Whenever Michael Jordan is involved, you always want to give him the benefit of the doubt.
Call it a respect thing, but one of the best players who ever played in the NBA knows a thing or too about basketball.
Right?
Well, maybe.
No one will argue that Michael Jordan the player was sensational.
But in a management position? He kind of stinks.
Jordan hired Doug Collins in Washington and drafted Kwame Brown with the No. 1 overall pick.
Terrible. In fact, Washington's resurgence the past couple of years came only after Jordan got canned.
Now he's hired Sam Vincent as coach of the Bobcats. It's tough to really criticize Vincent, the unknown 44-year-old who played on the same Bulls team as MJ early in his career.
But was he really more qualified to coach this team, as opposed to Paul Silas, Stan Van Gundy or Mike Fratello? What made his one-year of NBA coaching experience - an assistant at Dallas - so valuable?
It's a risky hire, no doubt. The Bobcats are talented enough to make a serious playoff push next season, and this year's two first-round draft picks are obviously pretty important.
His Airness will have to face some serious questions - especially about hiring people close to him personally - if Vincent doesn't work out.
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Nice call on the incestuous policies of the Bobcats when it comes to Jordan and his extended family of friends. So now we have ex-teammate Vincent as coach, ex-teammate and buddy Rod Higgins as GM, best friend Fred Whitfield as President and COO, and Buzz Peterson, MJ's collegiate roommate, as the rumored-to-be next assistant coach. I'm glad MJ is going to have people to hang out with now here in Charlotte (maybe it will keep him out of Cabo San Lucas?), but one key question remains: are we going to win more games?
Great comment. There's no reason Charlotte shouldn't make the playoffs next season. A good group returning, a top 10 pick and another first rounder into the fray.
Bob Johnson and Co. MUST open up the wallet and get Gerald Wallace back on this team.
Okafor needs to stay healthy - again - but, although I sort of criticized the Vincent hiring, I think he'll do a better job than Bernie did.
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