“Right now – everything is under a microscope – we know we have to make more investment in additional player development and we shall. "

shot across the bow to the entire team and FO staff imo

proof of that is in this quote…

we will work hard to build a team and a franchise that is world class and is as good as our fan base.

everyone knows we have one of the weakest and worst fanbases! (minus everyone on this blog of course)

you can’t fool me ted!

In Randy Wittman. That presser was directly to the players. Let’s finally see that change in DC and it starts against the bobcats tonite.

if Wittman went 5-5 in his first 10 games. Home and homes with Charlotte and Toronto and a Knicks rematch also at home make this a VERY interesting bet.

That’s about the only thing he does well:

Kwame for Caron
Kirk for Crawford and the pick that begat Singleton

which I take to mean that Rashard and Andray are unlikely to return next year. Still, getting rid of players is fine, but you need a plan to replace them with BETTER players.

After the first pre-season game, it was obvious that the Wizards had problems on multiple dimensions (as recorded here and elsewhere), The team went 2-15 before making one change, presumably prompted by EG.

The team replaced the head coach with a look-alike assistant coach that Flip recruited.

These two steps are incremental and do not reflect a thorough understanding of the situation.

It situations like this, cutting out most of the rot at one time is the best way to turn-around the organization.

At this point, the players and the fans (if not EG) are waiting for another shoe to drop.

Watching this team this season tells me one thing, We NEED more ping pong balls in the draft machine. This team does not have the necessary talent to compete. This draft has a lot of good PF/C. We need to get tough playmakers to light a fire under McGee’s ass so he knows he’s not the only option at C. But a POWER Combo PF/C with 10-15ft jumpshot would be perfect. A SG and a SF with good shot wouldn’t be a bad either. But in the short term we need to sign some people that can make some shots, this team is SOOOO bad at scoring outside the paint its pathetic.

as an owner, he’s committed to financial success. at least, i’m assuming the wizards and the history of the franchise are not his immediate concerns. financial success in sports comes from winning games and playoff series and hopefully championships. an owner like cuban would be ideal—committed to winning, but also passionate about the team. i don’t feel that from ted. but still, from a business perspective, he at some point will have to realize he’s not maximizing profit potential. and a big cause of that? ernie grunfeld. hopefully this realization comes soon. but wittman is more of the same, so i’m not even sure why he’s giving him a chance. frustrating. i think ted is committed to eg at least through the season, which is so frustrating, as prada pointed out yesterday in his summary of what needs to change. lastly, ted made no mention of new training staff or positional coaching staff (which would include a shooting coach). spend money to make money, ted. put your team in the best position possible to win.