Kevin Pritchard's Open Letter To Blazer Fans

[ABM]

It'll be weird when KP calls representing another team to offer a trade.

Pritchslap that little Ferry!

 

[Entity]

It'll be weird when KP calls representing another team to offer a trade.

When WE get Pritch-slapped...

 

[barfo]

Paul Allen doesn't stay up at night worrying about it. He publicly shuns people and strings out their firing when he gets his feelings hurt.

But I thought he was all about taking credit for stuff. That's what you told me yesterday. Seems kind of inconsistent. If you shun people it is hard to receive credit.

barfo

 

[Cake]

I think he's sincere too. Thus my vote for #3.

barfo

It's been repeatedly stated that this was a buildup of things, not one thing. To me, option #3 says that KP fucked somebody's wife or something like that.

It sounds like it came down to KP being good at drafting and pretty cocky about it, as well as being pretty clumsy at negotiating contracts and interoffice politics.

 

[STOMP]

I have to wonder, who's taking the high-road here -- KP or PA?

quite possibly both are. There may be no way for Allen to reveal the reasons he chose to part ways with Pritchard without it reflecting badly on KP so he's staying mum on the subject and looking like the bad guy for firing a popular figure. He may be allowing KP to save face publicly. I'd imagine Pritchard is well aware of why he's been let go and is also choosing not reveal the details and to defend and compliment his former boss.

STOMP

 

[OddEnormous]

Very gracious of him to back PA. Yes Paul could of handled it better, but none the less the fans (fueled by the media) are getting a little too emotional about this and are jumping to conclusions. Thanks KP, you are a Class Act.

That's what happens when you fire a popular person without giving a reason.

There would be no jumping anywhere if the reasons were made clear.

PA has nobody but to blame but himself for the conclusions being drawn.

 

[barfo]

It's been repeatedly stated that this was a buildup of things, not one thing.

That has been repeatedly stated, but it doesn't mean it is true. Firing of Tom Penn suggests it isn't true (otherwise, why not fire Tom Penn on draft day too?)

barfo

 

[BGrantFan]

You are avoiding the question. You say Paul is the bad guy. KP says Paul is not the bad guy. How do you reconcile those two viewpoints? Is KP not telling the truth?

barfo

Why does my opinion have to be in concert with Pritchard's opinion? That's some binary thinking.

 

[barfo]

quite possibly both are. There may be no way for Allen to reveal the reasons he chose to part ways with Pritchard without it reflecting badly on him so he's staying mum on the subject and looking like the bad guy for firing a popular figure. I'd imagine Pritchard is well aware of why he's been let go and is obviously choosing also not reveal the details and to defend and compliment his former boss.

STOMP

I'm barfo and I endorse this post. With the additional caveat that there is likely no way for Allen to reveal the reasons without leaving himself open to a lawsuit. Employment law doesn't allow you to trash your former employees or to say things that would hinder their chances of being hired elsewhere.

barfo

 

[barfo]

Why does my opinion have to be in concert with Pritchard's opinion? That's some binary thinking.

It doesn't. You can say that Pritchard is full of shit on that point, if you want. One of you is, however, because both viewpoints can't be true.

barfo

 

[BGrantFan]

That's what happens when you fire a popular person without giving a reason.

There would be no jumping anywhere if the reasons were made clear.

PA has nobody but to blame but himself for the conclusions being drawn.

Could not have said it any better.

 

[Mediocre Man]

I also pick door number 3. Classy letter from KP, but he did something to generate the angst against him.

 

[BGrantFan]

It doesn't. You can say that Pritchard is full of shit on that point, if you want. One of you is, however, because both viewpoints can't be true.

barfo

Differing opinions can both be true. How I perceive a situation is how I perceive a situation. As I said, binary thinking.

 

[ABM]

How I perceive a situation is how I perceive a situation..

Based upon limited, if any, knowledge of the situation, though.

 

[Rhal]

Regardless of the circumstances of the letter and why it was written, it is still a class act from a guy who showed nothing but class threw this whole ordeal. PA maybe should have done things differently but were all getting our information from the media and sources that most likely have no clue what really went on. So i'm going to say that KP did a very classy thing with this letter and he will be missed.

 

[BGrantFan]

Based upon limited, if any, knowledge of the situation, though.

That's why it's an opinion. I do know that Paul Allen treated Pritchard like shit by publicly humiliating him with the seating situation, though, which forms part of my opinion.

 

[barfo]

Differing opinions can both be true. How I perceive a situation is how I perceive a situation. As I said, binary thinking.

Sure, you can perceive that 2+2=359, and I can perceive that 2+2=4. But it isn't the case that both are true.

barfo

 

[ABM]

That's why it's an opinion. I do know that Paul Allen treated Pritchard like shit by publicly humiliating him with the seating situation, though, which forms part of my opinion.

Maybe KP decided on his own not to sit with Paul?

 

[RoyToy]

I liked this comment

Can we have Paul Allen's open letter to Trail Blazers fans?

Sadly, no.

 

[the ob]

I believe this letter is both sincere and also necessary for his future. I believe in what he wrote, but also he had to write it from a P.R. standpoint. I think we need to stop assuming we know the entire story and as I have said, as much as I appreciate the job he did, he did do something to deserve being fired. I feel fairly certain he did not get fired for nothing.

 

[illmatic99]

I too agree with the "where's PA's letter" comment.

Thanks, KP. You will be missed.

 

[tlongII]

I'm guessing KP got a nice severance package.

 

[oldmangrouch]

Larry Miller has just sent a threatening letter out to other owners essentially relating if they hire KP within one year there will be pure hell to pay.

This is a joke.....right?

All-in-all, it was a nice letter. No sense trying to parse the language or read between the lines.

 

[Ed O]

A classy letter, indeed. Good luck to KP in the future!

Ed O.

 

[BGrantFan]

Sure, you can perceive that 2+2=359, and I can perceive that 2+2=4. But it isn't the case that both are true.

barfo

That's because one is a fact, and one is an error. Opinions aren't like that, but whatever. At this point, I don't even know what your point is, other than to say my opinion can't be correct because Kevin Pritchard put something in a letter, which is ridiculous.

 

[barfo]

That's because one is a fact, and one is an error. Opinions aren't like that, but whatever.

Right. Some things are merely opinions, and some things are facts.
What happened to get KP fired is a matter of fact, not opinion. We don't know the facts, but that doesn't mean that it is a matter of opinion.

barfo

 

[BGrantFan]

Right. Some things are merely opinions, and some things are facts.
What happened to get KP fired is a matter of fact, not opinion. We don't know the facts, but that doesn't mean that it is a matter of opinion.

barfo

No, the fact is that Pritchard was fired. I'm sure many in the organization have differing opinions on why that happened, let alone those of us outside of the team. Binary.

 

[The Sebastian Express]

I love you Barfo.

 

[barfo]

No, the fact is that Pritchard was fired. I'm sure many in the organization have differing opinions on why that happened, let alone those of us outside of the team. Binary.

Yes, many of you have differing opinions about why it happened. But those that disagree with reality are wrong. There is an actual reason, or set of reasons, why he was fired.

barfo

 

[barfo]

I love you Barfo.

I'm currently accepting marriage proposals.

barfo