PATTERSON BIG SHOW INTERVIEW

[Mediocre Man]

That's the spirit!

I did try and look back, and I joined sometime in 2008.


If you wanna pm me, I will tell you how I know Steve....who is a piece of shit

 

[BGrantFan]

I did try and look back, and I joined sometime in 2008.


If you wanna pm me, I will tell you how I know Steve....who is a piece of shit

I'm fine. I have no reason to doubt you. If Patterson wanted Durant, good for him. Seemed like an easy stance to take at the time for him, though, since everybody knew who the Blazers were going to pick. Playing contrarian prior to a known result is always a winning position.

 

[maxiep]

I agree, but I think at some point along the line the "& CO." part got dropped. KP's been riding on a lot of fan sentiment that everything he touched had turned to gold and that he was this massive wheeler dealer because of all the trades he'd orchestrated on draft day in 2006, well maybe he wasn't so much of a wheeler dealer after all, and maybe Chad Buchanan and Mike Born didn't get enough credit for the scouting they did.

I liked KP, I thought he was a pretty good GM, but I'm glad the halo is maybe going to get knocked off of his head a little bit ... KP the fallible human being is whole lot more appealing to me than Saint Kev.

I never bought into the "KP could do no wrong" crap, but he was a top 7-10 GM in this league. Every GM makes mistakes. You don't fire someone like that unless you have a replacement equal or better in hand.

And for me "KP the Blazers' GM" is a whole lot more appealing to me than "KP the Nuggets' GM".

 

[maxiep]

Gabriel is a name I keep thinking about as a potential replacement for KP. I heard the same thing Patterson just said from my uncle.

John Gabriel did a nice job with the Magic. I would be happy to have him as a replacement.

 

[Nikolokolus]

I never bought into the "KP could do no wrong" crap, but he was a top 7-10 GM in this league. Every GM makes mistakes. You don't fire someone like that unless you have a replacement equal or better in hand.

And for me "KP the Blazers' GM" is a whole lot more appealing to me than "KP the Nuggets' GM".

I would have been happy to see KP retained, but I don't think it's quite the disaster some are making out (unless his replacement is a boob)

As for Denver it sounds like Kroenke's kid is going to take over. In any case, I'm sure KP will get a new gig, but I have to wonder if it won't be as a head of scouting for some organization. This is a pretty small community of people we're talking about. If KP really did try to make a power play for Larry Miller's gig and that's what got he and Penn canned then I tend to think it won't be overnight that he's installed as the head of basketball ops for some team.

 

[maxiep]

Is this the same Steve Patterson who flat-out lied about paying Darius Miles' fine after Miles went off on Mo Cheeks? Didn't he call Canzano a liar for reporting it, and then had to eat crow once Canzano came up with the actual document? That Steve Patterson? Yeah, he's real credible.

Except for the fact that the Blazers never paid it, and the document was written by Jeff Weschler, Miles' agent.

 

[BGrantFan]

Except for the fact that the Blazers never paid it, and the document was written by Jeff Weschler, Miles' agent.

Except that Patterson DENIED there was such a document, until the document surfaced.

Patterson is a known liar and is a douchebag in general. His image rehab attempts yesterday while picking on Pritchard's still warm carcass cement my view of him. It's not like the team hadn't paid a huge fine prior to that. The document existed. It had been discussed.

Using one example for perspective: After Damon Stoudamire’s third marijuana arrest in the summer of 2003, the Blazers fined him $250,000. Later, after Stoudamire underwent rehabilitation and aftercare and agreed to regular urine tests, management rescinded the fine with the promise from the player that he would donate the same amount of money to Albina Head Start.

 

[barfo]

I would have been happy to see KP retained, but I don't think it's quite the disaster some are making out (unless his replacement is a boob)

As for Denver it sounds like Kroenke's kid is going to take over. In any case, I'm sure KP will get a new gig, but I have to wonder if it won't be as a head of scouting for some organization. This is a pretty small community of people we're talking about. If KP really did try to make a power play for Larry Miller's gig and that's what got he and Penn canned then I tend to think it won't be overnight that he's installed as the head of basketball ops for some team.

Well, only if the President of the new team is very secure about his own employment. Are there any teams where the President is the owner's kid or something?

barfo

 

[maxiep]

Except that Patterson DENIED there was such a document, until the document surfaced.

Patterson is a known liar and is a douchebag in general. His image rehab attempts yesterday while picking on Pritchard's still warm carcass cement my view of him. It's not like the team hadn't paid a huge fine prior to that. The document existed. It had been discussed.

He denied the Blazers wrote the document, which is correct. Pay attention.

 

[BGrantFan]

He denied the Blazers wrote the document, which is correct. Pay attention.

OK. Not the point, but whatever.

 

[BGrantFan]

Well, only if the President of the new team is very secure about his own employment. Are there any teams where the President is the owner's kid or something?

barfo

Isn't Kroenke the owner? Sounds like a Jerry Jones situation is developing in Denver.

 

[RoyToy]

Lol, what a joke. He's one of those players in the NBA that thinks he's never committed a foul.

Bad stuff happened - someone else made me

Good stuff - it was me!!! believe me!!!

Go away.

edit - and yeah, I'm sure the only thing KP did was trade for Sergio. He did nothing else that whole draft. Right...

We've seen how KP operates since the 2006 draft. Funny, those drafts look a lot like the 2006 draft with all the deals being made.

 

[BlazerWookee]

1080, lol...

 

[BrianFromWA]

anyone else think that there was some kind of non-disclose agreement with Patterson's "stepping down" in 2007 that expired with his successor being gone? I mean, I haven't heard of or from Patterson in 3 years, and all of a sudden he's pressing more flesh and giving more interviews than a political candidate.

 

[RoyToy]

And just to make one final point on the turd that is Steve Patterson

SP stated that if something works out, he likes to spread the credit around to everyone and not direct all the credit to himself, and when something bad goes down he likes to take the blame.

What does he end up saying? Roy and Aldridge were all mine!!!! D Miles, not my fault!!!

Sure he's not on the job anymore, but I just found it funny. He's a turd.

 

[Minstrel]

I mean, I haven't heard of or from Patterson in 3 years, and all of a sudden he's pressing more flesh and giving more interviews than a political candidate.

Maybe he is a candidate, just not a political one. Patterson as the next Portland GM.

 

[BGrantFan]

anyone else think that there was some kind of non-disclose agreement with Patterson's "stepping down" in 2007 that expired with his successor being gone? I mean, I haven't heard of or from Patterson in 3 years, and all of a sudden he's pressing more flesh and giving more interviews than a political candidate.

No, I just think he's an opportunistic douchebag who got word of the timing of Pritchard's firing and saw it as a chance to rewrite his disastrous history through his own subjective and revisionist lens.

 

[Shooter]

Fascinating stuff. If Pritchard actually was conspiring to get himself and Penn promoted through a deception, then Paul Allen is taking the high road by not revealing the reason for the firing. It would be easy to make Pritchard look like a sleazeball, but instead he is just letting him go without comment.

 

[BGrantFan]

Fascinating stuff. If Pritchard actually was conspiring to get himself and Penn promoted through a deception, then Paul Allen is taking the high road by not revealing the reason for the firing. It would be easy to make Pritchard look like a sleazeball, but instead he is just letting him go without comment.

Well, that's the line the Vulcans are leaking. Sounds better than "Paul Allen got his widdle feewings hurt because Pritchard was getting all of the credit", I guess.

 

[barfo]

Well, that's the line the Vulcans are leaking. Sounds better than "Paul Allen got his widdle feewings hurt because Pritchard was getting all of the credit", I guess.

Sounds more plausible, too. When has Allen ever been a credit-hog? I think he's pretty much the opposite.

barfo

 

[BGrantFan]

Sounds more plausible, too. When has Allen ever been a credit-hog? I think he's pretty much the opposite.

barfo

That's why he sits in the front row under the basket? Didn't see him at many games 2004-2007 sitting in his seat. I remember when he finally went to game after a long absence, the question was how he'd be received. Did hear him whine via Vulcan and David Stern about a broken business model during those yeasr, too. I'm sure that has little to do with seeking attention when things are going well.

 

[barfo]

That's why he sits in the front row under the basket? Didn't see him at many games 2004-2007 sitting in his seat. Did hear him whine via Vulcan and David Stern about a broken business model during those years, though. I'm sure that has little to do with seeking attention when things are going well.

Where do you think the owner of the team should sit? Up in the 300 level against the wall?

barfo

 

[BGrantFan]

I think they should be in the same seat when things are bad.

 

[barfo]

I think they should be in the same seat when things are bad.

Oh, I see. It's not where he sits, but where he doesn't sit. Not appearing at games shows that he wants to take all the credit. Sure, that makes total sense.

barfo

 

[BGrantFan]

Oh, I see. It's not where he sits, but where he doesn't sit. Not appearing at games shows that he wants to take all the credit. Sure, that makes total sense.

barfo

Did you listen to Lary Miller's pathetic presser last night? I'm surprised Paul Allen didn't walk out and have Miller service him during the middle of it.

Yes Men unite!

 

[barfo]

Did you listen to Lary Miller's pathetic presser last night? I'm surprised Paul Allen didn't walk out and have Miller service him during the middle of it.

Yes Men unite!

It was pathetic. I'm no Larry Miller fan. But what that has to do with this discussion I don't know. If Allen was the egotist you claim, he would have been in front of the cameras himself.

barfo

 

[BGrantFan]

It was pathetic. I'm no Larry Miller fan. But what that has to do with this discussion I don't know. If Allen was the egotist you claim, he would have been in front of the cameras himself.

barfo

There is a difference between being an egotist and wanting credit. Anyhow, this bores me. Are Ed or Minstrel around to at least be interesting?

 

[barfo]

There is a difference between being an egotist and wanting credit. Anyhow, this bores me. Are Ed or Minstrel around to at least be interesting?

No, sorry, you'll have to make all your unsupported claims and illogical wandering arguments to me.

barfo

 

[BGrantFan]

No, sorry, you'll have to make all your unsupported claims and illogical wandering arguments to me.

barfo

Does anybody here have supported claims? I do agree that all of us have illogical wandering arguments, though.

 

[barfo]

Does anybody here have supported claims?

Yes, many people here are able to provide factual backup for their positions.

barfo