You really want to argue our private conversations to further derail this thread? Only reason I messaged you is because it's lame to call out my "business" when you're on a burner. I'm done with this.
not personal. Just a childish post. I apologize for trying to be a straight shooter with you regarding my opinion, which has mostly been very high, of your analysis. I had no idea it would upset you so to let you know your opinion of Billups is questioning how high of regard i should put into your opinion regarding him. Maybe respect was a poor choice of words, as you are clearly offended by it, instead of trying to regain that level of respect i reference, with substance. You twisted my words claiming i didn't say things i did. Im not offended, but i will call ya on it. Im sorry if that upsets you.
Funny, your message didnt say anything about questioning your business….instead it was a threat. Most everyone knows Im OB, so your threats don't hold weight with me.. but they do continue to prove my childish statement…. Any more threats you wanna toss out there?
If that's widely known then that's not a threat now is it? Don't start making things sound personal on a burner, that's lame and unfair.
I wasn't really upset with what you were saying, I was disappointed that it was you, because we've been cool. I feel like the only reason you brought up "losing respect" for my opinions is because I share them on a platform. And then you immediately brought up maybe I shouldn't have one. I get it, it comes with the "territory", but I don't expect it from people I'm cool with...
My Lord man. You told me i should be careful who i talk down to. You never mentioned that as getting outed as Ob until later. Please listen to yourself….
Yeah, because if you're gonna make things personal publically, then I don't think you should hide behind a burner while doing so. Especially when you start talking about my "business"!
Then we differ. I expect false flattery from those i dont know. I expect those im close with to be a straight shooter. I want my friends to tell me I'm off base if they think i am. I respect that much more than superficial fluff.
Yes, you telling me my opinions are "childish" is such straight shooter stuff! Tell me what I should do with my life, please!
Lol more twisting of words. Never once did i say your opinions are childish… But this is all very childish…
Coach Cheeks had a 50 win season with the Blazers. His 4yr W/L record was .527 in Portland. Mo had the fading Jail Blazers playing .400 ball, then he got pritchslapped. GM Kevin Pritchard grabbed the coaching clipboard for the remainder of the year, which sent the Blazer spiraling into a 5-22 record. Tank tank tank! Who'd we get? Martell Webster, and a 7 footer named Ricky Sanchez (who never made it off the Idaho Stampede). If we're going to comp Billups with previous Blazer coaches, then Coach Kevin Pritchard in 2005 might be a better reference.
Oh I guess Pritchard did coach... so it must have been future GM Kevin Pritchard who was a current assistant GM/temporary coach..... The tanking was fine - got the Blazers the position to draft CP3, stupid they had Nash as the GM. Then Nash gets fired, Patterson briefly is the GM along with promoted Pritchard - eventually Pritchard becomes the GM. I always thought Pritchard was pretty good. Sounds like he couldn't give up rubbing the Oden dynamic in others faces as apparently he wanted Durant. Maybe he even did that to Paul Allen. Probably just a lesson he had to learn on organizational communication and remaining humble - as well as working with your boss/owner.
KP certainly tooted his own horn a lot. And I think the "pritchslap" nonsense kind of poisoned the well with other GM's. But IIRC it was some shady 'best buddies' shenanigans KP did in the Tom Penn negotiations that turned PA against him that and likely the 'Bake a Cake-->RLEC-unused-->2009 cap-space-->Hedo-spurns-Blazers-->settle for Andre Miller' plan that sent KP to the unemployment line
