RE: When it Comes to Signing Basketball Players Like Kevin Durant, NBA's Golden State Warriors Have the Lacob Edge
When the new majority owner, Joe Lacob, took up the microphone in the arena that night, he was booed by the team’s fans.
It was unfair of the fans to boo Lacob in early 2012, since he had been in control of the team for less than two years at that point. But decades of fan frustration spilled over and he took some of the blame for past ineptitude. It seemed that nothing would change.
Then all of the sudden, under Lacob’s watch, everything did change
Sometimes the darkest points in our lives actually bring out the best in us. He had been in power for almost two years and nothing changed until he was booed by the crowed.
The crowd actually brought out the best in him and he pushed beyond his limits to become really great.
This is a lovely story and I got glued reading it.
Thanks. I think it was more that he hadn't had a chance to implement many changes yet and that fans did not see impacts from his changes that early on. Lacob improved some things and deserves plenty of credit. But also, some decisions made by others before his time (such as drafting Steph Curry) began to pay larger dividends during Lacob's tenure.