It’s time for another round of Grant & Danny’s fun hypotheticals!
Here’s today’s question/scenario: you’re in an elevator when Josh Harris gets in. You have 30 seconds to talk to him and tell him anything you’d like, and then you never see him or talk to him again – what are you saying to him?
Here’s how the idea came to be: Grant Paulsen was talking about how the 76ers fired Doc Rivers and how it might demonstrate how badly Harris wants to win, and that led Danny Rouhier to this soliloquy:
“I don’t know Harris walked in and told Rivers he was fired, the GM probably did that, but I care about that more, because we’ve identified ourselves as a good team, we should be better than this. They have an evaluation of themselves, and the expectations are higher than this, and he has an empowered GM who can make those decisions. That’s what I want here; I want Harris to have an empowered GM who has diagnoses and a shopping list because he’s the expert.”
All of those personnel questions are going to be answered at some point, Grant wanted to get into the elevator ride portion – and here’s Danny’s official pitch:
“Change the name, the brand, all of it; change anything with the stink of the last regime, whether you think Snyder signed off on it or otherwise. He was here when it happened, and it was a listless, lifeless, botched rebrand. It is associated with all the nonsense of the previous regime.
Power-wash this whole organization of Dan’s stink, and start over. It’s a great chance for a new beginning.”
Danny would use the entire 30 seconds to ‘go in on getting rid of the name Commanders,’ and ask the new owners to listen to the fans – perhaps choosing from the finalists in the previous rebrand that fans actually liked over Commanders.
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So what’s Grant’s pitch?
“Josh, in the NFL there are four positions that matter a lot: owner, head coach, GM, and quarterback. If you have good people there, you can’t lose. The floor is the playoffs every year. This team has never had a legitimate football GM picking players since the last time they were winning, and that’s not a coincidence. Hire a first-rate quality GM; go pluck the assistant from one of the best organizations in the league, let him pick a coach and a QB, and good luck to you. The fans will support you when you’re winning. Good luck, and oh, go build a new stadium.”
Grant admits he’s stuck in a one-track mind on this, even understanding how others may be all about a new stadium or a re-brand or the beer selection at FedEx Field, but that’s his 30 seconds.
Let us know on social media what yours would be!
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