Napier: "Cousins is the Worst Guy on the Team"

[hrdboild]

What can be said about Grant Napier? The fact that an individual of such exemplary character and professionalism continues to have a prominent position within this organization upsets me almost as much as the Maloofs continuing to own a team they've done everything in their power to marginalize. You can respect a guy who has an opinion, even if he feels the need to blab it louder than everyone else. Grudging respect for sure, but at least he has an opinion. Grant doesn't have any opinions. He does what he's told. I have no respect for someone like that. It would be upsetting if he had a brain of his own, but how can you get upset at a puppet? If he's trying to pick a fight with Cousins, there's a reason for it. And that's what pisses me off.

[swisshh]

I would love for someone to call into Rome one day when Napier fills in and bring up his backstabbing. Not just of the local players, but of the entire fanbase.

[PurpleHaze]

I would love for someone to call into Rome one day when Napier fills in and bring up his backstabbing. Not just of the local players, but of the entire fanbase.

You'd have to fake out Rome's call screener. Then, you'd probably have to make it all into quick sound bite because call would likely be short.

[bajaden]

I didn't hear the show of course, now that us broadcasts are blocked in Mexico, but its scarey to think of. Everyone is right! Usually when Grant just comes out on a rant about a player, its because he knows something we don't, and he's trying to lay the groundwork for whats coming. There's no doubt that Cousins has been playing badly. As I said, when I was standing in tha tunnel watching the Kings players, I saw a serious lack of enthusiasm with the group. Yeah, they did the obligitory handslap on their way out, but there were no smiles from any of them.

Cousins and Tyreke are probably the only two players on the team that can put butts in the seats. To trade them would be pure folly, so thats probably what will happen. I'am totally disgusted with this franchise!

[Uncia03]

I can see how we can point the fault on coach Smart when it comes to game management and execution.

But the owners?

Do they really have a direct thing to do with what is happening to Cousins?

And what about the most important person who can easily change things in this team (PETRIE)?

I think more than anyone, this guys name is the guy to blame on whatever bad happening in the franchise (regarding basketball) in this team.

Hmmm. What is Petrie's job title in the organization again?

I am somewhat mystified when people seem to suggest that Petrie works in a vacuum. The fact that this team has scraped by with the lowest payroll in the league for years and traded draft picks for cash are absolute signs that the owner have vast input on what can and cannot be done with the team and its roster.

The owners are 100% responsible for our current coach as well as the string of low quality coaches we've had since Rick. I can guarantee you that if Petrie had full control and open wallets by ownership we would not have lost Rick. And if Rick had decided to leave, we'd have sprung for a good quality coach.

The owners are also 100% responsible for not spending money when needed to bring in quality veterans.
The GM has 3 areas of responsibility.
Drafting
Free-Agency
Trades

Petrie probably has the most control in regards to the draft. But we all know that since Sacramento is such a small market team, it's pretty much impossible to land any sort of quality free agent.
And finally...everyone in the league knows that the Maloofs are broke. That means that when it comes to dealing with the other 29 GMs, Petrie is working with one hand tied behind his back. I hope you can see how much broke ownership can influence the 3 primary areas of a GMs responsibility, especially in a small market team like Sacramento.

I simply don't understand why people think that the composition of this team would be the same in regards to the roster and the coach if the owners were worth 10 billion dollars instead of squeaking by with no means of currently generating revenue.

Sure Petrie can quit if he feels that the Maloofs are not giving him the support that he needs to be successful. But to be frank, if I had one of 30 elite jobs in the entire country, I'm probably not going to walk away from it just because my bosses are idiots. If people walked away from their jobs just because their bosses were idiots....half the country would be in unemployment over night.

I'm not saying that Petrie is perfect by any means. But Petrie has shown to be an executive who can build winning teams if given the financial backing of ownership. So far neither the Maloofs or Coach Smart have shown that they can have success.

Bringing it back to Cousins I will say that all Cousins wants is to win. My guess is that he's close enough to the situation and smart enough to realize that unless something major changes, his situation is a lost cause.

[Spike]

I had to edit this three times to make it family friendly. Napier can EAD.

[gunks]

Honestly, Cousins should be our best player again (like he was last season), but he has been putting in **** effort. I dont care how bad our ownership is, or how bad the "coaching" has been, or how poorly our team is assembled, the one thing that Cousins does have control over is how much effort he puts in. Right now I feel like saying he's half-assed is giving him too much credit.

Step it up Cousins!

[Prince_XY]

The GM has 3 areas of responsibility.
Drafting
Free-Agency
Trades

Excuse me if you are one of Petrie's blood relative in this board and if I have offended you. But I find it really ridiculous for anyone blaming the owners and the coach, and sometimes even the players at times, and then missed blaming Petrie when Petrie is the GM afterall.

Also, if you think the above are the only areas of responsibility of a GM, then we might as well demote Petrie to a mere talent scout for the team. But then again, as a talent scout he had shown he is not above the rest of the GMs out there.

Anyways, I think it is ridiculous to not see any GM or CEO to at least share the blame on whatever bad is happening to a franchise, or organization, or any business. That is just an opinion.

[Glenn]

I had to edit this three times to make it family friendly. Napier can EAD.

Translate please and if it would get you in deep doo doo with the mods, PM me.

[Glenn]

Honestly, Cousins should be our best player again (like he was last season), but he has been putting in **** effort. I dont care how bad our ownership is, or how bad the "coaching" has been, or how poorly our team is assembled, the one thing that Cousins does have control over is how much effort he puts in. Right now I feel like saying he's half-assed is giving him too much credit.

Step it up Cousins!

The notes I have seen from people at the Clippers game seem to indicate that all the Kings showed a lack of inspiration. Cuz will look to the veterans for cues as he should.

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Translate please and if it would get you in deep doo doo with the mods, PM me.

Let's just say that it is a pejorative that involves the consumption of one's manly bits.

[gunks]

The notes I have seen from people at the Clippers game seem to indicate that all the Kings showed a lack of inspiration. Cuz will look to the veterans for cues as he should.

There is no excuse for a lack of effort. That goes for everybody, and Cousins doesnt get a free pass for dogging it just because everyone else was. Dude has the most talent (debatable with Reke), he should be our star, he needs to be held to a higher standard.

[Glenn]

There is no excuse for a lack of effort. That goes for everybody, and Cousins doesnt get a free pass for dogging it just because everyone else was. Dude has the most talent (debatable with Reke), he should be our star, he needs to be held to a higher standard.

I don't agree but that's OK.

[rainmaker]

There is no excuse for a lack of effort. That goes for everybody, and Cousins doesnt get a free pass for dogging it just because everyone else was. Dude has the most talent (debatable with Reke), he should be our star, he needs to be held to a higher standard.

I agree, and Cuz needs to light a fire under his own a**. At the same time, if it's a number of players who are showing a lack of effort, right or wrong, you look hard at the coach. At work, if there's one employee who keeps slacking off and everyone else is working hard, well, that employee is a huge problem. But if a number of employees aren't putting in 100% because their boss keeps screwing up their hard work, well, fire the boss.

[LWP777]

Napier is a huge douche but in this case he is right. Cousins is by far the Kings most talented and productive player. He's been awful this year in every department. He has taken a big step backward with his play on the court. His maturity is still about the same as its always been -- not good.

So, yes, Napier is an idiot for many reasons but his "rant" on Cousins is spot on.

[Reke 13 Havoc]

The GM has 3 areas of responsibility.
Drafting
Free-Agency
Trades

and he has done a HORRIBLE job on all 3 of those for the last 10 years. so in my opninion. SCREW PETRIE

[andremiller07]

If Cousins is the worset player on the team we must be a lock for the NBA championship...o wait nope thats completely not true, even thought hes have a horrible shooting % he leads the team in points, boards, steals and id probably say charges drawn as well while only playing 29mins per game. I would rather have Cousins @ 50% of what he could do than 100% of everyone else on the roster can do other than Tyreke, the roster is fail its as simple as that.

[Glenn]

Anybody got comments on Cousins' game tonight?

[Reke 13 Havoc]

maybe Grant should light a fire under Cousins *** more often if hes gonna play like that

[LWP777]

Anybody got comments on Cousins' game tonight?

He's totally cured of all the issues he's had on and off the court. All it took was Grant Napier to light a fire under his ***. This is the start of a Hall of Fame career.