidelines. His track record with the Warriors franchise speaks volumes to his ability.

It’s pretty simple really:

Smart would be an adequate coach for this season.
Nelson is a lame duck.
Nelson is a contributer of past & present turmoil & drama for the Warriors – something they’re trying to break from. I could just imagine him playing mind games with David Lee.
He puts his ego before the team.
In over 1000 games, he’s never won a championship.
He played Maggette @ PF, nuff said.
He has been the source of too many player problems (many recent), players wanting to be traded (and traded for trash), or removed. I’ll list ’em again:

Webber, Baron, Mullin the GM, S. Jackson, Anthony Randolph, Harrington, J.Crawford, Biedrins, M. Ellis, etc.

Bottom line – the risk is greater than the reward, cons outweigh the pros.

I wouldn’t go all the way as to making him the GM. But he recognizes talent in guards particularly well. A Consultant of some sort would be perfect and the Godfather really would be the perfect title.