So the axe has finally fell in Minnesota, where eternal GM and current coach Kevin McHale was relieved of his duties after a brief fifteen years. The next time you hear some sportswriter talk about how impatient and short-sighted modern sports owners are, please keep McHale in mind. The man was at ground zero for the unspeakable Joe Smith meltdown, couldn't keep Stephon Marbury in his shoes as a young man when he could have done some good in his career, traded Kevin Garnett for the defens...