Embarrassing (363 days....)

[Fez Hammersticks]

Since Rich Cho was fired and they are still "evaluating" candidates and finding the next coach will wait until they bring in a GM.

363 days.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Since Rich Cho was fired and they are still "evaluating" candidates and finding the next coach will wait until they bring in a GM.

363 days.

In other news, Orlando is meeting tomorrow to discuss which GM candidates to target.

 

[Eastoff]

In other news, Orlando is meeting tomorrow to discuss which GM candidates to target.

hahaha man that sure makes us look bad. =[

 

[3RA1N1AC]

522720 minutes
how do you measure almost a year
in wins? in trades? did the last gm have aids?
did they players quit? did they play like shit?
can i blame kpee? was it odens knee?
522720 minutes
how do you measure almost a year

 

[Mediocre Man]

hahaha man that sure makes us look bad. =[

A friend of mine texted me and wondered if Orlando also looking for a GM would cause the Blazers to work a little faster.

1. Good candidates gone

2. Makes us look worse than we already do

 

[Mediocre Man]

522720 minutes
how do you measure almost a year
in wins? in trades? did the last gm have aids?
did they players quit? did they play like shit?
can i blame kpee? was it odens knee?
522720 minutes
how do you measure almost a year

My daughter was in this play at a local theatre.

But I think it's 525600....527040 in a leap year

 

[3RA1N1AC]

My daughter was in this play at a local theatre.

But I think it's 525600....527040 in a leap year

its only been 363 days remember?

 

[e_blazer]

Personally, I think this hand-wringing over the GM spot is absolutely silly. Cho not working out and being let go so quickly after being hired was a black eye to the organization and they want to get it right this time. They want an experienced person for the GM spot and most of the guys that they want to interview are under contract to their current teams. Only as their teams' seasons end have the Blazers been given the approval to talk to their candidates. There are still a couple of guys that they want to talk to who haven't been cleared for interviews yet. So, they're supposed to hire the wrong person just because a bunch of nervous Nellies are getting antsy? The plan is to have somebody on board before the draft and there's still plenty of time for that to happen.

 

[The_Lillard_King]

522720 minutes
how do you measure almost a year
in wins? in trades? did the last gm have aids?
did they players quit? did they play like shit?
can i blame kpee? was it odens knee?
522720 minutes
how do you measure almost a year

Damn it, you put that song in my head.

 

[Mediocre Man]

its only been 363 days remember?

Are we both wrong?


Hasn't it been 364 days because of leap year?

 

[3RA1N1AC]

i didnt add days or know dates, just going off the op, feel free to add em up though, so i can edit my masterpiece

 

[Nikolokolus]

Personally, I think this hand-wringing over the GM spot is absolutely silly. Cho not working out and being let go so quickly after being hired was a black eye to the organization and they want to get it right this time. They want an experienced person for the GM spot and most of the guys that they want to interview are under contract to their current teams. Only as their teams' seasons end have the Blazers been given the approval to talk to their candidates. There are still a couple of guys that they want to talk to who haven't been cleared for interviews yet. So, they're supposed to hire the wrong person just because a bunch of nervous Nellies are getting antsy? The plan is to have somebody on board before the draft and there's still plenty of time for that to happen.

It really doesn't take this long ... I mean have you ever heard of another franchise taking this much time to make a hire? How do they get it done?

 

[3RA1N1AC]

i think the raiders didnt have a gm for like 52 years amirite?

 

[Nikolokolus]

i think the raiders didnt have a gm for like 52 years amirite?

Sounds like a ringing endorsement to me

 

[3RA1N1AC]

al davis was genius before he was a moron

 

[Mediocre Man]

Sounds like a ringing endorsement to me

Al was a brilliant football guy, then turned idiot. PA has never been a brilliant basketball guy

 

[3RA1N1AC]

Al was a brilliant football guy, then turned idiot. PA has never been a brilliant basketball guy

never said he was, thats what berts for :MARIS61:

 

[Nikolokolus]

Al was a brilliant football guy, then turned idiot. PA has never been a brilliant basketball guy

I know Davis was a bleeding edge innovator back in the sixties with his vertical passing game and aggressive attacking defenses ... it's just that the 75+ years old version is pretty much how I see Allen's handling of the Blazers over the past decade+ ... except he can't use the senility defense.

 

[e_blazer]

It really doesn't take this long ... I mean have you ever heard of another franchise taking this much time to make a hire? How do they get it done?

The only question in my mind is why they didn't make a hire last summer, but I put that off to there being a high likelihood that this season was going to be lost to the lockout. I think Paul Allen was comfortable with letting Buchanan run the show and chose to let it slide vs. getting stuck paying a big salary when the season might be lost. We can nitpick whether that was a smart decision or not, but once it was made, I think that rushing to hire somebody after the start of the season would have been a recipe for another disaster. Anybody worth their salt already had a job. It was smart waiting until the better candidate pool opened up.

 

[Duckhook]

Damn it, you put that song in my head.

Ditto. But then I remembered Team America's parody and that helped...

EVERYONE HAS....

 

[3RA1N1AC]

my grandma and my dog old blue
the pope has got it, and so do you
come on people we got quilting to do

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Personally, I think this hand-wringing over the GM spot is absolutely silly. Cho not working out and being let go so quickly after being hired was a black eye to the organization and they want to get it right this time. They want an experienced person for the GM spot and most of the guys that they want to interview are under contract to their current teams. Only as their teams' seasons end have the Blazers been given the approval to talk to their candidates. There are still a couple of guys that they want to talk to who haven't been cleared for interviews yet. So, they're supposed to hire the wrong person just because a bunch of nervous Nellies are getting antsy? The plan is to have somebody on board before the draft and there's still plenty of time for that to happen.

Agreed.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

 

[The_Lillard_King]

Still singing that damn song.

Need to listen to Team America's parody quickly . . .

 

[THE HCP]

al davis was genius before he was a moron

So was DennyCrane

 

[MickZagger]

I know Davis was a bleeding edge innovator back in the sixties with his vertical passing game and aggressive attacking defenses ... it's just that the 75+ years old version is pretty much how I see Allen's handling of the Blazers over the past decade+ ... except he can't use the senility defense.

Bleeding edge...

I'm gonna steal that.

 

[Ed O]

Personally, I think this hand-wringing over the GM spot is absolutely silly. Cho not working out and being let go so quickly after being hired was a black eye to the organization and they want to get it right this time. They want an experienced person for the GM spot and most of the guys that they want to interview are under contract to their current teams. Only as their teams' seasons end have the Blazers been given the approval to talk to their candidates. There are still a couple of guys that they want to talk to who haven't been cleared for interviews yet. So, they're supposed to hire the wrong person just because a bunch of nervous Nellies are getting antsy? The plan is to have somebody on board before the draft and there's still plenty of time for that to happen.

The team has gotten significantly worse since Cho as fired, and I can't remember the last time a team went a full calendar year without replacing a GM. If either of these things weren't the case, then I think your statement would hold more water.

As it is? The franchise looks weak and indecisive. Worse yet, the team is no good. And, considering every other NBA team thinks hiring a GM is a good idea, maybe the Blazers should look into getting one, too.

Ed O.

 

[Tince]

The team has gotten significantly worse since Cho as fired, and I can't remember the last time a team went a full calendar year without replacing a GM. If either of these things weren't the case, then I think your statement would hold more water.

As it is? The franchise looks weak and indecisive. Worse yet, the team is no good. And, considering every other NBA team thinks hiring a GM is a good idea, maybe the Blazers should look into getting one, too.

Ed O.

I don't want to defend the Blazers here, but I think what seemed to be a near certain lockout does play a role in this. It doesn't excuse the length, but I can see how the Blazers were thinking that there would be no season so there was no point in having a GM on the payroll, then when the lockout ended last minute, they were unprepared (this is the real embarrassing part).

 

[Nikolokolus]

I don't want to defend the Blazers here, but I think what seemed to be a near certain lockout does play a role in this. It doesn't excuse the length, but I can see how the Blazers were thinking that there would be no season so there was no point in having a GM on the payroll, then when the lockout ended last minute, they were unprepared (this is the real embarrassing part).

This to me underscores the difference between hoping for the best and planning for the worst ... The Blazers have seemingly made a bad habit of making a lot of long range strategic plans hinging on the former and not so much the latter ... that's a problem.

 

[Mediocre Man]

I don't want to defend the Blazers here, but I think what seemed to be a near certain lockout does play a role in this. It doesn't excuse the length, but I can see how the Blazers were thinking that there would be no season so there was no point in having a GM on the payroll, then when the lockout ended last minute, they were unprepared (this is the real embarrassing part).

If anything, the lockout should have provided the perfect time to perform due diligence and find the best GM candidate. What it said to anyone not blinded by the PR machine is that Paul Allen was being a cheap bastard and thought the season would be cancelled. No excuses. It is a total embarrassment and I am shocked and saddened that people want to try and give them a mulligan on this