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[KillerLeft]

Is Cuban not a decision maker anymore? From your lips to God's ears. He is still an albatross around this franchise. Does anyone trust Finley to make the right moves? He was the one that took the beer out of Luka's hands for goodness sakes. Seems a bit puritanical for my tastes. Can we just pray for a decent GM and one that will completely box Cuban out of the picture?

From what I've been able to glean from various reporting, the current scene is that Dumont is listening to a group of people that includes Finley, Ricardi and Cuban. That's a little scary, but all the reporting I've seen makes a point of the idea that Cuban's voice is only one of those being considered. And frankly, I think Cuban was the one who finally convinced Dumont to take action in removing Harrison, so there is a good side to that part. 

The reporting has also indicated that Cuban will never again be "the decider." The new GM will NOT report to him, and while his voice might/might not be phased out again as it was under Harrison, the idea is that the new GM, whenever they're hired, will be in charge, answering to Dumont directly. It will be up to that GM how wide of a circle he wants to include to advise him. This is the right approach, and was employed with the wrong GM in Harrison, sadly. I'm actually encouraged by the thought that IF the right GM is chosen, the franchise will be in better hands than it ever has been before, because I think Dumont has the right approach in mind. Ironically, I think he might need Cuban's help choosing the right GM, but all in all I think there's great potential to get this right. I actually think the new guy should take advantage of resources like Cuban, frankly. I don't ever again want Cuban to be in charge, obviously, but he damn sure would've prevented that Luka trade, just as an example.

Having said all that, I don't think I can get excited about Finley or Ricardi, so I don't like this "wait and see" approach, because I don't view it as waiting for a bigger list of candidates to be considered (though that's technically a benefit of waiting). I actually see it as "let's see how Finley and/or Ricardi do with an on the job audition, because one of them would be a cheap, easy solution to this problem. I hope one of them is good at this." That's not the way to go, imho.