Cam's Comments: Promoting Brian Gregory is NOT the change the Suns need
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[{'start': '0.080', 'end': '4.080', 'text': "We didn't do a good enough job and we"}, {'start': '1.600', 'end': '6.400', 'text': 'got to do stuff different and change to'}, {'start': '4.080', 'end': '7.919', 'text': 'be better. You know, I sat there a few'}, {'start': '6.400', 'end': '10.160', 'text': 'weeks ago and listened to Suns owner'}, {'start': '7.919', 'end': '12.000', 'text': 'Mattis take accountability for one of'}, {'start': '10.160', 'end': '14.000', 'text': 'the biggest failures in Valley sports'}, {'start': '12.000', 'end': '16.640', 'text': 'history. Certainly the biggest financial'}, {'start': '14.000', 'end': '18.160', 'text': 'failure in NBA history. Highest payroll'}, {'start': '16.640', 'end': '20.000', 'text': "that doesn't make the playoffs."}, {'start': '18.160', 'end': '21.920', 'text': 'Back-to-back seasons firing a coach'}, {'start': '20.000', 'end': '24.080', 'text': 'after one year. Embarrassing. He'}, {'start': '21.920', 'end': '27.119', 'text': 'admitted it. Ishbia owned it. Promised'}, {'start': '24.080', 'end': '29.359', 'text': "you the fans real change. This doesn't"}, {'start': '27.119', 'end': '31.920', 'text': 'feel like it. James Jones is out. Brian'}, {'start': '29.359', 'end': '33.760', 'text': "Gregory is in. Sun's naming Gregory as"}, {'start': '31.920', 'end': '35.360', 'text': "the new GM. Joined the Sun's front"}, {'start': '33.760', 'end': '37.360', 'text': 'office a couple of years ago as nearly'}, {'start': '35.360', 'end': '39.120', 'text': 'two decades of college head coaching'}, {'start': '37.360', 'end': '41.040', 'text': 'experience. And get this was an'}, {'start': '39.120', 'end': '43.440', 'text': 'assistant coach at Michigan State when'}, {'start': '41.040', 'end': '45.360', 'text': 'Ishbia was on the roster as a walk-on.'}, {'start': '43.440', 'end': '47.760', 'text': 'Gregory will be the voice on the'}, {'start': '45.360', 'end': '50.160', 'text': 'basketball side and report directly to'}, {'start': '47.760', 'end': '52.000', 'text': 'Ishbia. According to Arizona sports John'}, {'start': '50.160', 'end': '53.920', 'text': 'Gamora, those I talked to today, I did'}, {'start': '52.000', 'end': '56.480', 'text': 'make some calls on this described him as'}, {'start': '53.920', 'end': '58.960', 'text': 'a smart basketball mind and good with'}, {'start': '56.480', 'end': '60.719', 'text': 'people. Suns need that. Gregory, by the'}, {'start': '58.960', 'end': '61.840', 'text': 'way, gonna lead the Suns coaching'}, {'start': '60.719', 'end': '64.799', 'text': "search. We're going to make some"}, {'start': '61.840', 'end': '67.439', 'text': 'changes, right? And uh as the owner, my'}, {'start': '64.799', 'end': '69.040', 'text': 'job is to, you know, make those changes'}, {'start': '67.439', 'end': '71.119', 'text': 'and do things differently. Other'}, {'start': '69.040', 'end': '73.040', 'text': 'changes, James Jones demoted, but he is'}, {'start': '71.119', 'end': '74.720', 'text': 'going to stay with the team as a senior'}, {'start': '73.040', 'end': '78.000', 'text': 'adviser. Jones, of course, became the'}, {'start': '74.720', 'end': '80.320', 'text': 'Suns GM back in 2019, won executive of'}, {'start': '78.000', 'end': '82.159', 'text': 'the year in 2021 when they went to the'}, {'start': '80.320', 'end': '84.720', 'text': 'finals, and then added president of'}, {'start': '82.159', 'end': '87.360', 'text': 'basketball operations to his job title'}, {'start': '84.720', 'end': '89.040', 'text': 'in 2022. Josh Bartlestein going to'}, {'start': '87.360', 'end': '91.119', 'text': "remain the team CEO, but he's going to"}, {'start': '89.040', 'end': '93.600', 'text': 'focus solely on the business side. All'}, {'start': '91.119', 'end': '95.680', 'text': 'these changes come after the Suns miss'}, {'start': '93.600', 'end': '97.439', 'text': 'the playoffs for the first time since'}, {'start': '95.680', 'end': '98.320', 'text': '2020. We are going to be making changes'}, {'start': '97.439', 'end': '100.479', 'text': "and they're going to be there's going to"}, {'start': '98.320', 'end': '102.159', 'text': 'be things are going to be different.'}, {'start': '100.479', 'end': '104.000', 'text': "We'll see about that. My first reaction"}, {'start': '102.159', 'end': '106.560', 'text': "to all of this is I don't understand how"}, {'start': '104.000', 'end': '108.560', 'text': 'promoting from within a failed season'}, {'start': '106.560', 'end': '110.799', 'text': 'can feel like real change. It feels like'}, {'start': '108.560', 'end': '113.119', 'text': "you're just rearranging the deck chairs"}, {'start': '110.799', 'end': '115.200', 'text': 'on the Titanic. Regardless, a rebuild is'}, {'start': '113.119', 'end': '117.280', 'text': 'coming. A new younger head coach is'}, {'start': '115.200', 'end': '119.600', 'text': 'coming. It will be a few years before'}, {'start': '117.280', 'end': '122.320', 'text': 'this roster gets back to a championship'}, {'start': '119.600', 'end': '124.399', 'text': 'level. I do agree the Suns needed a new'}, {'start': '122.320', 'end': '126.479', 'text': 'voice leading basketball decisions. A'}, {'start': '124.399', 'end': '128.160', 'text': 'stronger voice, a better leader, maybe'}, {'start': '126.479', 'end': '130.720', 'text': 'someone who could stand up to the owner.'}, {'start': '128.160', 'end': '133.040', 'text': 'To be very clear, this is a Matt Ishbia'}, {'start': '130.720', 'end': '135.040', 'text': 'hire. He and Gregory got some history.'}, {'start': '133.040', 'end': '137.120', 'text': 'Remember Jones was here already here'}, {'start': '135.040', 'end': '139.520', 'text': 'when Matt bought the team. Then they'}, {'start': '137.120', 'end': '142.080', 'text': 'tried that. It did not work. Only one'}, {'start': '139.520', 'end': '144.480', 'text': 'person left to blame now. Ishbia promise'}, {'start': '142.080', 'end': '146.480', 'text': 'something new. a new culture, right?'}, {'start': '144.480', 'end': '148.959', 'text': 'This move will not excite the fans, who,'}, {'start': '146.480', 'end': '151.520', 'text': 'by the way, this team needs to win back'}, {'start': '148.959', 'end': '153.760', 'text': 'and gain back their trust. Hiring a GM'}, {'start': '151.520', 'end': '157.040', 'text': 'who was fired by two different college'}, {'start': '153.760', 'end': '159.599', 'text': 'jobs with barely any NBA experience only'}, {'start': '157.040', 'end': '161.040', 'text': 'creates more questions, maybe change.'}, {'start': '159.599', 'end': '162.400', 'text': "I'm excited about those changes and"}, {'start': '161.040', 'end': '164.959', 'text': "you're going to see them and it will be"}, {'start': '162.400', 'end': '166.640', 'text': "undeniable. We'll see about that. If"}, {'start': '164.959', 'end': '168.720', 'text': 'this works, the owner finally got a guy'}, {'start': '166.640', 'end': '170.959', 'text': 'he could trust. Got his guy. If this'}, {'start': '168.720', 'end': '172.680', 'text': "doesn't work, well, that's why you don't"}, {'start': '170.959', 'end': '174.959', 'text': 'rearrange the debt chairs on the'}, {'start': '172.680', 'end': '178.160', 'text': 'Titanic. Those are my comments. Let me'}, {'start': '174.959', 'end': '180.480', 'text': "hear yours at Camcox 12. That's a change"}, {'start': '178.160', 'end': '183.840', 'text': "that's coming and it will be undeniable."}, {'start': '180.480', 'end': '183.840', 'text': 'You will know the difference next'}]