Chad B for GM

[BoomChakaLaka]

Hire the guy already!

The Blazers have assembled a great team in the face of adversity. And if we can sign Kenyon Martin or one more piece to add depth in the paint - - we have a chance to have a really special season.

And if Chad Buchanan has anything to do with the above - the guy has earned the GM position.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Hire the guy already!

The Blazers have assembled a great team in the face of adversity. And if we can sign Kenyon Martin or one more piece to add depth in the paint - - we have a chance to have a really special season.

And if Chad Buchanan has anything to do with the above - the guy has earned the GM position.

It's tough because no one really knows who is doing what. Who traded for Wallace? Who signed Matthews? Who drafted Smith? Who signed Crawchuck, Thomas and C. Smith? Who traded Miller for Felton?

If you look at the big pieces, Aldridge, Wallace, neither of them were acquired by the Chad. Paul Allen doesn't make the best decisions, but one would think if the Chad really did build this team he would at least be considered for the job. Instead, our owner has come out several times and said the Chad was not a candidate.

 

[Draco]

Maybe its best to have this GM by committee thing, where you have multiple people with input and they all come to a consensis.

We don't have a fist pounding GM dictator saying "this is my draft" when we skip on CP3 because we have Telfair.

 

[illmatic99]

Reminds me of all of us pushing PA to promote KP to GM.

 

[TripTango]

Or maybe all of these moves have been orchestrated by...

HAT MAN.

 

[ABM]

Honk once for Chad....twice for anyone else!

 

[TripTango]

Maybe its best to have this GM by committee thing, where you have multiple people with input and they all come to a consensis.

We don't have a fist pounding GM dictator saying "this is my draft" when we skip on CP3 because we have Telfair.

But we also don't know where we're supposed to give all of our love and adulation! "In Committee We Trust" just doesn't have the same ring to it...

 

[magnifier661]

I like the "Committee GM". Also, I think Allen has been getting advice from Trader Bob on the side.

 

[Nikolokolus]

I like the "Committee GM". Also, I think Allen has been getting advice from Trader Bob on the side.

That sounds pretty spurious.

 

[Nikolokolus]

Having no idea what role Chad has played in the recent signing and trades this team has undertaken, I think some of you guys are seriously overstating his effectiveness based on a hot start.

This team still needs somebody with a long term vision and a better track record in the draft than what we've seen from Chad as both acting GM and under KP as one of his head scouts (and frankly the committee approach hasn't really worked in other places, so I doubt if it will work here long term either-- ultimately, vertical organization charts are more nimble and accountable).

 

[magnifier661]

That sounds pretty spurious.

Please don't tell me you thought I was serious about trader bob.

 

[Nikolokolus]

Please don't tell me you thought I was serious about trader bob.

Yeah I guess I did ... there wasn't much of a setup it it was a joke.

 

[magnifier661]

Yeah I guess I did ... there wasn't much of a setup it it was a joke.

Well unfortunate I'm a terrible joke teller and not too witty.

 

[blazerboy30]

Having no idea what role Chad has played in the recent signing and trades this team has undertaken, I think some of you guys are seriously overstating his effectiveness based on a hot start.

This team still needs somebody with a long term vision and a better track record in the draft than what we've seen from Chad as both acting GM and under KP as one of his head scouts (and frankly the committee approach hasn't really worked in other places, so I doubt if it will work here long term either-- ultimately, vertical organization charts are more nimble and accountable).

What is Chad's long term vision, and why does the team need somebody with a better one?

 

[blue32]

I'm not convinced that Chad's actually done anything to make this team better.....

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

I agree! Give him the job!

 

[The_Lillard_King]

Why would anyone wish that upon Chad?

I have a theory that CB isn't a canidate because he took his name off the list. How many GMs has Chad seen come and go? If he likes the organization and wants to stay as long as possible, let them hire some other person who's job is on the line each year.

 

[jlprk]

Maybe its best to have this GM by committee thing, where you have multiple people with input and they all come to a consensis.

We don't have a fist pounding GM dictator saying "this is my draft" when we skip on CP3 because we have Telfair.

I agree with this. This is working fine. Plus, keeping the leadership secret gives the Oregonian no target to hate or worship. Canzano is pulling his hair out, both of them. I love it. Paul Allen has switched to an underground Iraqi resistance style of running the war with the paper.

 

[SantaDora]

I agree with this. This is working fine. Plus, keeping the leadership secret gives the Oregonian no target to hate or worship. Canzano is pulling his hair out, both of them. I love it. Paul Allen has switched to an underground Iraqi resistance style of running the war with the paper.

Do you believe that an Iraqi resistance style of running a war is more conductive to victory?

 

[ABM]

Why would anyone wish that upon Chad?

I have a theory that CB isn't a canidate because he took his name off the list. How many GMs has Chad seen come and go? If he likes the organization and wants to stay as long as possible, let them hire some other person who's job is on the line each year.

Pretty good point. Especially considering CB is green. If he were fired, then let go early on, by the Blazers, it might be a bit more difficult to land another GM (or such) gig, as opposed to someone who was more seasoned. Dunno.

It occurs to me that once coaches and gm's get past a certain experience level, they just climb and off the job carousel. *cough*FlipSaunders*cough*

 

[jlprk]

Do you believe that an Iraqi resistance style of running a war is more conductive to victory?

Against a high-tech enemy like the Oregonian, the best strategy is what the military calls GITT, the guerilla infrared tiptoe strategy, formerly known as the Pussyfoot strategy. They have sensors everywhere, on the ground and in the sky. Keeping our leadership secret will help us resist long-term. The imperialists need not know who makes our draft decisions and whom to credit for our free agent raids on other cities. The Oregonian would just target our key decision-makers and pick them off one by one. The TT strategy is proving effective by our current early success in the war, with victory forecast around June 2012.

 

[SantaDora]

You sir are the Mohammed Said al-Sahhaf of this community.

They're coming to surrender or be burned in their tanks. "We are not afraid of the Oregonian. Allah has condemned them. They are stupid. They are stupid" (dramatic pause) "and they are condemned."

"The American press is all about lies! All they tell is lies, lies and more lies!" (*)

(*) .. and by American, we mean the Oregonian.

 

[Pinwheel1]

I think in the NBA a long term plan is about 3 years. (Maybe 4) After that because things change so quickly with injuries, I am not sure it worth worrying about. Maybe the President of the Blazers has as good of a plan than any GM we could bring in, and we just need someone to excel in player personnel. But like you guys said, who really knows. But I will say that the moves they have made beginning with the signing of Matthews in July of 2010 have been pretty good. How good Nolan Smith turns out to be will be big factor in their over all grade.

 

[Nikolokolus]

What is Chad's long term vision, and why does the team need somebody with a better one?

I can only judge his vision based on some of the draft picks he's had a hand in helping to select as the team's director of college scouting and as interim GM, since I don't know what his pro personnel philosophy is.

(Excludes foreign draft picks because those are mostly under the auspices of Jason Filippi)
Greg Oden
Luke Babbitt
Armon Johnson
John Diebler
Jerryd Bayless
Nolan Smith
Patty Mills
Eliot Williams
Dante Cunningham
Jeff Penergraph
Taurean Green
Josh McRoberts

Et al.

Blerg.

 

[blazerboy30]

I can only judge his vision based on some of the draft picks he's had a hand in helping to select as the team's director of college scouting and as interim GM, since I don't know what his pro personnel philosophy is.

That's kind of my point. Just because he hasn't told you or me his long term vision (if he has one), doesn't mean it is a bad one.

However, it does appear that he had a hand in putting together a very competitive team for this season, on short notice, and after some pretty disastrous news (Roy and Oden), while maintaining a potentially large amount of cap space to work with next summer. It will be very interesting to see, if he is still the interim GM, what he does with that flexibility. At that point I think we'll be better able to judge his long term vision.

 

[mook]

Whatever they've been doing since Cho left they should continue doing. At least until they do something I strongly disagree with.

Seriously, though, how many GM's have real long-term plans? I mean beyond:
A. Let's go for a championship this year!
B. Let's go for a championship in the next year or two
C. Let's tank, trade for youth, and try to be relevant before I get fired
D. Let's continue to trot out a mediocre product because, hey, it sells tickets

With injuries, lottery balls, dog fights, surprise stars, surprise failures, etc, it's really hard to plan much more than that in the long-term. (Unless of course you are Miami and have the mega good fortune of having 3 superstars do most of your planning for you.)

Portland is clearly trying to figure out if it's Plan A or Plan B. I don't know that hiring an official GM will clarify that. They are on a nice little run of making sound decisions, though, so I see no hurry to screw that up by putting an official GM in place.