I would hope so. And it's about time, because we've seen what happens when this franchise has scrambled to put together some patchwork team in an effort to make the playoffs and sell some marketing campaign to the basketball public. They finish just high enough in the standings not to be able to draft Shaquille O'Neal or Tim Duncan, Allen Iverson or Alonzo Mourning, Grant Hill, Gary Payton or Jason Kidd. They've been stuck in that cycle since 1985, which is nowhere. It's eighth seed in the playoffs or draft between fifth and 11th.
Nobody wants to lose intentionally.
They can put forth maximum effort and lose to anybody. Losing 82 percent of the time, their current pace, is even harder to swallow because of two embarrassing episodes that lend themselves not just to criticism, but outright ridicule. I'm not going to waste many words on Strickland's situation. I'd cut him. No more games, no more practices, just cut him loose.