OT: Cho hired as Bobcats GM?

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Boob-No-More said:
That article shoots down the urban legend that it was Miller, not Cho that brokered the Wallace trade with Charlotte. The trade is mentioned several times in the article and Larry Miller's name isn't mentioned once. Cho is given credit multiple times for engineering the Wallace trade - by the guy who was on the other end of the phone when the trade happened.

BNM
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Cho is given credit by his new team. A team selling him to fans. This doesn't shoot down anything.
 
The installation is complete... now to rid Charlotte of every other player with talent! MWAHAHAHAHA... what? The Bobcats have nobody else worth a shit?

Goddammit, our evil plans suck!
 
Mediocre Man said:
Cho is given credit by his new team. A team selling him to fans. This doesn't shoot down anything.
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Come on MM... that makes no sense. They were obviously impressed with their dealings with him. I have no idea why you have such a low opinion of Cho, but the guy wasn't given a fair chance.
 
Well, obviously the Blazers are dumb here. I mean, Jordans track record speaks for itself.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Come on MM... that makes no sense. They were obviously impressed with their dealings with him. I have no idea why you have such a low opinion of Cho, but the guy wasn't given a fair chance.
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For all intents and purposes, Cho was hired as Charlottes assistant GM. I am sure they were impressed, and they love his analitical brain, but the article says that he will be assiting Rod Higgins in basketball decisions. I think Cho got a raw deal as well, but I also don't think he should have ever been hired in the first place. I believe to be a successful GM in this league you have to have a bit of salesmanship, and that's not Cho. He seems like a great guy to break trades down by numbers and deal with the cap though.
 
Larry Miller isnt going anywhere.

I think its kinda funny that the Bobcats hired the guy that stole their best player and fan favorite.

Best of luck to Cho. He's gonna need it with that squad and fan base.

I agree with MM ^^^.
 
I'm guessing the Bobcats were at least marginally impressed with Cho from their dealings with him at the trade deadline, if they hadn't been then why offer him a job?

Oh well, I'm sure Cho sucks and Larry Miller was the chief deal-maker in that Wallace trade. Viva la Vulcan!
 
Mediocre Man said:
For all intents and purposes, Cho was hired as Charlottes assistant GM. I am sure they were impressed, and they love his analitical brain, but the article says that he will be assiting Rod Higgins in basketball decisions. I think Cho got a raw deal as well, but I also don't think he should have ever been hired in the first place. I believe to be a successful GM in this league you have to have a bit of salesmanship, and that's not Cho. He seems like a great guy to break trades down by numbers and deal with the cap though.
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What are you basing this on? Do you have a lot of face time with Cho? Do you know what he's like in a meeting? I find it funny that so many fans seem to know the guy so well. Oh, he's not as open with the media so he can't possibly be good at closing a deal or make good decisions. Seriously, I think everyone got too used to KP and his ridiculous overselling to the fans and media. Whitsitt didn't talk much to the media and he was great at making deals.
 
Natebishop3 said:
What are you basing this on? Do you have a lot of face time with Cho? Do you know what he's like in a meeting? I find it funny that so many fans seem to know the guy so well. Oh, he's not as open with the media so he can't possibly be good at closing a deal or make good decisions. Seriously, I think everyone got too used to KP and his ridiculous overselling to the fans and media. Whitsitt didn't talk much to the media and he was great at making deals.
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I have talked to him twice, via phone and email, but never spoken to Cho face to face. Never had a meeting with him either. I also had the oportunity to talk to Whitsitt a few times, including face to face, and he was a great sales guy
 
i think jordan hired him for his salary cap expertise, as in how to hover around the minimum
 
Rod Higgins gets a new title and a promotion; sounds like Cho is basically the assistant GM, which is probably the best role for him.
 
I'll also point out that the only reason the Blazers got Wallace was because Paul Allen was willing to pay for his contract.
 
3RA1N1AC said:
i think jordan hired him for his salary cap expertise, as in how to hover around the minimum
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Yep.

My thoughts as well. Higgins is basically still the GM, while Cho gets to be in his OKC role, but with a better title.
 
I agree with the others that have said Miller put a good word in for him and Cho was simply not a good fit for us. Not for sure who was making the decision to keep half of a roster full of players that were either hurt or projects, but someone had to answer for it. Betting it will never be PA.
 
So Cho got a GM job before Pritchard . . . very interesting.
 
Mediocre Man said:
Cho is given credit by his new team. A team selling him to fans. This doesn't shoot down anything.
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Well, it's actually pretty easy to shoot down since it's based totally on speculation by one or two posters in this forum. I have never heard or read anywhere else that it was Larry Miller and not Rich Cho that brokered the Wallace trade. Other than posters in this forum, I haven't heard Miller's name associated with the Wallace trade in any way.

If you have a link that proves otherwise, please post it.

BNM
 
Charcoal Filtered said:
I agree with the others that have said Miller put a good word in for him and Cho was simply not a good fit for us.
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I don't understand the logic behind Miller putting in a good word for Cho and telling Charlotte he's a good guy who got a "raw deal". Wouldn't that make Paul Allen look bad, like he screwed over a guy who was doing a good job? Larry Miller has now outlasted his last two GMs and would probably like to outlast the third. I can't see how he could possibly have anything to gain by putting in a good word for a guy his boss just fired.

BNM
 
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Why is it that Pritchard was not allowed to interview for other jobs until his contract was up, but Cho was able to do so right away?
 
Boob-No-More said:
I don't understand the logic behind Miller putting in a good word for Cho and telling Charlotte he's a good guy who got a "raw deal". Wouldn't that make Paul Allen look bad, like he screwed over a guy who was doing a good job? Larry Miller has now outlasted his last two GMs and would probably like to outlast the third. I can't see how he could possibly have anything to gain by putting in a good word for a guy his boss just fired.

BNM
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I'm surprised you can't see this because it happens all the time in other areas of business.

Miller went on record of saying it just wasn't a good fit. Nothing personal against Cho, who did everything he was asked, just didn't fit the Blazer management culture. If making the business decision to find another GM is giving Cho the "raw deal" that was not thier intnet and they probably would love to see Cho get another shot at GM. So wouldn't it be easy to put in a good word for him?

I didn't senes any animosity towards Cho (like with KP) . . . I'm guessing the Blazers are happy Cho found another job and that they could help in that.

I don't know for a fact that is the case, but I do know for a fact it happens in many other businesses.
 
Minstrel said:
I'm sure there's a reasonable explanation for this comment from a non-Bobcats source that still fits with the Cho-played-Solitaire-while-the-grownups-did-his-job narrative.

Let's find it, guys.
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They already found their angle on that.... Michael Jordan is incompetent.
 
Natebishop3 said:
They already found their angle on that.... Michael Jordan is incompetent.
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That doesn't explain what they were impressed by: his negotiating. Maybe he was a crappy negotiator (leading to the Michael-Jordan-is-incompetent premise) but it still means he was the one negotiating, not sitting in a corner defragging his hard drive.
 
Minstrel said:
That doesn't explain what they were impressed by: his negotiating. Maybe he was a crappy negotiator (leading to the Michael-Jordan-is-incompetent premise) but it still means he was the one negotiating, not sitting in a corner defragging his hard drive.
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If you go off of what MM said, it's impossible for Cho to have done any negotiating. He's not a "salesman".
 
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