Oh ‘Jeanie Jeanie Jeanie’ Thread

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[greek laker]

i dont mind that much to have a vocal owner, Probably she refers to Luke or Rob.To me both of them aretotal disappointments

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[CabinCreek44]

I've always been inclined to like Jeanie, but she started losing me a bit back in the day when she was giving interviews and constantly referring to the head coach of the team as her "boyfriend".

She is now the owner and chief executive of the team. She hired Magic as an "advisor", and then about two weeks later, after he very publicly declared that he wanted to have the final say in what went on, immediately out the door went Mitch Kupchak and Jeanie's brother Jim.

I don't think Jim had earned much in the way of the benefit of the doubt, but Mitch Kupchak certainly deserved MUCH better than that from the Lakers' organization. Either Jeanie didn't have the guts to do what she really wanted to do on her own, or she allowed Magic to back her into a corner.

Either way, for the Lakers to unceremoniously boot Mitch Kupchak out the door as if he were some alley cat that had somehow wandered onto the premises was the height of classlessness and tastelessness. Everybody looks bad in that episode, very much including Earvin, and especially Jeanie.

Jeanie should have made sure she and Magic were clear about exactly what his role was going to be when she hired him. The way it went down, it seemed that she was still trying to walk a thin line and make a non-decision "decision", but then Magic rolled in and executed a power play and forced her into doing something she didn't intend to do. Either way, the way it went down was an absolute disgrace.

If some big secret came to light during those two weeks that justified Kupchak being fired, then the org should have been clear that they were firing him with cause. The way it was handled, everyone looked bad, and it gave the org a big black eye.

Kupchak was predictably snatched up as soon as he put himself back on the market after he took a year off to spend time with his family. So apparently he still is respected in the league and didn't do anything while he was with the Lakers that would have given them cause to terminate him in such nasty and brutal fashion after serving the organization for 36 years.

Jeanie needs to do herself, the organization, and its fans (to whom she owes MUCH) a major favor and follow the lead of her father. Dr. Buss seldom spoke to the media, and when he did, he did so with purpose and direct and simple language which communicated exactly whatever it is he wanted to say. There was no stream of consciousness nonsense, it was direct and to the point.

Don't talk just to talk, don't do stream of consciousness, for goodness sake back away from the twittersphere, and conduct business. Put the people that you want in place, get rid of anyone you don't think belongs, speak publicly only when there's something important to say, and above all, put a winning team on the floor of which the fans can be proud.

That, nothing more and nothing less, is EXACTLY what Jeanie Buss owes to Lakers fans. Ditto her executives Magic Johnson and Rob Pelinka.

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[SGV-Laker fan]

let me guess, she's gonna replace Magic with either Phil or Rambis? just like clockwork with this ownership doesn't it.

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The amount of insults and whining on LG is something I've never seen before. It used to be that this stuff would be put in the P&M thread. Now, every post that is produced is either anti-Magic, anti-Jeannie, anti-Lebron, or anti-Lakers in general.

Doesn't feel much like this is a fan board anymore.

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[venturalakersfan]

Jeanie’s heart is in the right place, she wants the Lakers to succeed. Unfortunately she has lived in a Lakers-centric universe so her world is the Lakers. Instead of going out and getting the best of something she only has knowledge of ex-Lakers. It’s like living in the same neighborhood all your life, the Italian restaurant on the corner is your favorite. Even though you have never eaten at another Italian restaurant in town.

What is disturbing is the lack of attention to analytics, sports medicine and player development. Those items require a new school approach but our management is old school. Put advanced stats in front of Magic and it might as well been written in Mandarin, he wouldn’t understand either. We are 3rd last in team payroll because we constantly sign one year players in the hope of next year. That irked me with Jim and Mitch until they finally changed course, only to have Magic and Pelinka repeat the same sorry ass plan. Jeanie needs to get out and realize that there is an NBA world beyond the Lakers.
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RIP mom. 11-21-1933 to 6-14-2023.

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[Bard207]

There are richer/stronger owners in the Pacific Division than there used to be.


Lacob over Cohan
Ranadive over Maloof brothers
Ballmer over Sterling


Sarver in Phoenix is the one that could be considered from the past.