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Whoever replaces Ernie Grunfeld will have to be a disciplinarian after 16 years of letting players have their way, almost all the time.

Ernie Grunfeld was hated by Wizards fans for making poor salary decisions. But to players, especially star players, he was a very accommodating President of Basketball Operations — to a fault.

On Monday, Candace Buckner of The Washington Post wrote a detailed column on the Wizards’ team culture during the Grunfeld Era from 2003-19. Over those 16 years, he was viewed as a players-first front office executive. But he was also viewed as a pushover because star players often were able to break rules and get away with them. Multiple former players indicated these types of things happened regularly like former center Brendan Haywood.