Q: Is it true that you passed notes to Silas during a game asking him to play certain players? Why have rumors persisted about you as a meddlesome owner?
A: Obviously, that is completely false. Can you imagine an owner doing that? It is so absurd, you have to laugh at it. Then again, the "ESPN Entertainer" who said it is the same guy who made up the story about "Jim Paxson being fired within 48 hours" when it was completely untrue and never even discussed here at all. He is also the same guy who made up stories about "LeBron's mother not liking the new ownership team." This guy, lets call him "John A. Doe" is an entertainer, not a journalist. Most people who know basketball realize what a phony this guy is and how he primarily blurts out fantasy on a daily basis.
Although, Gilbert says he never passed notes to Silas about playing players, he does say this:
The team was in bad spirits. They had lost their confidence. Paul was not flexible to changing anything. He would almost never play the promising young guys. His bench was being outscored 20 to 30 points a game. Players were afraid to make suggestions to him. In addition, he did not discipline a player who was disrupting the entire chemistry of the team.
So Silas wasn't open to players making suggestions and Silas would never play the young guys. But Gilbert never suggested to play the young guys....
I agree with the Silas firing and I do think Gilbert suggested some things to Silas. Do I think it was overly meddlesome? No, but I also think Gilbert learned his lesson- he won't be suggesting things to the next coach.
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