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The_Lillard_King said:
I'm surprised how many people are OK with NO lying to fans. Give me a break with this he is trying to fool players to come to Ptd. Everyone knew LA was leaving. NO moves showed he was leaving, articles said he was leaving, I can't imagine an agent worth his salt thinking LA was staying. NO, from day one, shoots from the hip and says anything he wants, he is well spoken and delivers it well . . . but he thinks we are gullible fans that will believe anything he says. I say take your slick hair and forked tongue and go back to LA. Give me a GM I can trust.
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Woj didn't know, and if Woj didn't know, nobody knows.
 
The_Lillard_King said:
Well I was willing to bet you LA was leaving after Olshey's comments (noticed you never commented) Was willing to bet money to something like being a moderator . . . I've said you couldn't trust what NO says since his first interview as a GM, was all over him his first draft for saying he doesn't draft by position but BPA . . . don't know how much more of a track record I need.

I have always said I don't care if he lies as long as he puts together a championship contending team. But I haven't seen him do anything special and am getting tired of his BS.

Apparently so is Hughes. :) (kidding don't know why Hughes said that, but simple mistake isn"t something I would expect from a seasoned vet coach like Hughes)
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You do a better job of representing my feelings than I do!

Keep up the good work. I'm in total agreement.
 
The_Lillard_King said:
I realize GMs are going to spin the truth for betterment of the team. But NO takes it to another level. The guy is a talker but doesn't have a lot of substance behind what he says, IMO. Apparently it doesn't bother fans on this board, which is fine. We all want the same end product and I suppose who cares what what image a GM has or how he does things.

I don't know which GMs I can point to that I loved. But I have posted for a long time and never came out against another GM. Something about Olshey rubs me the wrong way. Just wondering if that something rubbed Hughes the wrong way. GM's aren't supose to blow smoke to their staff, wonder if Olshey conducted himself the same way to staff the way he does when he talks to media. If I had a boss like that what a perfect way to get fired.

I also don't believe for a second that NO didn't know LA was leaving or that LA didn't communicate that to him. But whatever . . . fans on this board seem to love Olshey, not sure why . . .but hope I am wrong and he can put together a contending team.
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I'm aight with a man named Trader Bob or Jerry West. Jerry West could probably fix this. Anywhere he has been, he's had success.

And yes I know he's old. But Paul's franchise needs to be fixed. And he needs to remove himself from player personal operations. He maybe the problem.
 
Shooter said:
It was such a stupid comment that you have to wonder how smart the guy is in general. When the organization is doing everything it can to keep its best player, you don't tell the world he's already gone.
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He's just candid is all. Lots of coaches out there like that
 
UncleCliffy'sDaddy said:
Neil's the guy that brought Hughes on board after working with him for years. He knew what he was getting and had to know what kind of filters Hughes had...or didn't have. It Olskey's responsibility to insure everyone is on the same page.
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This, he should be held accountable as well.

KP was held accountable for his assistants actions and behaviors in the end. Why shouldn't Neil be held accountable for this?
 
Not really related to the Hughes fired thing, but I'm impressed that you think this changed the dimension of FA talks (like Monroe) vis-à-vis LMA.

It either would've gone like this:
Greg: "Hey, LMA, it's Greg Monroe. Portland's on me hard to sign there to play C next to you. But you're a UFA. Are you signing back there, or am I playing with Meyers Leonard for the next 4 years?"
LMA: "Um, I, uh...you know...not really sure yet...meeting with, you know, San Antonio..."
Greg: "Dude, 4 yrs on the line here. You signing back with them or not?"
LMA: "not sure...they're in the running..."
Greg: (to agent) "Get MIL on the phone"

OR, like this:


Greg: "Hey, LMA, it's Greg Monroe. Portland's on me hard to sign there to play C next to you. But you're a UFA, and I just saw a video of a coach there saying you're not going back to Portland. Are you signing back there, or am I playing with Meyers Leonard for the next 4 years?"
LMA: "Um, I, uh...you know...not really sure yet...meeting with, you know, San Antonio..."
Greg: "Dude, 4 yrs on the line here. You signing back with them or not?"
LMA: "not sure...they're in the running..."
Greg: (to agent) "Get MIL on the phone"
 
Speaking of Vonleh, Here's another thing. If that info was corporate proprietary information. Two days before Hughes divulged that info, Supposedly one of the things Vonleh had learned is that the team was on the 'rebuild'. If what Kim said was grounds for termination, What is Vonleh's discipline? If anyone was looking for a smoking gun. They didn't have to watch that video. There were holes and leaks in several areas. In the end, the info was guarded and managed poorly and that is on the President.
 
The more I think about it, it is kind of a chicken shit firing. Its been obvious for a while to everyone except us Blazer homers that Aldridge was gone. Hughes statement didn't sway Aldridge. Hope this doesn't strain the teams relationship with Meyers.
 
MickZagger said:
The more I think about it, it is kind of a chicken shit firing. Its been obvious for a while to everyone except us Blazer homers that Aldridge was gone. Hughes statement didn't sway Aldridge. Hope this doesn't strain the teams relationship with Meyers.
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It wasn't a slip of the tongue. I have never seen an assistant coach make a statement like that to the media. He knew what he was saying. It wasn't an accident. It was a stupid thing to say and I think most teams would have fired him.


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I thought Hughes would be reprimanded, but not fired. But that's because somehow we tend to think basketball is different from other corporations. In some ways it is, but an NBA team is still a giant financial concern. In any other business he'd have been fired, only sooner. Like the same day his bosses found out about it. At least they took a few days and considered it before taking action. Some say, he shouldn't be fired for his first fuck up. How do we know it was his first fuck up? Chances are, looking at his Clippers history, it wasn't. We don't know what other issues the team may have had with him.

See ya Hughes, you dumb shit.

Now, let's hire Bill Laimbeer and get on with the season.

:cheers:
 
oldmangrouch said:
And that sums up the problem.

The Blazers have some insanely loyal fans - and they treat us like mushrooms. (kept in the dark and fed shit)
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In this particular situation I think it is best not to talk about it. If they defend the act then they have to take a shot at Hughes who I am sure they still like on a personal level. Nothing good can come from that.

The other option is to admit they acted in a petty way, and you know that is not going to happen. I just wouldn't discuss it.
 
Someone had to take the blame/fall for the leave of Aldridge and It wasn't going to be Olshey
 
People need to chill... It's a business, I have things I'm not allowed to talk about, about my work. If I do then I get fired or worst get jail time. It's how the world works.
 
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Hughes has no one to blame, except himself. I still can't believe he said it. He must have just been really excited to see young guys get LA's minutes. I totally understand the firing. Sometimes you have to fire people you like.
 
Kim Hughes? We talking bout Kim Hughes? We sitting here talking bout...HUGHES?
 
not a player...not a player...not a player....Kim Hughes.
 
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