NBA has a new ball

From what I've gathered from this article it seems the only people that are speaking highly of this new change is management. Of course when management like something they often speak from some fantasy world and hears only praise of whatever decision no matter how unpopular it may be. The management in question is Stu Jackson. According to Wikipedia he isn't remembered for his player days. Nope, he is remembered as a coach. I digress though in order to be a coach of a pro team one must have some game experience or else one cannot properly instruct or motivate players. However, if he was a coach in 1989 when was the last time he actually touch a basketball? Who are all these players that praise the change. Three top stars, five player, and one coach interviewed for the article dread the change. Shaquile can't seem to accomplish a task that would be rudimentary to him with a leather ball.
Of course not being that big of a basketball fan the biggest thing that burns me up is management seems to ingnore that protest of those who have to operate this new piece of equipment. They downgrade the concerns of these operators, even though they're the subject matter experts. These players operate this piece of equipment everyday, and now the Man who hasn't operated this tool in many of moons knows more than his deck plate operators. Does anyone see something wrong with this?
The U.S. Navy does the same thing. When they get into crotch the need to update the dungaree uniform, they go through the motions of checking public opinion. The Navy Times, the company newsletter, made a show of asking "shipmates". Most of these shipmates were E-4 and below that probably have already left the Navy after their first stint. Nothing was said about comfort and ease of the uniform. Dungarees are for working, the Petty officer crows were decals, it was made of cotton and when it was broken in it breathed, with the exception of the fire retardent variety of course. The new ultility have patches and name tapes, so every modification must done at the tailor shop. No big deal there prior to ultilities all squared away sailor had two set of dungarees. One set that was primarily a dirty set, with decal crows and hand stenciled names. Then there was a clean set with embroidered crow and name that the sailor wore when it was required to go somewhere where, dusty, greasey, or painted clothing was frowned upon. Of course clean dungarees were still made out of breathable cotton. This is unlike the new ulitilies that breathe like a plastic bag.
But that isn't the end of managements drive to make us sailors more fashionable. Now they plan on dressing every sailor in camoflage. That's right Digital Mottled blue Camos. For all the sailors out there that always wanted to be killers but couldn't stomache the 13 week required to earn the title Marine. Now they to can look the part. Beats me who I'm hiding from dressed in mottled blues, seems it just makes me harder to find in the water since the purpose of the digital pattern was to make it harder to discern a body silouette with a night vision device. So a whole hardy Bravo Zulu to Task Force Uniform. Of course just like Stu Jackson they to claim a strong support from the fleet. None of the people I've talk to in my circles agree with them, but someone does. Probably this support is coming from the thousands stationed on LHA, LPD, and other amphib ships that see alot of marines when they get underway. Of these postive feedbacks I'm sure most of them come from the same 1st termers that will propably be out of the Navy at the end of their EAOS.
So let us all give a wole hardy Go Management, they seem to be the team while the rest of us just go about our business.