Monday has almost come and gone, seemingly awfully quiet at that. Will the Wolves have a new VP/GM by Friday?
Of course, could be. But I wouldn’t bet a lot on it. It’s going on three weeks now since season end and the time gone by and the names considered and/or crossed off what is believed to be the list makes it look like they could have trouble giving the job away.
That’s nonsense. I have no idea what impression candidates are coming away with what it’d be like to work for Glen Taylor and Rob Moor, but if you look the bones of what the current group has set up the last two years and there’s potential for the next guy to look like a genius.
From RandBall: Brian Cardinal throws in the towel on Twitter showdown?
Jonah Ballow/Timberwolves site on Corey Brewer:
In 2008-09, Brewer did not get a chance to develop a specific role on the team after the Wolves started just 4-11. The opportunity to improve this past season was also severely halted on December 1 when Minnesota announced that Brewer sustained an ACL tear and would miss the rest of the season. Brewer is on track for a successful return this upcoming year. The Wolves are elated to add Brewer back into the mix of young players on a squad that is in need of a defensive specialist at the guard-forward positions.
From Marcus Hagness/Bleacher Report: Minnesota Timberwolves: The Good, The Bad, The Uncertain
Thinking about the issue again, I recalled a two-decades-old lesson I’ll call (appropriately enough) the “Target Center” principle.
Back then, I was writing a sports business column when the Timberwolves announced they were naming their new arena for a corporation. It seems mind-boggling now, but that was an area first. Up until then, we’d named our facilities generically or tacked on a politician’s name. (It is, after all, the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome.)
I can’t remember if fans were appalled (remember, Target Center was a privately funded facility at that point) but I know many found it strange. I’ll never forget Wolves marketing exec Tim Leiweke telling me something to the effect of, “Yeah, it sounds weird now, but believe me, pretty soon you won’t give it a second thought.”
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