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Who would re-sign with this ridiculous organization?
 
Mike Conley Sr next GM of the Blazers!
 
To be honest, I'm preparing myself for another franchise dark age, one to rival the Nash epoch. Things could have been pretty nice with a healthy Roy and Oden, but we have turned down the darker road. Will there ever be light again? Perhaps. This is the winter of our discontent, though...just in time for summer.
 
Minstrel said:
That was filthy. Do you type e-mails to your mother with those fingers?
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Sorry Minstrel but the chemistry just isn't right between you and the rest of the forum so I'm afraid we're going to have to let you go.
 
Stevenson said:
Who would re-sign with this ridiculous organization?
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Maybe Greg never warmed up to Cho. Maybe he will like the next one better. Maybe he hated Cho. Or Maybe you are right. Personally I doubt it makes a difference.
 
B-Roy said:
By him, do you mean....or...?
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Uncle Ty said:
I really hope not, but I think you might be right. I don't think we are that far away from contention, so I would absolutely be against re-building. Big if, but if GO is healthy I see no reason why we can't contend.
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I don't want to rebuild, because I think tearing down what talent you have invariably pushes you further, time-wise, from contention. But I think the front office is in disarray, which greatly reduces the team's chances of figuring out where to go from here. Ultimately, they may take the "easy way out" and announce a full-scale rebuild...for some reason, complete tear-downs can be sold to fans as a credible plan for progress.
 
Minstrel said:
I don't want to rebuild, because I think tearing down what talent you have invariably pushes you further, time-wise, from contention. But I think the front office is in disarray, which greatly reduces the team's chances of figuring out where to go from here. Ultimately, they may take the "easy way out" and announce a full-scale rebuild...for some reason, complete tear-downs can be sold to fans as a credible plan for progress.
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I'm no fan of tear-downs, either, but I think in this case I'd prefer to take a step back than to go with a "win now at all costs" mode... which it seems like the team might be more interested in.

The team is not that close to winning and I don't have faith in the GM-less management to get it to a position where mortgaging the team makes sense.

Ed O.
 
I like to think that maybe the firing of Cho had more to do with how he handled the Oden and Roy situation. Who knows. Maybe Allen doesn't want Greg and Cho did? We will soon find out.
 
magnifier661 said:
I like to think that maybe the firing of Cho had more to do with how he handled the Oden and Roy situation. Who knows. Maybe Allen doesn't want Greg and Cho did? We will soon find out.
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Well you might like to think that, but all reports seem to indicate that this was not performance related, that it really is/was a personality conflict ... I can't quite decide if that's somehow better or worse (I'm leaning worse).
 
Nikolokolus said:
Well you might like to think that, but all reports seem to indicate that this was not performance related, that it really is/was a personality conflict ... I can't quite decide if that's somehow better or worse (I'm leaning worse).
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I wonder between who? Allen and Cho? Miller and Cho? Nate and Cho? Or the players and Cho? Or maybe all the above.
 
Ed O said:
I'm no fan of tear-downs, either, but I think in this case I'd prefer to take a step back than to go with a "win now at all costs" mode... which it seems like the team might be more interested in.

The team is not that close to winning and I don't have faith in the GM-less management to get it to a position where mortgaging the team makes sense.
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I don't think the team should "mortgage the future" if that means bad deals that inefficiently spend what young trade chips they have. To use the term you like a lot, the team should always be striving for the best NPV deals. If that means bringing in a talented prospect who may not make them better this year, fine. If that means bringing in a talented veteran, fine. Basically, talent should always be conserved (or increased, when that's possible)...whether it takes the form of youth or veteran-osity. Intentionally getting worse for cap space is a very bad idea, IMO.
 
magnifier661 said:
I wonder between who? Allen and Cho? Miller and Cho? Nate and Cho? Or the players and Cho? Or maybe all the above.
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It sounds like it was Purely Allen and Cho ... maybe they got into a nerd fight about stats or something? :dunno:
 
Minstrel said:
To be honest, I'm preparing myself for another franchise dark age, one to rival the Nash epoch. Things could have been pretty nice with a healthy Roy and Oden, but we have turned down the darker road. Will there ever be light again? Perhaps. This is the winter of our discontent, though...just in time for summer.
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Oh please, so much had to go wrong to find ourselves in the mess under Nash that I think it's safe to say we'll never sink that low again. I know we all love some good hyperbole and gnashing of teeth, but give that period its due - an unrivaled cluster in our franchise history.
 
There is definitely a correlation between Blazer ups and downs and the stock market. This knowledge is how I made my fortune, and you can too. Send for my free booklet.
 
Actually, I think this guarantees that Oden is staying.

Cho had no emotion/ego invested in Oden, and rightly didn't want to hand him an extension he hadn't earned. Miller was the one always fawning over Oden and talking about how he was still a big part of the team's future plans.

For the record, I think Cho was right, and Miller needs to go back to selling shoes.
 
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