Utterly damning. So much worse than any of us knew.
I don’t read this and come away thinking Giannis handled everything perfectly. He clearly didn’t. But I also don’t really care to spend much time litigating that part of it.
Superstars are complicated. They have leverage, they get emotional, they send mixed messages, and sometimes they want influence without the full accountability that should come with it. None of that is exactly shocking.
What bothers me is how unserious the Bucks look as an organization. And making it even worse, why would anyone have confidence that this ownership group and front office can handle things better going forward?
The head coaching decisions alone should destroy any benefit of the doubt. Bud was not unfireable. He had real flaws, and there were legitimate reasons to question whether the Bucks needed a new voice. But if you’re going to fire the best coach in franchise history 2 years after winning a title, you need a better reason than emotional fallout from a bad playoff series, and you better have an actual plan for what comes next.
They didn’t. They replaced him with a first-time head coach they clearly weren’t sure could lead a championship team. That fell apart immediately.
And when they hired Doc, everyone outside the building with a pulse knew he blew playoff series, shifted blame, alienated players, and lived off a media reputation he hadn't earned in a very long time.
So, we got weird ego stuff, bad messaging, no coherent identity, players not knowing what they were supposed to be doing, vets tuning him out, Giannis drawing plays, staff disorganization... basically the exact nightmare scenario fans feared when the hire happened.
That’s the part I can’t get past.
The Packers moved on from Aaron Rodgers and came out the other side with Jordan Love, a young core, an energized fanbase, and a future that still felt exciting. It was messy at times, but they had a direction, and hindsight makes them look like they probably won the breakup.
The Bucks should have been aiming for some version of that.
Instead, this feels a lot closer to the post-Jordan Bulls: the golden era is over, the culture is gone, and the people asking to be trusted with the rebuild are the same people who helped burn down the thing everyone loved.
The Bucks had Giannis, Jrue, Khris, Brook, Bud, a title, and an incredible culture. The folks in charge kept making frantic, incoherent decisions until ALL of it was gone.
Whatever blame Giannis deserves, fine. He’s gone now. The people who made these decisions are still here.
So no, I don’t have faith in this ownership group or front office going forward. Replacing Giannis was always going to be basically impossible. But trusting this group to build the next real Bucks era requires a level of confidence I just do not have.
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Meet your 18 games over .500 Milwaukee Brewers!
Last in team Barrel rate.
Last in team exit velo.
2nd last team Launch Angle
20th in team xBA
3rd last in team xSLG
6th last in xWOBA
2nd worst xWOBACON
1st in soft hit%
1st in infield hits%
1st in infield hits
Milwaukee Brewers rookie Jacob Misiorowski has been named to the National League All-Star team. He has thrown in five games and has 25.2 innings pitched for his career. That is the fewest games ever played by someone named to the All-Star Game.
Brewers payroll $108 million.
Dodgers payroll $338 million.
All to have 5 more wins than the Brewers at this point and to get smoked 9-1 in Milwaukee tonight.
Love to see it.
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