Give him a bottle of GlenLivet and send him to Maui

It only took 3 games for the Golden State Warriors attach the words "adject failure" to the 2009-2010 season. Despite the fact that Don Nelson is only 7 games away from becoming the all-time winningest NBA coach, he will not reach that milestone this year. Injuries have ravaged the roster to the point that the media guide now lists 5 players that began the year in the D-League. As the losses continue to mount and it becomes more and more apparent Nelly will not get the record, the question has been asked, "Should they bring him back for next year, just to notch the mark?" ABSOLUTELY NOT.

Nelson is now 70 years old, and is rivaling Jamarcus Russell for least amount of effort while collecting a paycheck in the East Bay. Up until today, I have looked at him as a "crazy grandfather" figure, who let his players run-n-gun. However, after today, he has totally lost me. The funny thing is, the final straw has nothing to do with the Golden State Warriors.

Like I do most commute's, I was listening to "The Razor and Mr.T" show when they had their weekly chat with Don Nelson. Since the W's have the 3rd worst record in the NBA, they don't have much to talk about these days. They pointed the conversation to the NBA draft, when Don Nelson uttered, the absolute stupidest thing I have ever heard from a front office individual.

Nelson was asked about his worst draft pick, and he brought up his time as Coach/General Manager of the Milwaukee Bucks. Nelson had this to say, " Kenny Fields was my worst, I never saw him play, never talked to him, and never watched film on him, but he was suppose to go in the top 10 and there we were at #24 and our scouts said take the guy, so I did."

The General Manager selected a player he had never seen play, or watched film on. They couldn't find a clip of him in the 20 minutes before the Bucks were on the clock. While this may have nothing to do with the current state of the Warriors, it has everything to do with the state of the Warriors. This is the man running the franchise, and he couldn't watch video tape of a 1st round draft pick. Oh, and he was 23 years younger at the time, and undoubtably had much more energy and enthusiasm than he has now. It's time to take the keys from grandpa.