A few years back, Dan Gadzuric was a restricted free agent. The Bucks wanted to keep him. Being a restricted free agent means that he is free to negotiate with any teams - but that Milwaukee would have the right to match that offer. We had a similar situation with Charlie Bell this year. No one really wanted to "negotiate" with him, since they suspected the Bucks would just match the offer. In the end, Miami gave Bell a pretty decent offer - and the Bucks choose to match it. In essense, we got Charlie Bell for exactly market value. The problem is, that years ago when we had this situation with Gadzuric, Larry Harris offered him 6 years and 36 million dollars! We could have just waited and matched any offer. We had no risk of losing him. Instead Larry went way beyond market value and handicapped the Bucks with a horrible contract. That is why Larry Harris is a bad GM. Okay we don't know if Harris is the one who actually offered Gadzuric 6 years $36 million. That's the point I'm trying to get across. Kohl, Walter, Burr all of them basically make the decisions on what players we acquire etc. I don't think I can be any more clear than that. The only reason Kohl has a GM is deflect blame onto him when Kohl himself, Ron Walter and Mike Burr should be taking it. I'm not saying Harris hasn't made mistakes, he has, even the best GM's do. However, I challenge you to find one GM in the NBA who has his hands as tied as Harris does.