Poll: Biggest fear of the new ownership group (1 Viewer)

[SharpesTriumph]

I'm still super glad that Dundon is an owner and that Jody sold. Bert Kolde was horrific.

These types of moves mimic what Dundon did with the Hurricanes. He ruffled a lot of feathers and cut many costs that really upset some hardcore fans. Seems he wants every dollar to support winning or its eliminated. That focus makes sense to me. Right now the Hurricanes are 2-0 and very close to the highest odds to win the title. Blazers haven't had that in a quarter century.

Yeah a bunch of Blazer fans will bitch and moan about tshirts or a practice player not traveling. I'm sure there will be many more of these. I'll just enjoy and laugh at all the complaining.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

I'm not a Quick fan, but at least he did some research and got some explanations about all this. Unlike everyone else who jumped on the chance to get clicks and fans who jumped to conclusions and believed all the false reports (coach salary).

Blazers owner Tom Dundon doesn’t care that others say he’s cheap

When it comes to everything outside the locker room, the Blazers will be cheap. And they won't follow the widely accepted norms of the NBA.

www.nytimes.com

As a result, Dundon’s attempt at a covert search for coaching and general manager candidates has been exposed on a nearly daily basis. His contact with St. Louis University coach Josh Schertz at the Final Four, and later with Iowa coach Ben McCollum, have leaked.

League sources — granted anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the coaching search — also say former NBA coach Michael Malone was contacted before he took the University of North Carolina job, as well as former Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau, who is no longer a candidate. And before he took control of the Blazers, Dundon spoke to former Toronto executive Masai Ujiri.

“Of all the things reported on Tom, the one thing that is not true is the coaching thing, that he is trying to get someone for $1 million to 1.5 million,” a team source said. “It’s just not true. He’s talked to everybody, and of course, some coaches he talks to would be less expensive than others. The goal is to find the best person.”

“Tiago is going to be the leading candidate,” a team source said. “People ask: Why don’t we just give Tiago the job? That would be the easy thing to do. But ownership wouldn’t be doing the team or the fan base justice if other people weren’t interviewed. Let’s have a process.”

If Dundon has made one thing clear in his first month as owner, it’s this: He cares more about winning than he does people’s opinion. He vows he will spend on the roster — a source said he is already committed to dipping into the salary tax next season to land a star player — and has been matter of fact about his disdain for frills, his popularity be damned.

“He is unapologetic,” the team source said. “All he cares about is what is good for the team and what makes the team win. Which means he is going to be OK making tough decisions.”
So if that means taking a public-relations hit for requiring the support staff to check out of the hotel to escape paying late-check out fees? A source said the team ran the numbers and estimated it will save $1 million in the next year. That’s $1 million that could go to bettering the players’ experience.

As for the fans? When they arrive at the Moda Center for Friday’s Game 3 against San Antonio, there will not be the customary free T-shirt waiting on the seats. When team president Dewayne Hankins announced the no-shirt decision, fans were up in arms, chalking it up to another cheapskate move by the new owner.
On the contrary, Dundon was thinking about the players and how he could create a competitive advantage.
“Tom’s point of view was how do we get even more home-court advantage?” a team source said. “So he wanted to experiment a little bit with something that could create noise, and where 19,000 are waving something when the Spurs are shooting free throws. That’s better than a T-shirt.”

“His heart is in the right place,” the team source said. “He is going to build this thing into a winner, I know it. And I know three years from now, or five years from now, people are going to love it.

SIGN ME UP! an owner who 10000% cares about winning.

 

[Samuel]

I'm still super glad that Dundon is an owner and that Jody sold. Bert Kolde was horrific.

These types of moves mimic what Dundon did with the Hurricanes. He ruffled a lot of feathers and cut many costs that really upset some hardcore fans. Seems he wants every dollar to support winning or its eliminated. That focus makes sense to me. Right now the Hurricanes are 2-0 and very close to the highest odds to win the title. Blazers haven't had that in a quarter century.

Yeah a bunch of Blazer fans will bitch and moan about tshirts or a practice player not traveling. I'm sure there will be many more of these. I'll just enjoy and laugh at all the complaining.

I expected major reorg/shuffle this summer. doing it late in the season is the surprising part. but it's a useful message for him to send, I guess.

 

[SwissBlazer]

In The Athletic written by Quick:

“Of all the things reported on Tom, the one thing that is not true is the coaching thing, that he is trying to get someone for $1 million to 1.5 million,” a team source said. “It’s just not true. He’s talked to everybody, and of course, some coaches he talks to would be less expensive than others. The goal is to find the best person.”

 

[Cugel]

At least we know how to get his attention: call him a cheapskate.

 

[BigGameDamian]

 

[THE HCP]

Sometimes the devil you know, is better than the devil you don't.

YOU RANG FAMS?

 

[BigGameDamian]

 

[HailBlazers]

My biggest fear is they shake up Blazers fucking broadcasting.

 

[wizenheimer]

My biggest fear is they shake up Blazers fucking broadcasting.

watching the replays looked like they were already shaking

 

[sheed30]

I'm not a Quick fan, but at least he did some research and got some explanations about all this. Unlike everyone else who jumped on the chance to get clicks and fans who jumped to conclusions and believed all the false reports (coach salary).

Blazers owner Tom Dundon doesn’t care that others say he’s cheap

When it comes to everything outside the locker room, the Blazers will be cheap. And they won't follow the widely accepted norms of the NBA.

www.nytimes.com

SIGN ME UP! an owner who 10000% cares about winning.

Many people have rolled with the stories so to speak and put their loom and gloom all over it.

And the negative Nancy’s in here just eat it up and post likewise about it. So not surprised.

The media put Billups through some shit when he got the job about his rape case in college.

Some of the things said about Tom isn’t the best look but we don’t know if it’s true and lets give him a offseason or two, see how he handles the coaching job and etc first before jumping to conclusions based on a click bait articles.

 

[Freshtown]

It seems all but guaranteed that we are going to send out all of our future firsts this offseason for an aging win now star, be it Giannis, kawhi, etc.

Classic new owner move that he seems primed for.

 

[julius]

I'm not a Quick fan, but at least he did some research and got some explanations about all this. Unlike everyone else who jumped on the chance to get clicks and fans who jumped to conclusions and believed all the false reports (coach salary).

Blazers owner Tom Dundon doesn’t care that others say he’s cheap

When it comes to everything outside the locker room, the Blazers will be cheap. And they won't follow the widely accepted norms of the NBA.

www.nytimes.com

SIGN ME UP! an owner who 10000% cares about winning.

Cant be!!! Danny Marang, Bill Simmons and Dwrong Jaynes said he was going to spend 8 dollars on a new coach!

 

[julius]

I think I said it before, but just because the team spent money before on stuff doesn't mean they HAVE to continue doing it.

But if it sells clicks or draws radio listeners to your show, chicken little away!

 

[bigbailes]

My biggest fear is they shake up Blazers fucking broadcasting.

Can you imagine if they lay off HCP and he's on here EVEN MORE than he already is??? God help us all!

 

[bigbailes]

It seems all but guaranteed that we are going to send out all of our future firsts this offseason for an aging win now star, be it Giannis, kawhi, etc.

Classic new owner move that he seems primed for.

I assumed this as well but TWT doesn't seem to be doing the things that normal new owners do, usually they eat up the positive PR during the honeymoon phase and this guy nuked his good will from the jump. That gives me hope that he won't mortgage the future on some boneheaded trade for an aging guy that takes us from 7 seed to 5 seed with no future assets.

 

[LayneStaley]

I think he’s gonna do what it takes to get off Grant and Jrue contracts.

 

[Everything Beagle]

I’m interested to see how the league leadership reacts to this behavior. Basketball is a sport for owners too, and the decorum portion of the grading is very important. This is why the league rigged the draft for San Antonio (which is a model franchise) and for Dallas (who donated Luka to LA to keep them succeeding).

If the league foresees the next CBA negotiation to be difficult, perhaps because the cap or expansion or media deals will result in less overall revenue, a cheapskate owner like Tightwad Tom will be rewarded by the league and shown as an example to other owners of how to tighten their belts while maintaining a quality on-court product.

If the league sees Tightwad Tom as being too cheap, however, they may punish the team with worse draft picks, worse treatment from the refs, and pressure to donate our best players like Deni to teams better deserving of success like perhaps New York or Boston.

Next season will be interesting for those who choose to watch it.

 

[THE HCP]

Can you imagine if they lay off HCP and he's on here EVEN MORE than he already is??? God help us all!

 

[Domihatin]

I hope they don't fire him.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[THE HCP]

I knew they didn’t bring award winning team photographer Bruce Ely down to San Antonio but Casey Hodahl as well. The team’s reporter?!?

 

[bigbailes]

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At least figure out how to look into the camera when you're (I'm assuming) flipping me off, or is that your index finger? I did hope to run into you at Game 1 though, until I remembered the league did the idiotic thing of no local broadcasts for the entire playoffs. Sounds like TWT might not have sent you guys anyway.

 

[THE HCP]

At least figure out how to look into the camera when you're (I'm assuming) flipping me off, or is that your index finger? I did hope to run into you at Game 1 though, until I remembered the league did the idiotic thing of no local broadcasts for the entire playoffs. Sounds like TWT might not have sent you guys anyway.

Love San Antonio, one of my favorite stops.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

the league did the idiotic thing of no local broadcasts for the entire playoffs. Sounds like TWT might not have sent you guys anyway.

It was part of the new TV deal that brought in A LOT of money to the NBA and its teams. We may not like it, but it's not "idiotic".

 

[bigbailes]

It was part of the new TV deal that brought in A LOT of money to the NBA and its teams. We may not like it, but it's not "idiotic".

Agree to disagree on the idiotic part I guess ... more $ for the league doesn't mean much of anything to the average fan that enjoys listening the broadcasters they've heard all season long over national guys that don't know their teams well at all and make it all sound very surface level.

 

[BassPlaya]

I'm not a Quick fan, but at least he did some research and got some explanations about all this. Unlike everyone else who jumped on the chance to get clicks and fans who jumped to conclusions and believed all the false reports (coach salary).

Blazers owner Tom Dundon doesn’t care that others say he’s cheap

When it comes to everything outside the locker room, the Blazers will be cheap. And they won't follow the widely accepted norms of the NBA.

www.nytimes.com

SIGN ME UP! an owner who 10000% cares about winning.

Now you've done it. What could possibly be more important than the drama addicted internet fans getting their internal endorphin rush by hating on the new owner?

Killjoy.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

I knew they didn’t bring award winning team photographer Bruce Ely down to San Antonio but Casey Hodahl as well. The team’s reporter?!?

Yes it is sad for the people that have these jobs. I enjoyed Casey podcast, especially the old one he did with Joe Freeman.

But I can see why a new owner might question how this job directly contributes to the team winning.

We might see some massive changes on the business side of the Blazers.

 

[Phatguysrule]

I'm not a Quick fan, but at least he did some research and got some explanations about all this. Unlike everyone else who jumped on the chance to get clicks and fans who jumped to conclusions and believed all the false reports (coach salary).

Blazers owner Tom Dundon doesn’t care that others say he’s cheap

When it comes to everything outside the locker room, the Blazers will be cheap. And they won't follow the widely accepted norms of the NBA.

www.nytimes.com

SIGN ME UP! an owner who 10000% cares about winning.

If he builds it into a winner I won't have any problems.

 

[SharpeScooterShooter]