What is your biggest criticism of the Warriors Organization?
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sephKwon
Building a bad rep from 95-00, those 6 years were like the dark ages of GSW, bad decisions all around. It leads to not being able to sign good or decent FAs or even smart players who can have an impact. The legit FAs that get signed are only people who played alongside superstars and knew how to play off them.
Personally I don’t care for tanking but I think tanking is the only way. Teams take those 1 or 2 totally forgotten years and then turn into up-and-coming greatness. Meanwhile, no one remembers the dark years.
That is the only path to a championship unless you’re the Celtics or Lakers.
Thelonius Dunk
Really bad management, cheap and bad luck. They may not be cheap compared to other teams, but considering we’re one of the largest Basketball markets in the country and the fans come out in full force year after year, cheap as fucking hell.
Frank Rizzo
I like what Mullin is trying to do, which is build a young, athletic team. It seems like the motivation of ownership is money first, not win first. Even Mullin’s attempts to win become more about Cohan driving up ticket prices and breaking whatever goodwill Mullin established, not winning. Winning builds the brand (i.e. Spurs, Lakers, Suns, Bulls, Pistons) that increases the value of the franchise, national exposure etc. I’d recommend ownership learn how to build a franchise by keeping his mouth shut, firing all his attorneys and just sitting back and listening to Bob Kraft, Jerry Buss, The Rooneys about what it takes to build a winning environment. Stop worrying about next quarter’s revenue and learn the f*cking sports business Cohan.
Shamrock
Not hiring established basketball minds to run the roster never a hint of a Larry Brown, Jerry West, etc…
Twardzick, St. Jean, Mullin: all rookies, all allowed to make too many mistakes without repercussions.
It boils down to accountability and the expectance of excuses.
Flex Cornvana
Crappy ass stubbornness to not change the logo to The City logo. That’s the biggest no-brainer ever. And yet, no action.
Gswfan4ever
It just seems to me that this team has always been content to be “barely relevant”. They would make moves only when they are forced to(Baron bolting), so that they won’t “suck too much” and can keep the fans coming. They almost never make MORE extra moves to push the team further into the playoffs, OR, tank a season to get us a high pick.
Case in point:
Mullin got us Nellie and Baron when things were extremely bleak around the bay, but when the team was on the verge of playoffs last season and the starters were gassed due to too much minutes, no helps came. We could have gotten someone like Ron Artest cheap or even Ruben Patterson; but instead, we went the money saving route and tried to get lucky with Chris Webber and failed.
It seems to me that it usually all comes down to money, that our #1 priority is “must keep the owner from paying luxury tax” at all cost, even if it means sacrificing a playoff berth.
Warrior Hype
Not tanking, rhe Warriors could of tanked the last 5+ seasons and build a team around a LeBron, Yao Ming, Amare, Dwight Howard, etc. Instead they fought for the last spot in the playoffs, only to fall late in the lottery each year. Sure the fans would feel depressed, but it is all about the results at the end of the day. If only they didn’t overpay for mediocre/overrated players, then this franchise would have a totally different and brighter direction. Unfortunately it is probably too late to grab the greatest talent in the drafts and because Mullin is hoping to fight for the last spot in the Playoffs again, only to grab a late lottery pick and do the same thing all over again the following year.
Ktwo
Lack of an intelligent plan, it seems like the organization is happy to compete for the 8th seed every year. The front office was faced with a decision this summer: try to win now with Baron, or build for the future around the young core. The choice: neither.
By inking Maggette to a large deal, the brass locked in to the plan for mediocrity. There goes the cap space. There goes the high lottery pick (which would have followed a season of letting the young players develop). Back to the late lottery, a familiar place for this team in recent years.
Maggette is a good player but a terrible fit. That signing, to me, says Cohan & co. are more concerned with selling tickets than building a winning team. That’s not a surprise, but it’s still a disappointment. The Warriors won’t see a dollar from me this season.
Mmp
Lack of clear direction by ownership, management in general. Do they want a championship team or merely a competitive team? They talk of the former, but actions point to the latter. From gutting the team back in 1994, to drafting players like Foyle, Dunleavy, Fuller, to curious signings like Foyle, Dunleavy, Murphy and now – Maggette.
Throughout this team’s history, management has repeatedly panicked. With the Baron, Jackson, Harrington trades I thought the team was turning over a new leaf. But the recent curious signing of Maggette only shows that the team has learned nothing. To a dedicated fan base, this shows lack of confidence, wisdom, foresight and hope.
Futureisnow08
My biggest problem with this organization doesnt have much to do with right now, but a few years back. Our biggest problem was our drafting. We were bad for so many years, and when teams are bad that is the beginning of their rebuilding. High draft picks are taken, and eventually after 3 or 4 years of being bad your high draft picks become good. The warriors however, for 12 years had high draft pick after high draft pick, and had nearly no good players to show for it.
If we could have cashed in on those draft picks all those years this team would be in a much different position even today. The team would not have been trapped in the years of suck, and consequently Free agents would like to come here.
Billy Hoyle
I think most fans would agree that this begins and ends with the management group, most specifically Chris Cohan. Ideally he would sell the team but it’s too much of a cash cow for him. The only way were going to get a whiff of a championship is by PURE LUCK… i.e. Last year.
Bring back Chris Washburn
Unfortunately, year after year it seems that the Warriors as an organization are content with putting together teams that are simply “competitive.” Rather than continuing to tread water year after year, why not attempt to become contenders via trade or through top 5 lottery picks? I’m sure I’m not the only longtime Warrior fan who feels envious of teams that build contenders and reap the benefits, despite the inevitable rebuilding years that follow. I would much rather feel what it’s like to be a diehard fan of an elite team for awhile and go through a few down years, rather than be a perennial mediocre NBA squad. My burning question for Warriors management has always been, “Why not ever go for the gusto?” Warrior fans deserve a team that can win now. The kind of team we’ve been waiting years for.
Peace
Horrible uniforms, colors and mascot.  They need to go back to wearing the Run TMC jerseys. Even the city jerseys would be nice. The Warriors regular uniform is disgusting. Also get a better mascot.
Warriors in 2010
By far and away this team was crushed by one man, Dave Twardzik. Picking Joe Smith at #1 over Garnett and Rasheed was just a killer followed by Todd Fuller over Kobe and many many other terrific players who were available in that draft.
Therefore, I would really like to keep some consistency with Mullin and Nellie but my one piece of strong input would be that Cohan/Rowell recommend to Mullin/co that the goal is to build a TITLE contender and not just a playoff contender and to approach every decision with that in mind. Cohan and Rowell should be aware that Warrior fans are so committed we can deal with having a crappy team if we have young prospects who have a lot of potential and have cap room for a couple years if we have a master plan to really build a contender. Don’t WORRY about selling tickets, just build a contender. I think short term mgmt. thinking and/or any pressure from above to think that way is a huge detriment to everyone.
Build a contender, whatever it takes (and don’t worry about a year or two where we suck, we’re used to it).
Flashfire
They don’t seem to know what direction they want to go in. They shed some bad players and contracts (Foyle, Fisher, Dunleavy, Murphy). For the most part, they’re done paying for them.
Then they added some pretty good pieces and had a very solid group of players that made the playoffs and beat Dallas before falling to Utah in a series they were in more than some people give them credit for.
That offseason they had a chance to really improve the team and cement them as a force to be reckoned with. Instead, they traded Jason Richardson and while they got Brandan Wright out of it there are still a lot of questions about him. He’s definitely a “future” guy instead of an immediate help, so they were without Richardson and although that gave Ellis more of a chance to step up there were times where Richardson was missed.
Baron Davis finally had a season where he avoided the injured list but it was clear he was worn down by the end of the year anyway. The team won more games than the year before but they never really looked like they were consistently better than that team that made the run they did.
In the end they missed out on the playoffs as much due to their own unexplainable, inconsistent play as the fact the Western Conference was just so good. Then what happened? Baron Davis left and the team was forced to scramble for some sort of fix. Whatever the reasons, they absolutely believed Davis would be back and the resulting aftermath showed me they had no contingency plan, no idea of what they’d do in case Davis did leave.
They made a few uninspiring moves to shore up a few spots but the fact of the matter is simple: this team looks very different from the one that got to the playoffs, and it’s hard to say they’re better off than they were before or will improve to the point where they’re a routine visitor to the playoffs instead of a team that squeaks in once in a while.
Monta Ellis is out for a while. Anthony Randolph could be a very good player. Corey Maggette could be a solid contributor. Brandan Wright could develop further. Stephen Jackson could do any number of things. Get the point? There are too many questions to be answered and little to no sure things.
Lately, it’s been tough for me to look at the team and not think they let something great slip through their fingers. It says to me they’re not used to success, which isn’t all that surprising, and they don’t know how to improve upon it. They just seem happy to sell out the Oracle and rake in the money from it.
That’s not a good thing.
They also need new uniforms, a new logo, a new mascot and switching to using Oakland instead of Golden State. They’re getting tons of money from ticket sales. Do it already.
Buzz
They are cheap and poorly run.