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Originally posted by Animalman:
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.
That quote is taken horribly out of context. What Krause meant was that everybody in the organization mattered, from the management to the players. But the media always wanted something against him, so they quoted him out of context.

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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.
Don't forget passing Rashard Lewis in favor of Corey Benjamin. Yeah, he made some major goofups.

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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.
He really didn't chase off Jordan(he did Pippen, though). Jordan said he'd come back for another year if Phil Jackson was still coach. Jackson wanted Krause's GM job, and Reinsdorf wouldn't give it to him because Krause did nothing to lose it. So Phil walked, and Michael walked. It wasn't really Krause's fault like you're making it to be.