It's my opinion. If it's something I heard, I will say it's something I heard even knowing the type of response that'd get. Call my opinion a narrative, but I'll explain it below:
I'm not arguing that Cronin doesn't have a resume. I'm arguing that if ownership cared about resumes and hiring the best GM to put a winner on the court, they should've ran a proper interview process to determine who the best GM was to put a winner on the court. They didn't do that.
I believe it is disappointment of a goal not being achieved, rather than Cronin lying.
We wouldn't publicly. Harden called Morey a liar and is getting fined 6-figures from it. Dame's not going to do that or speak out on it. He's trying to get the organization to give him what he wants right now.
And I will be the first to say I can't provide evidence of Cronin's specific intentions. But neither can anyone else. There's no hard evidence that he intended to build a winner around Dame. All we have is Cronin's actions and reporting, which is up for interpretation. Regardless of what I believe, I think it's naive to think we have the full picture.
Yeah that is a weird take. Dame got the benefit of the doubt for years. All the way up to asking out and saying he only wanted to go one place. Then having his agent tell everyone he won’t accept a trade anywhere else.
Dame hasn't needed the benefit of the doubt. Who's actions have matched whose words before this culminated in a trade demand?
We very rarely have anything close to all the facts on pretty much anything, but lets just assume the worst and then get upset about it.
I messed up the Bledsoe buyout date...
That's the thing here that is being debated. Joe's been at this for a couple years. Because he has tried and failed (Which by the way is what he said) you are trying to say he lied. Now lets take some things dame said? The whole "Run from the grind" thing sounds a bit shallow now? That doesn't mean he lied. Just that his situation changed.
Seriously. Who can say this was not the Blazers taking care of Lillard. Could that spot have ever been used for a veteran player instead of Blevins?
This is one of the most ridiculous and disingenuous things I've ever read. Good job.
You can't help but make shit personal, can you?
That's exactly what this forum has been doing for almost two months now. I've moved past crying about Cronin and come here to see people saying wild shit about Dame unfollowing the Blazers on Instagram. Cmon now. If that was me, you wouldn't have a problem, even though it'd be doing exactly what you're talking about.
That's fine that you think that way. I understand it. I would lean that direction to if I hadn't heard some stuff that I trust, and have my own opinions. Now I can't voice those without a mod popping off about "crying on YouTube like your father died" which is bullshit.
There's a difference between being good at PR and good at public speaking. They're not directly correlated. Olshey was a great public speaker but rubbed people the wrong way. Cronin is the opposite, and I think hiring a relatable guy who wasn't some slick snake oil salesman was a good PR move.
If you preach loyalty within a two party relationship and then that other party isn't loyal to you, then what? Because that's how I and anyone who takes Dame's side in it looks at it.
When have I "cried"?