Next GM Watch

[khaled1987]

For my approach, who the candidate is doesn't really matter.  I allowed Luka to be traded and worse, my return was pitiful.  I trusted Nico's vision of win now.  While I might not want to take the hit of a long term rebuild, I need to trust someone's long term vision of what Cooper is, how to build around him, and what bits and pieces of the team should be kept and which should be used to try to fill our asset deficit.  Or maybe someone thinks we can win now or in the short term.  Ideally you'd want someone who has a long term vision, but can navigate things that might accelerate that vision (maybe you hit on the 2026 draft and Cooper's second year leap puts you ahead of pace).  I'd also interview a lot of candidates and a lot of candidates without ties to the organization.  That's not to say I wouldn't interview Lindsay or the co-GM tandem.

You see, that is actually a direction, a direction that you should have during the interview process. 

I think Killer has described my thoughts in a good way, it is like a coach, you need to hire one that fits the goals and the assets you have.

There is usually exceptions, if you can get your hands on a future HOF type of guy, in coaching that was like the Pacers getting back RC for example. They hired him and handled him the keys. For GM there is less obvious candidates in that regard, only Presti and to lesser extent Stevens I would consider as that guy atm.