The media doesn't like Krause because he's an egomaniac("players don't win championships, organizations do"), but Reinsdorf is just as bad. Infact, I'd put Reinsdorf in the same class as Steinbrenner in terms of insanity, though not approach.
Krause was pretty good at recognizing talent(though I'd say even that aspect of his duties has been overrated), but he had this need to uncover it from the most obscure locations. He often passed on the "obvious choices"(not always, as Michael Jordan proves) for the players that weren't quite as such; I suppose in an effort to prove to everyone that he was the "draft genius". Several times that tendency backfired, though, like his drafting of Jason Caffey instead of hometown phenom Michael Finley, Will Perdue instead of Dan Majerle, Charles Oakley(who, granted, is a great player) instead of Karl Malone. Yes, hindsight is 20/20, and every GM makes a bad move occasionally, but with Krause, he often knew that another available player was better than the one he was taking, but he took them anyway, for whatever reason. His reasoning behind passing on Finley(and his reluctance to take Eddy Curry, which was finally overcome by Reinsdorf's prodding) was that he was certain that players never perform well in their hometown.
Was the severity of his persecution warranted? Perhaps not. But, honestly, when you help chase off the most popular sports figure since Babe Ruth in Michael Jordan, then say that Jerry West and Oscar Robertson were better, you're asking to be reamed.
