Lakers Majority Owner Mark Walter Discussion

Hey, we don't need that kind of attitude here. Clean it up.

 

Honestly, even if he's top 10 in spending that's going to be a game changer for us. That is going to be the equivalent of Stanley Johnson popping like peak J-Rich on our roster because we had zero athleticism outside of him.

Reminder, we received a PPP load during Covid.

This is how we've been funding the team prior to Walter:





Point is, I was hoping to see more people in the building by now. Rob crypitcally said during his last presser that people had been hired but wouldn't go into details about what departments they were working in. I think it's safe to say they were not ones who received war room credentials and if Kurt gets one, street performers on Hollywood BLVD are deserving of one too.

Even operating at the baseline, we should've done better this week regarding staffing.

 

the struggle was real for me. Figured I’d just make do and let you guys handle it on your own accord

 

Right. We don't have to outspend everyone. We just need a modern, well staffed front office.

Problem we're likely running into with recruiting for the staff is that anyone in a good front office appears to be waiting to see how things play out and don't want to attach themselves to Pelinka and Kurt. I honestly don't fault them at all for this. I'd want guarantees my fate isn't tied with Rob's. But even that's difficult to do as no doubt if you bring in a new guy they will want their own people.

We should have just ripped the bandaid off and started from scratch but I suspect that part of the deal with Jeannie involved not immediately booting everyone out the door.

Either way, we're here now and we have to hope the current crew finds a way to get things done.

The new staff is coming but I also wish it was a faster process.

 

that and rob getting luka. really hard to fire someone shortly after that.

i wonder if walter has any outside consultants he trusts re: installing guardrails for this summer. it's clear that rob is on a very hot seat, and that's sometimes how big mistakes get made. this is how mozdengs are born. so i'm hoping that they've approved a general strategy (e.g., chasing RFAs, etc.) but said that if the initial plan fails, we're not say, giving up any picks for bandaids, nor are we signing any long-term deals, and also you're fired.

 

That still hurts

Straight panic by Mitch

 

Good job Mark

 

Refreshes twitter.

Nope. Rob, Rambii, and Jeanie still in the building.

 

Haha like what the f***???? Jeanie still giving statements.

 

haha this one was the funniest one.

 

it was funny that i didn't even register that. and yeah, she's still the ceremonial head or whatever, but maybe she's being put out there with rob to take the brunt of the transition here.

 

yep.

 

Is Walter an owner that will talk to the press or do interviews “occasionally” like Jeanie or no, more aloof and people under him do all that?

 

Why are we still using Linkedin?

 

What? Everyone uses LinkedIn.

Now if you meant, why don’t we actually have a target or 3 to reach out to for the job, that’s a good question.

 

Wait until they will start using indeed
Then it's a problem

 

Professional sports teams who want to be taken seriously do not. Maybe for low level fill out the staff positions, I'll buy it. But when your front office consists of, what are we up to?...6 people, there's not an end of the bench yet. We're a long ways from that.

There's search firms and head hunters who specialize in sports front offices (trust me, I'm a Falcons fan, we keep one on speed dial). They do the leg work, use their connections and internal data and compile a short list for you. Then the boss picks from the menu.

OR it's people from the tree branch of someone in your front office. Problem there is we're an in house tree without any branches that Kurt f***ing Rambis isn't hanging from.

 

So yeah... Probably asked Kurt if he knew someone, he said "Phil" and they went straight to LinkedIn.