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Danny Ainge out as Celtics GM — Jazz linked as potential landing spot

Wow. A ton of consensus on this one.

First off, I am sure it's a consulting position for his retirement in Utah. Not replacing DL or Zanik or countless other options.

Is it a great hire? Prolly not. Can you access connections with him as a confidant that you otherwise couldn't? Sure can. Just ask Jerry West and Pau Gasol.

For that reason, I would say you can never have enough consultants in this league. I hate Ainge, but if it helps us bring in talent... meh.
 
Don't need him. He's strained his relationship with other GMs and his recent comments have likely strained relationships with the players themselves. Someone who dismisses issues that the players deeply care about (and ownership says they care about) is not the move.
 
One Brow said:
That's a joke, right?
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No. In Office Space, he had a position that wasn't needed, but wasn't questioned. The Bobs asked those questions. The culture of our club has historically been fairly patriarchal, even down to local media, and those in power have been given a significant amount of latitude without questioning. This isn't to say that DL is some huge buffoon (and I've never advocated replacing him), but our organization definitely has been able to set controls on what ideas come inside the organization (any organization would seek to do this) and when you slip in something that comes from an outside channel, particularly through a new part-owner (hell, the main owner, too) and that comes with someone who possesses a massive amount of basketball capital, it can make it feel like it's harder to control the influence of ideas. Just my opinion on the situation.
 
Heard something that made this even more of a "no" from me. Apparently Danny wanted Tanner Ainge to take over the FO in Boston at some point, so he may go somewhere looking to do something similar (according to the bill simmons Russillo podcast). So an old dude coming in to gift his kid a GM job... I ain't signing up for a Colangelo situation. Tanner may be homies with Ryan...

Someday we may long for the days of DL... I hope this is all just some smoke.
 
I feel like I'm going crazy seeing some local media guys vouching for Danny Ainge, citing his relationships with other GM's and executives.

I'm pretty sure Ainge's "relationships" with other front offices are not a point in his favor.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Heard something that made this even more of a "no" from me. Apparently Danny wanted Tanner Ainge to take over the FO in Boston at some point, so he may go somewhere looking to do something similar (according to the bill simmons Russillo podcast). So an old dude coming in to gift his kid a GM job... I ain't signing up for a Colangelo situation. Tanner may be homies with Ryan...

Someday we may long for the days of DL... I hope this is all just some smoke.
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Gross. There aren't many things more disgusting than nepotism.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Heard something that made this even more of a "no" from me. Apparently Danny wanted Tanner Ainge to take over the FO in Boston at some point, so he may go somewhere looking to do something similar (according to the bill simmons Russillo podcast). So an old dude coming in to gift his kid a GM job... I ain't signing up for a Colangelo situation. Tanner may be homies with Ryan...
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No. Dude couldn't even do his son's congressional campaign a PR solid by giving, at no cost, a TPE. If he ain't going to help his son out then, don't let him help his son out now.

Someday we may long for the days of DL... I hope this is all just some smoke.
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I think it came out way too quickly. Obviously you can have contingency plans and trying to explore what doors may be open in advance, but Boston just lost last night. Things can happen quick, but come on. Probably too much smoke.
 
MT Steve said:
I feel like I'm going crazy seeing some local media guys vouching for Danny Ainge, citing his relationships with other GM's and executives.
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Lol. I'll qualify by saying that I'm not sure who you're referring to, but they're probably just trying to read the room. They probably assume there must be legs to this (they have worse sources than those of us with access to Twitter) so they're trying to do what you do in this market and spin the positive on any move.
 
infection said:
No. Dude couldn't even do his son's congressional campaign a PR solid by giving, at no cost, a TPE. If he ain't going to help his son out then, don't let him help his son out now.



I think it came out way too quickly. Obviously you can have contingency plans and trying to explore what doors may be open in advance, but Boston just lost last night. Things can happen quick, but come on. Probably too much smoke.
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They've been working on this for months... which means he's likely had some feelers out with our organization.

The fact that it has come from multiple sources and that he may be living out here too leads me to believe it doesn't come out of thin air. IDK but I hate it.
 
MT Steve said:
Gross. There aren't many things more disgusting than nepotism.
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Yeah... The guys I know that run family businesses are some of the worst try hards ever. They are handed everything and act like they built the company from nothing to something. Real born on third base energy.
 
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