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At least 25 vacancies in Pels ops, medical, performance, & analytics hit hardest, "gutted"
Posted on 4/20/26 at 10:30 am
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Posted on 4/20/26 at 11:25 am to Fun Bunch
There is likely more coming within the week. While it’s unfortunate because people will likely know someone, but wholesale changes need to happen.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 12:08 pm to The Hurricane
quote:Changes do need to be made, but my a guess is a bunch of those positions don't get filled.
There is likely more coming within the week. While it’s unfortunate because people will likely know someone, but wholesale changes need to happen.
Seriously doubt 63 year old Joe Dumars is rushing to replenish the analytics department.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 12:21 pm to eyeran
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Changes do need to be made, but my a guess is a bunch of those positions don't get filled.
Seriously doubt 63 year old Joe Dumars is rushing to replenish the analytics department.
This is my fear. Say what you want about Griff but he told Gayle that she was running a mickey mouse operation and got her to spend money like a real franchise to some degree.
From the end of the Griff era it has started to appear that ownership has gone into cost cutting mode because they didn't see any benefit from spending money like they did.
So I think we are back to the days of much smaller staff. We will see
Posted on 4/20/26 at 12:24 pm to Fun Bunch
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So I think we are back to the days of much smaller staff. We will see
I mean, do we really need that many people to manage/operate a basketball team?
There are so many people working in the front office. It's bloated. I don't know how it compares to other teams. It just seems excessive..
Posted on 4/20/26 at 12:41 pm to brmark70816
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I mean, do we really need that many people to manage/operate a basketball team?
From my understanding, we were still much much smaller than every other franchise
Posted on 4/20/26 at 12:54 pm to Fun Bunch
Agree. Many employees were dual workers. Worked both Saints and Pelicans. That way Gayle only had to pay one wage. See Erin Summers.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 1:01 pm to Fun Bunch
There were some staff let go that were holdovers from Griff era.
I heard that the organization is moving about 50-60 people from the business side down to the office building Gayle bought. This was in part to free up office space for both teams to expand certain ops departments. Pels facility never really had adequate office space for basketball ops since they shoehorned their building into the old Voodoo building.
I heard that the organization is moving about 50-60 people from the business side down to the office building Gayle bought. This was in part to free up office space for both teams to expand certain ops departments. Pels facility never really had adequate office space for basketball ops since they shoehorned their building into the old Voodoo building.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 1:37 pm to Fun Bunch
Changes are needed but you could send prime Phil Jackson , Pat Riley and Red Auerbach in here. You aren’t winning shite with this sorry roster. Unfortunately we have Joe “ Run it Back” Dumars in charge now. Get ready for bottom or near bottom of West again next season
Posted on 4/20/26 at 2:14 pm to eyeran
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Seriously doubt 63 year old Joe Dumars is rushing to replenish the analytics department.
He reportedly doesn’t believe in analytics. Which goes against what the entire rest of the league is doing
Posted on 4/20/26 at 2:29 pm to Demps
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Agree. Many employees were dual workers. Worked both Saints and Pelicans. That way Gayle only had to pay one wage. See Erin Summers.
Outside of football and basketball ops, almost all cover both teams. That’s why small things fall through the cracks because for 6-8 months, they’re working on something for both teams.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 3:03 pm to Fun Bunch
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From my understanding, we were still much much smaller than every other franchise
Then they have too many as well.
We I looked at our organizational chart, we had more coaches than players. That's not counting trainers and scouts. The front office was even worse. It'd be different if we were banking money, but we're a small organization. We should be more efficient and have more streamlined processes.
It's dumb to emulate or try to copy other, bigger market corporate structures. We make less than half those type of teams. Yet, people want us to pay the same to the players, the coaches, build 1st class facilities and staff a huge front office. Where is that money coming from?
Posted on 4/20/26 at 3:14 pm to brmark70816
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Then they have too many as well.
We I looked at our organizational chart, we had more coaches than players. That's not counting trainers and scouts. The front office was even worse. It'd be different if we were banking money, but we're a small organization. We should be more efficient and have more streamlined processes.
It's dumb to emulate or try to copy other, bigger market corporate structures. We make less than half those type of teams. Yet, people want us to pay the same to the players, the coaches, build 1st class facilities and staff a huge front office. Where is that money coming from?
Its up to the head coach how many coaches and scouts they should have on a team. If Dumars is going to be the dictator of that then that will turn away lots of candidates. My guess is Borrego is out as head coach.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 4:02 pm to Demps
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Its up to the head coach how many coaches and scouts they should have on a team.
Why would that be up to the head coach? He can pick his people, but he doesn't make the budget or sign contracts. President negotiates a budget, GM organizes the structure, the head coach fills in the openings (with executive approval).
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If Dumars is going to be the dictator of that then that will turn away lots of candidates. My guess is Borrego is out as head coach
Dumars is responsible for everything.
You aren't looking at this the right way. We are bloated and ineffective. It's a horribly run team, with very few positives in business relations or fan experiences. We all agree on this. So why are we trying to retain any of them?
If Dumars cleans house and gets better results with 75% of the labor and costs, you know how big of a win that is for him?
Posted on 4/20/26 at 4:34 pm to brmark70816
quote:Build statues all over the city if that happens.
If Dumars cleans house and gets better results with 75% of the labor and costs, you know how big of a win that is for him?
This franchise sucks with the bare minimum staffing setup. Thinking you're going to cut even more and win is insanity.
Im sorry but Joe Dumars, his child, and Troy Weaver road tripping around the country to put a team together like its 1950 is not the way to compete with OKC or Boston.
Besides, these cuts aren't about operating more efficiently anyway. Its Dumars getting rid of shite he never believed in anyway, that allows him to run upstairs to the billionaires and brag about the pocket change he saved them.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 4:46 pm to The Hurricane
Another day, Another article
https://www.si.com/nba/pelicans/onsi/pelicans-front-office-shakeup-deeply-concerning-01kpnvz0gptr
https://www.si.com/nba/pelicans/onsi/pelicans-front-office-shakeup-deeply-concerning-01kpnvz0gptr
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On paper, it makes some sense that there would be some restructuring when there is a new regime in an organization. After Joe Dumars and Troy Weaver took over last year, their desire to put their stamp on the Pelicans is understandable. At the same time, this radical shakeup is rare. When entire departments are gutted, organizations can lose important know-how. Now, the Pelicans will be almost entirely made up of new faces, presumably ones who have worked under Weaver or Dumars before. If we weren't familiar with the Pelicans' ownership, this might not be that big of an issue. The problem is that the Bensons have proven themselves to be one of the cheapest team owners in the league. The Pelicans have never paid the luxury tax in their history, and they have never invested in the team as much as other owners have. Therefore, it's difficult to look at this reorganization from anything other than a cost-cutting perspective. In his article, Dua quotes a person with knowledge of the Pelicans' thinking, who mentioned "an emphasis on efficiency," which could be interpreted as management-speak for cost-cutting. When the Pelicans hired Dumars last season, there wasn't a process in place. He was handpicked by Gayle Benson without a real search. Weaver and Dumars spent the entire season behind the scenes, never talking to the press or addressing the fans, highlighting a lack of transparency with the franchise. This justifiably leads to speculation and expecting the worst from a franchise that has disappointed its fans at every turn. Unfortunately, this may be another addition to the long list of frustrations with ownership and the front office.
This post was edited on 4/20/26 at 4:49 pm
Posted on 4/20/26 at 7:12 pm to Demps
Just another dumb hit piece. He hasn't had the job for a year. We are 11th or 12th in payroll this year. We send right up to the limit every year. We just don't go over for the sake of doing it. We could have literally shed 70M+ in payroll this year and had a better record..
Posted on 4/20/26 at 7:53 pm to brmark70816
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Just another dumb hit piece. He hasn't had the job for a year. We are 11th or 12th in payroll this year. We send right up to the limit every year. We just don't go over for the sake of doing it. We could have literally shed 70M+ in payroll this year and had a better record..
the one thing I absolutely hate is when people quote the "we've never been a tax team".
If we were routine playoff contenders --- yes absolutely call them cheap. Our team fricking sucks, we're 8th in total cap allocation and we're a bottom 10 team (still). You want us to go into the tax for what? To still be shitty? That's just stupid and the people who write that are equally as dumb.
at the end of the day, it is a business. contending teams tend to dip into higher salaries to contend for 1-2 years then abandon ship when they can't win it all.
GSW has been in the tax and the writing is on the wall, they're about to blow it up.
LAC has realized they can't contend, blowing it up.
Phoenix is blowing it up.
Minnesota & Cleveland are 1-2 years away from doing it.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 8:13 pm to brmark70816
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Just another dumb hit piece. He hasn't had the job for a year. We are 11th or 12th in payroll this year. We send right up to the limit every year. We just don't go over for the sake of doing it. We could have literally shed 70M+ in payroll this year and had a better record..
How did he do as GM of Detroit?
This post was edited on 4/20/26 at 8:14 pm
Posted on 4/20/26 at 8:16 pm to Demps
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Dua quotes a person with knowledge of the Pelicans' thinking, who mentioned "an emphasis on efficiency," which could be interpreted as management-speak for cost-cutting.
This actually began in early December. Some departments were stripped down and began running skeleton crews at games. Friend told me they cut the staffing down by 60-70% to save $2000 a game.
It’s understandable that you have to cut the fat when you can barely manage to get 6500 fans a game, but some of it seemed straight out of the Rachel Phelps playbook.
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