Butch Baird suddenly felt like he was back twenty years ago, blurting out the catchphrase he loved the most back then.
If it weren't for Zhang Hao's joining, the Brooklyn Nets, if viewed as a company, would be one rotting to the core. Plenty of people are stuffed inside, anyway, as they're just tanking. Otherwise, Butch Baird, the scouting director, and Randy Whitman, a rookie coach who retired recently, wouldn't be responsible for the coaching staff.
Firing someone who's just collecting a paycheck could really offend someone, but the two are no longer interested in this, so they don't care.
Moreover, NBA teams are different from regular companies. Typically, if a team develops a superstar or acquires one via trade or signing, the big boss would definitely clean house. When a team is lousy, it doesn't matter much, as a terrible team gets compensation in the form of high draft picks.
The two coaches decided to go and stir things up with General Manager Bobby Marx.
