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calvin natt said:
Historically - and maybe this has changed but this is how it used to be - in order to encourage people to go get another job, you would still get paid the previous contract but about half, plus your full new salary. At least this is what a former GM in GS had happen.
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That's true for player contracts. I'm not sure that still applies for coaches/executives.
 
Rastapopoulos said:
I don't think you get to double-dip. Your contract is voided as soon as you're hired by another franchise (somebody correct me if I'm wrong).
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you can, this has been referenced this year.

Carlisle currently is getting paid by both Dallas and Indy.
 
Rastapopoulos said:
I don't think you get to double-dip. Your contract is voided as soon as you're hired by another franchise (somebody correct me if I'm wrong).
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calvin natt said:
Historically - and maybe this has changed but this is how it used to be - in order to encourage people to go get another job, you would still get paid the previous contract but about half, plus your full new salary. At least this is what a former GM in GS had happen.
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illmatic99 said:
you can, this has been referenced this year.

Carlisle currently is getting paid by both Dallas and Indy.
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This is my understanding as well. All contracts are on an individual basis, but I believe the basic practice is that Coaches/GM's can get paid by both teams.

Different sport, but I know Chip Kelly was getting paid by the Eagles, 49ers, and UCLA at the same time.
 
Tince said:
This is my understanding as well. All contracts are on an individual basis, but I believe the basic practice is that Coaches/GM's can get paid by both teams.

Different sport, but I know Chip Kelly was getting paid by the Eagles, 49ers, and UCLA at the same time.
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Getting fired as a coach isn’t THAT bad
 
MickZagger said:
The more I think about it the more I can’t stand Olshey. His approach as a GM has been awful. Think about some of the big signings he wanted to make that ended up not happening Hibbert, Parsons etc. pissing away lillards prime. Ugh
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I fault ownership for not intervening way sooner.
Jody needs to step up and address what her thinking is where the team is at. She & Bert owe it to Dame and the Fans.
 
Hoopguru said:
I fault ownership for not intervening way sooner.
Jody needs to step up and address what her thinking is where the team is at. She & Bert owe it to Dame and the Fans.
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But does Jody even know anything about basketball? Or is this just her pet project she inherited from her brother? When Paul was alive I never remember her at any games.
 
MickZagger said:
The more I think about it the more I can’t stand Olshey. His approach as a GM has been awful. Think about some of the big signings he wanted to make that ended up not happening Hibbert, Parsons etc. pissing away lillards prime. Ugh
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It really is best NOT to think about it.
 
MickZagger said:
But does Jody even know anything about basketball? Or is this just her pet project she inherited from her brother? When Paul was alive I never remember her at any games.
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Bert is her conduit and to all things blazers and At some point she should address her thoughts on the team. Its not unusual however for centralized corporations with subsidiaries to insulate CEO’s from public statements.
 
illmatic99 said:
It's really funny how the narrative changes. Just like 9 months ago, there was nearly universal praise for Olshey's ability to put a roster together that addressed nearly every weakness the previous year's team had.
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Except for coaching... and for a short backcourt that can't defend :lol:
 
illmatic99 said:
It's really funny how the narrative changes. Just like 9 months ago, there was nearly universal praise for Olshey's ability to put a roster together that addressed nearly every weakness the previous year's team had.
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Yup and now everyone is trash other than Dame.
 
illmatic99 said:
It's really funny how the narrative changes. Just like 9 months ago, there was nearly universal praise for Olshey's ability to put a roster together that addressed nearly every weakness the previous year's team had.
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hoopsjock said:
Yup and now everyone is trash other than Dame.
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Some people were cautious in jumping to the conclusion that role players (including a below average MLE signing) were enough to make us a contending team.

Personally, I don't think guys like CJ are trash, but he should be a 4th-6th man on a contending team, not a #2.
 
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TBpup said:
Sounds like Dame is basically giving Olshey an ultimatum.....but it may be too late. There isn't a lot to work with, no Draft picks this year for capital, he doesn't have a single significant contributor from the Draft since 2013 (that is downright brutal), and the cap situation of his own doing is going to make it much more difficult to make moves. He had one of the highest payrolls in the league at one point and nothing to show for it.

GS is/was in Cap hell.....but it was certainly worth it. Portland is in cap hell while being irrelevant.
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2017 was the lynchpin. Collins bust is extremely painful considering who you could have drafted instead at 10 or at 15 and 20. Here's to hoping Olshey can pull multiple rabbits outta multiple hats!
 
illmatic99 said:
It's really funny how the narrative changes. Just like 9 months ago, there was nearly universal praise for Olshey's ability to put a roster together that addressed nearly every weakness the previous year's team had.
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"universal praise"...?

not really....and that roster proved it's worth in the series against Denver....meaning, if there were high expectations last fall, they were half-baked or wrong
 
B-Roy said:
The funniest part of this is that this deal was an accident. Olshey was prepared to trade Plumlee for Jahlil Okafor before Denver panicked and threw in the 1st.

The best trade Olshey has made here: an accident.
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This sums up the Neil Purgatory era.
 
B-Roy said:
The funniest part of this is that this deal was an accident. Olshey was prepared to trade Plumlee for Jahlil Okafor before Denver panicked and threw in the 1st.

The best trade Olshey has made here: an accident.
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I don’t remember that we were going to trade for Okafor. I do however remember us wanting to throw absurd amounts of money in Free Agency at Chandler Parsons and Roy Hibbert. They ultimately chose to go elsewhere and both never really did much of anything after that and were out of the league shortly after.

I also remember him getting so excited during a press conference announcing that we signed Evan Turner who he claimed was a bargain.

I have no faith in Olshey putting a good team around Lillard. I mean I liked the Powell trade but were most likely going to lose him for nothing it seems. And I think that’s a fireable offense that will setback the team and might want Lillard to want out. I could see the off-season crumbling if that happens.
 
MickZagger said:
I don’t remember that we were going to trade for Okafor. I do however remember us wanting to throw absurd amounts of money in Free Agency at Chandler Parsons and Roy Hibbert. They ultimately chose to go elsewhere and both never really did much of anything after that and were out of the league shortly after.

I also remember him getting so excited during a press conference announcing that we signed Evan Turner who he claimed was a bargain.

I have no faith in Olshey putting a good team around Lillard. I mean I liked the Powell trade but were most likely going to lose him for nothing it seems. And I think that’s a fireable offense that will setback the team and might want Lillard to want out. I could see the off-season crumbling if that happens.
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But thanks for the reminder on Parsons and Hibbert. Also Hawes and Greg Monroe. Quite a statement when the deals you don't make are somehow even worse than the ones you did make. Yikes.
 
This is why I don't like twitter. What the fuck is he talking about? It's like if I created a thread on here without any context. People would be asking what the hell I'm talking about.

 
Scalma said:
he’s not wrong but it’s always annoyed me how open he’s been about Portland not being a “destination”

It’s like if you don’t believe in it, who will? There are a lot of good things about Portland he could use to sell players on, privacy and relaxed media being near the top.
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That's true, how can you sell a product if you don't believe in the product?
 
Scalma said:
he’s not wrong but it’s always annoyed me how open he’s been about Portland not being a “destination”

It’s like if you don’t believe in it, who will? There are a lot of good things about Portland he could use to sell players on, privacy and relaxed media being near the top.
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he's been claiming problems in the market since day 1. instead of selling the positives ( DAME, ownership w/ deep pockets, rabid fanbase that won't stand for losing, strong bball culture, coach that allows anyone and everyone to shoot, etc etc), he chose to characterize it as a negative.

I used to get only slightly annoyed by it when he used to parrot this statement at every PC, but it bugs me more today for some reason.
 
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