Simmons for GM!

We are on to the next step. Matt posted about a Bill Simmons article last week Thursday, in which Simmons casually mentioned in his basketball blog that he would like to apply for the Larry Harris' GM job.

Fast forward 1 week. Simmons I guess received numerous emails from Bucks fans begging him to follow through with his plea. He actually devoted his next ESPN the Magazine article to reasons why he should be the next Bucks' GM.

He makes the usual good points about what's wrong with the current state of the franchise (ie...the Bobby Simmons, Dan Gadzuric, & Charlie Bell contracts) and gives a couple of jokingly other tricks he would pull (a free beer and kielbasa the next home game if the Bucks get blown out at home) if he were GM.

But his best point in the article would have to be this:
"And you can't build for the present and the future at the same time. The Bucks did that, too, when they drafted Yi Jianlian last summer. Trying to juggle two agendas at once—contending and rebuilding—is, more than anything else, why the team is floundering now."

Here's the real question: Is this an actual story or is this just Simmons taking something a little too far? I have read enough Simmons over the last 4 years to realize this guy knows an ABSURD amount about the NBA. He knows the basketball side (players, coaches, GM's, officials) and through his work at ESPN he gets a unique feel for the business side (executives, salary cap implications, TV contracts, etc.).

Of course, the odds of this happening are extremely remote. You don't "apply" for the GM position of a major sports franchise. This isn't like faxing over a resume. The Senator probably has a short list of 5 guys that he'll be calling once this season is over.

Will Simmons ever make that list? Doubtful. One guy who emailed him mentioned he might get a petition going. Here's what I know, if I see a petition that would ask me to sign if I wanted Bill Simmons as the Bucks' next GM, you can bet it would have my signature on it.