I'm So SICK & TIRED of Neil Olshey (1 Viewer)

[Gronk Brady]

That slimey con man Neil Olshey is trying to tell fans the playoffs were just a bad matchup, an outlier... he doesn’t mention that if the Blazers don’t have that win streak (the true outlier) the record is 36-33... barely over .500 and nowhere near the playoffs... losing 9 of their last 10, and 16 of their last 21... unbelievable... he wants fans to bifurcate the losses... THE TEAM WE SAW IN THE PLAYOFFS IS THE REAL BLAZERS TEAM! And that used car salesman wants to keep rolling with Dame/CJ combo when they are only players with value to significantly change roster

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

This article perfectly drags Olshey through the mud and asks a lot of the questions I wanted him to be asked at the exit interviews.

Here is my favorite quote from the article: "Olshey, mostly, spent a half-hour filling in reporters on the outstanding job he has been doing, and how doltish the critics of his work are among the media and Blazer fans."
Also noticed in there that Olshey claims it was the New Orleans series that illustrated some deficiencies in the Blazers. WTF? He didn't notice those deficiencies until that series?

I actually didn't vote to get rid of Olshey in a poll we had recently. But now that I realize he isn't firing Stotts, I would like to change my vote.

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

News flash. There will likely be others and I couldn't really care less. When i have you resorting to pettiness, I know I have won..

Winning has never been important to me when posting here. We are all Blazer fans and all want the Blazers to do better.

 

[sheed30]

You know what I am sick of tired off, is Blazers fan's like some on you calling for Oshley to get fired.

He almost won GM of the year 3 easons ago when we overachieved and was left with bread crums after L.A left us hanging. Everyone was saying he picked up nice role players in Harkless, Davis and Amuni.

Last year send Plume packing for Nurk and a draft pick. Nurk has been a way better defender then soft ass Plumlee and was also the reason why we were a good defensive team in the regular season.

The bad contracts we signed were not the best decsion I will say. But most forget we needed to spend a good amount of cap money that year to get to or above the salary cap. We missed out on Parsons (thank god) and Whitside and Turner was the 3rd option. He didn't need to resign Crabbe, Leonard or Harkless but he did. Leonard was a horrible sign, Harkless not so much and Turner is overpaid and doesn't fit. But I can show you every single NBA team that has bad contracts or etc. and btw, how many big free agents have the past GM's signed. Yet that right, none. So don't blame Oshley for not signing a big free agent.

I like to max contracts Lillard and C.J. Lillard loves it here, is superstar material, and C.J is a top S.G. How many superstar players that love and want to resign here have we had in the past? Yes I'm waiting.

this season, we bring back a team that did well after we got Nurk last year but it was a small sample size and Nurk got injured.


We got to see what they could do this year. And while it was a very disappointing end and a disaster playoffs, we did have a good regular season.Defense improved from within,
Guess who is to blame for our playoff failure, it's Stotts. Stotts was the main reason we lost this series. He didn't prepare the team , he didn't adjust at all to Gentry's coaching. He didn't start running C.J. and Dame off the ball until game 4. He didn't put Nurk in the post enough to take advantage of Mirotić on him. I was screaming every single game, and watched him start to do it in game 4 with great success. He didn't trap Holiday at all, and let Rondo score and beat us. He should have forced Rondo into being a scorer. Rondo always looks to pass fist and if you sag off him and force him to have to score he is alot less effective. He didn't double team Davis, let who ever is guarding Rondo double Davis. Stotts got out coached, didn't prepare the team enough or make adjustments but yet it's Oshley that needs to go. We also ran into a team that was clicking at the right time. and Holiday did lock down Dame, but that's where Stotts running Dame off the ball should have come into play.

Anyways, Blazers fan overreact and get brain washed by that junk Canzano posts. Haven't read one of this articles in a while. I don't live in Portland anymore and haven't for 10 years, but still watch every game. But living in different places and reading articles, I can tell you the Oregonian, mainly Canazo and Jason quick before him are the most negative writers I have ever seen outside of NY writers.

 

[jlprk]

News flash. There will likely be others and I couldn't really care less. When i have you resorting to pettiness, I know I have won..

You can't even spell how to take a whizz in a cup!

BAM!! I'm hot today.

 

[Strenuus]

FACT: Blazers won 13 games in a row. There is no asterisk and just like every other team that has had streaks they deserve credit for it.

What did we gain from winning those 13 games? a 3rd seed?

Okay, so what did that 3rd seed get us? Home court advantage?

What did that home court advantage get us? Swept?

See how, when you trickle down the effect of it, how in the grand scheme of things, it didn't mean anything? The team didn't show up when it mattered.

It's like when someone gets a triple double in a loss. It's still a loss.

 

[jlprk]

If only Olshey had engineered a little flexibility when he overpaid the guards, instead of always thinking he has the perfect unchangeable roster. This article is about recent free pickups doing well in the playoffs, like Ty Lawson.

For all the talk about the Philadelphia 76ers’ “process” that landed cornerstone stars Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons, for example, they moved into the East semifinals with notable contributions against the Miami Heat from two more impromptu arrivals, 3-point specialist Marco Belinelli and forward Ersan Ilyasova.

The team signed both in February after they were sent packing by worst-in-the-East Atlanta. Belinelli is averaging 16.6 points in the playoffs, while Ilyasova is putting up 10.8 points and 9.2 rebounds, including three of his five career 10-rebound games.

When the 76ers picked up Ilyasova, they waived Trevor Booker, who then went to the Indiana Pacers. Booker has added a physical presence for Indiana in its series against LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers.

As Oklahoma City faces the Utah Jazz, the Thunder are starting Corey Brewer, who was brought in last month after he was bought out by the Los Angeles Lakers. Greg Monroe, added by the Celtics after being bought out by Phoenix, entered Thursday night’s Game 6 of Boston’s series against the Milwaukee Bucks averaging 7.0 points and 5.2 rebounds.

Even former league MVP Derrick Rose became available out of nowhere, signing with the Timberwolves in March. As part of a reserve unit that had been quiet most of the season, he offered some instant offense in Minnesota’s first-round loss to the Houston Rockets.

https://apnews.com/224a16be5f9e4908...-among-late-pickups-helping-NBA-playoff-teams

 

[BonesJones]

You know what I am sick of tired off, is Blazers fan's like some on you calling for Oshley to get fired.

He almost won GM of the year 3 easons ago when we overachieved and was left with bread crums after L.A left us hanging. Everyone was saying he picked up nice role players in Harkless, Davis and Amuni.

Last year send Plume packing for Nurk and a draft pick. Nurk has been a way better defender then soft ass Plumlee and was also the reason why we were a good defensive team in the regular season.

The bad contracts we signed were not the best decsion I will say. But most forget we needed to spend a good amount of cap money that year to get to or above the salary cap. We missed out on Parsons (thank god) and Whitside and Turner was the 3rd option. He didn't need to resign Crabbe, Leonard or Harkless but he did. Leonard was a horrible sign, Harkless not so much and Turner is overpaid and doesn't fit. But I can show you every single NBA team that has bad contracts or etc. and btw, how many big free agents have the past GM's signed. Yet that right, none. So don't blame Oshley for not signing a big free agent.

I like to max contracts Lillard and C.J. Lillard loves it here, is superstar material, and C.J is a top S.G. How many superstar players that love and want to resign here have we had in the past? Yes I'm waiting.

this season, we bring back a team that did well after we got Nurk last year but it was a small sample size and Nurk got injured.


We got to see what they could do this year. And while it was a very disappointing end and a disaster playoffs, we did have a good regular season.Defense improved from within,
Guess who is to blame for our playoff failure, it's Stotts. Stotts was the main reason we lost this series. He didn't prepare the team , he didn't adjust at all to Gentry's coaching. He didn't start running C.J. and Dame off the ball until game 4. He didn't put Nurk in the post enough to take advantage of Mirotić on him. I was screaming every single game, and watched him start to do it in game 4 with great success. He didn't trap Holiday at all, and let Rondo score and beat us. He should have forced Rondo into being a scorer. Rondo always looks to pass fist and if you sag off him and force him to have to score he is alot less effective. He didn't double team Davis, let who ever is guarding Rondo double Davis. Stotts got out coached, didn't prepare the team enough or make adjustments but yet it's Oshley that needs to go. We also ran into a team that was clicking at the right time. and Holiday did lock down Dame, but that's where Stotts running Dame off the ball should have come into play.

Anyways, Blazers fan overreact and get brain washed by that junk Canzano posts. Haven't read one of this articles in a while. I don't live in Portland anymore and haven't for 10 years, but still watch every game. But living in different places and reading articles, I can tell you the Oregonian, mainly Canazo and Jason quick before him are the most negative writers I have ever seen outside of NY writers.

1.) Nobody reads Canzano in here, screw him.
2.) It is Stotts fault.
3.) Its also Neil's. I hate how condescending he is, and I hate the way he brags about regular season success. Makes me think nothing is gonna get done this summer.

 

[Orion Bailey]

FACT: Blazers won 13 games in a row. There is no asterisk and just like every other team that has had streaks they deserve credit for it.

There is absolutely an asterisk to it. Ill break it down this weekend when the rain starts.

 

[BonesJones]

What part of Olshey saying we will look to improve the team this summer did you not understand?

The fact that we had 49 wins and were the youngest playoff team based off average age. And the fact that we'll have to be creative in order to improve the team, and he hasn't shown creativity here.

 

[Gronk Brady]

What part of Olshey saying we will look to improve the team this summer did you not understand?

He said the team doesn’t need major change, and refuses to entertain trading CJ... we have no cap room... there is no path to upgrading roster without trading CJ... no one wants Meyers and Turner

How do you expect to improve roster without trading CJ?? Please answer the question

 

[Orion Bailey]

You can do that but you can't change what happened. All wins and losses count the same no matter what the circumstances are.

I never said it would change what happened.

all win streaks are not equal when it comes to evaluation status of a team.

 

[Gronk Brady]

Used car salesman Neil Olshey says fans are overeacting by judging season on 4 playoff games... yet this clown is calling the season a success based on only 13 regular season games... because outside of that win streak the team did not play well at all... and he is condescending to fans who question anything is wrong with this team

 

[sheed30]

Used car salesman Neil Olshey says fans are overeacting by judging season on 4 playoff games... yet this clown is calling the season a success based on only 13 regular season games... because outside of that win streak the team did not play well at all... and he is condescending to fans who question anything is wrong with this team

I want some of what your smoking. First off, we improved greatly in defense this year and all season long, and played decent and then good basketball(13 game streak) before that streak at the end of the season. Collins got better as the season when on and got more mins and I think this is what a lot of people are overlooking. Oshley knows that for the Blazers to get better, it has to come within, and that is when Collins comes into play. I really hope Collins came develop into a Paul Gasol type at the 4 from us. We have been successful over the years through the draft, Z-bo, Broy, L.A, Dame, C.J. That is what it's going to take. You think free agents want to come here? Even if we had tons of cap space this summer, no big name is signing with us, that's reality. Through the draft and trades is the only way we are going to get better.

 

[BonesJones]

So he didn't trade Plumlee to get Nurkic AND a first round pick. He didn't fill in a lot of holes when 4 starters were gone and kept the team relevant and in the playoffs? You want the big splashy trade and anything else is unnacceptable. You also come across as a guy that thinks you know more than Olshey and Stotts and I would put that at the less than .1% likely category.

Well I know more than you so you can't accurately speculate as to how much I know!

Now you're putting words in my mouth. I want a big splashy trade? I wantnimrpovement whether it be now or for the future. I want a big splashy trade? I'm one of the few people who think CJ and Dame can work together, and just need a new coach in order to do so.

 

[BonesJones]

I want some of what your smoking. First off, we improved greatly in defense this year and all season long, and played decent and then good basketball(13 game streak) before that streak at the end of the season. Collins got better as the season when on and got more mins and I think this is what a lot of people are overlooking. Oshley knows that for the Blazers to get better, it has to come within, and that is when Collins comes into play. I really hope Collins came develop into a Paul Gasol type at the 4 from us. We have been successful over the years through the draft, Z-bo, Broy, L.A, Dame, C.J. That is what it's going to take. You think free agents want to come here? Even if we had tons of cap space this summer, no big name is signing with us, that's reality. Through the draft and trades is the only way we are going to get better.

With all that improvement, if every teams stayed healthy we would've likely been a lottery team.

 

[BonesJones]

I heard him also say they will be sitting down and evaluating what to do. Some of you get really hung up on what someone says at a press conference and cherry pick what you want to fit your needs. Maybe it might be better to assess after the fact rather than complain before anything can be done. When you realize you have no control or say so you can hopefully lose the anger.

It seems like he'll refuse to trade CJ because that's his draft pick and his boy. Do you really disagree with that? (Key phrase: "It seems")

Neil could say whatever, he just shouldnt be condescending towards the fans because they hold the organization more accountable for playoff success than the organization itself.

 

[Lanny]

With all that improvement, if every teams stayed healthy we would've likely been a lottery team.

And when Oden and BRoy went down didn't that hurt us? Or does it only count when it happens to some other team? I'm suspecting that we would have gone quite deep with those two being healthy.

 

[riverman]

Well I know more than you so you can't accurately speculate as to how much I know!

this post needs to get over itself

 

[BonesJones]

this post needs to get over itself

This post needs to learn to take some light-hearted joshing.

 

[BonesJones]

And when Oden and BRoy went down didn't that hurt us? Or does it only count when it happens to some other team? I'm suspecting that we would have gone quite deep with those two being healthy.

Yes? But we're talking about the state of this current team in relation to the rest of the West, and just because we got the 3rd seed doesn't mean we're the 3rd best team.

Utah, Minnesota, New Orleans, and maybe San Antonio (depending on their situation) are likely better than us.

 

[Lanny]

This post needs to learn to take some light-hearted joshing.

Guilty as charged. I'm referring to me.

 

[Lanny]

Yes? But we're talking about the state of this current team in relation to the rest of the West, and just because we got the 3rd seed doesn't mean we're the 3rd best team.

Utah, Minnesota, New Orleans, and maybe San Antonio (depending on their situation) are likely better than us.

No, just as being no. 1 doesn't mean you're the best. But it does mean you're pretty good.

Didn't we beat Utah in the last regular season game? I think I might have been at that game. I also believe we beat Minnesota in our last meeting. And I'm pretty sure that all of our New Orleans games in the regular season were whisker close. There's also the January 7 game against the Spurs that we won. Not saying that we were better at the twilight of our season but we were very competitive against all those teams.

 

[BonesJones]

No, just as being no. 1 doesn't mean you're the best. But it does mean you're pretty good.

Didn't we beat Utah in the last regular season game? I think I might have been at that game. I also believe we beat Minnesota in our last meeting. And I'm pretty sure that all of our New Orleans games in the regular season were whisker close. There's also the January 7 game against the Spurs that we won. Not saying that we were better at the twilight of our season but we were very competitive against all those teams.

Utah was on the 2nd night of a back to back. And I'm basing these teams off of how they're built in regards to post-season basketball. Utah is better built to succeed in the playoffs than us. In our last game with Minnesota, Butler didn't play. We beat New Orleans in our last regular season game, but they crushed us in playoffs. That's the theme of this. We're not built for playoff success, and mostly everyone can agree with that, even if they disagree as to why. Some will say it's the roster, others (like me) think it's because of the coach. But to keep talking about what happened during the regular season is pointless. The playoffs are a different game, and this year, that was shown to us by the Pelicans.

 

[Lanny]

Utah was on the 2nd night of a back to back. And I'm basing these teams off of how they're built in regards to post-season basketball. Utah is better built to succeed in the playoffs than us. In our last game with Minnesota, Butler didn't play. We beat New Orleans in our last regular season game, but they crushed us in playoffs. That's the theme of this. We're not built for playoff success, and mostly everyone can agree with that, even if they disagree as to why. Some will say it's the roster, others (like me) think it's because of the coach. But to keep talking about what happened during the regular season is pointless. The playoffs are a different game, and this year, that was shown to us by the Pelicans.

What about the games when we were without Nurk and Lillard and Turner and Harkless? Don't they count for something or does it only count when it happens to another team?

 

[BonesJones]

What about the games when we were without Nurk and Lillard and Turner and Harkless? Don't they count for something or does it only count when it happens to another team?

Haha. This is what I'm talking about.. You're inferring that I have some sort of bias against Stotts/Olshey, and that I'm not accounting for our injuries and only holding our injury luck against us because of said bias.

But I'm glad you asked:

Missed games:
Between Lillard, Turner, Nurkic, and McCollum: 16 games missed (combined)
which is less than:
Leonard: 73 games + playoffs
Cousins: 34 games
Rondo: 17 games
Butler: 31 games
Gobert: 26 games
Paul: 24 games
Curry: 31 games (every GS starter missed at least 9 games)


And that's not to mention our injury luck in terms of facing teams missing players. For example, Myles Turner missed 17 games, and we played Indiana twice, both times he was out.. Considering we play Indiana 2 out of 82 games, and 2 out of his 17 missed were against us, that's lucky for us. There's many other examples like that, that I can't name off the top of my head, where an opposing team had their best player out against us when their best player only missed a few games that season.

 

[Lanny]

We also knocked off Utah right after the all star break and that was in Utah. What I find funny about guys like you is that you make up all sorts of excuses as to why we had a better record than most teams this year. Most fans are glad we won games while all you do is discount the Blazer wins. Great fan support you show.

I thought the very definition of being a fan of a sports team was that you primarily supported your team. Has that been supplanted with being a true fan is booing your team?

 

[BonesJones]

but yet here you are speculating on how much I know. Where did you play college ball again? and how does that make you superior to me? I see it as making you a hypocrite. Popovich called as he needs some advice as he owns a winery and you seem to be a whine expert.

I knew the O-Liver would take that super seriously!

I suck at trolling the guys that have been on the forum for a while... But you guys? Mwahahaha.

 

[Lanny]

Haha. This is what I'm talking about.. You're inferring that I have some sort of bias against Stotts/Olshey, and that I'm not accounting for our injuries and only holding our injury luck against us because of said bias.

But I'm glad you asked:

Missed games:
Between Lillard, Turner, Nurkic, and McCollum: 16 games missed (combined)
which is less than:
Leonard: 73 games + playoffs
Cousins: 34 games
Rondo: 17 games
Butler: 31 games
Gobert: 26 games
Paul: 24 games
Curry: 31 games (every GS starter missed at least 9 games)


And that's not to mention our injury luck in terms of facing teams missing players. For example, Myles Turner missed 17 games, and we played Indiana twice, both times he was out.. Considering we play Indiana 2 out of 82 games, and 2 out of his 17 missed were against us, that's lucky for us. There's many other examples like that, that I can't name off the top of my head, where an opposing team had their best player out against us when their best player only missed a few games that season.

How many games did BRoy miss? I'm pretty sure it was more than a few. I won't even bring up Oden or Joel Przybilla.

 

[BonesJones]

We also knocked off Utah right after the all star break and that was in Utah. What I find funny about guys like you is that you make up all sorts of excuses as to why we had a better record than most teams this year. Most fans are glad we won games while all you do is discount the Blazer wins. Great fan support you show.

I discount wins? Because I don't like Stotts as a coach and think this team is better than most make it out to believe? That's something completely made up and false.

Like I said, Utah is built better for the post-season. Defense becomes more important in the post-season, and team-oriented offense succeeds more often than hero-ball. How does that mean I wasn't glad when we won games? Again, that's something you just made up.

You keep touting the regular season, and because I think the playoffs are different and we're not built well to succeed in the post-season, somehow I don't show great fan support? I don't show great support even though my broke ass managed to go to 10 or so games this year and cheered till I nearly lost my voice in nearly every one of them? Even though I watched every game I possibly could on TV and when we wouldn't win it would put me in a poor mood for the rest of the day since I really care about this team winning? Because of my opinion being different than yours, somehow that's all irrelevant and I'm not a good fan?

Get outta here.