Thing with Ted is, he's not stupid or incompetent. He has the Capitals running like a 1st class organization. It also helps to have a perennial MVP candidate in Ovechkin. But they've got a lot of talent and why did that happen? Leonsis actually fired his long time GM McPhee and got in a better GM who in turn hired a much better coach. That's why this year's Caps actually look like a title contender.
Why he doesn't do the same approach with the Wizards is very telling. It's obvious he doesn't care as much even though he goes to every home game. He hasn't changed hands in the front office and the only coaching change was firing Flip (
) and having :wittless: take over in 2012.
In my view, since Ted took over the majority ownership of the team the best times to clean house were
2010 right after we drafted John Wall
OR 2012 when Flip was fired. Grunfeld should have been let go right there and then.
Abe Polin like
@mastermind said ran the Bullets like it was a regular mom and pop show... sure, it got him one ring... in the 1970s but the times changed and he didn't change with it. Having Wes Unseld run the show for so long was TERRIBLE for management.
Speaking of incompetence. The only Larry O'Brien trophy this franchise has was sitting buried in someone's basement for YEARS and Leonsis had to basically find it and rehabilate the trophy to put it on display at Verizon Center after he bought the team.
The only NBA Championship Trophy... not even in the arena!
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