Rich Cho out as GM!

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Why is everyone so quick to blame the Trail Blazers front office and Paul Allen? Could it be that Cho isnt as good of a GM that we had hoped for?
 
Man, talk about getting blindsided. I wonder what the story behind the story is.
 
Nikolokolus said:
You know how championship teams are built? Sure you have to have talent and yes you have to have some luck, but the one constant is a steady hand in upper management/ownership and a clear vision.

Paul Allen = Al Davis minus the tracksuit
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That's about how I feel. So weird. What the hell is wrong with this front office. Who would want this job??
 
The Blazers behind the scenes soap opera continues...I swear sometimes its so depressing being a Blazer fan!
 
BeerBoy said:
Why is everyone so quick to blame the Trail Blazers front office and Paul Allen? Could it be that Cho isnt as good of a GM that we had hoped for?
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After one season in which he pulled off a mid-season deal which was pretty much universally lauded as a good one? That's a pretty bizarre way to decide that the guy you hired less than a year ago actually is terrible.
 
Never really got to know him. I was a big KP fan so I think I was overly critical on Cho in both warming up to him and analyzing his moves. Either way, I'm ready for another GM.
 
anyone remember who were the GM candidates before cho was hired?
 
BeerBoy said:
Why is everyone so quick to blame the Trail Blazers front office and Paul Allen? Could it be that Cho isnt as good of a GM that we had hoped for?
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Because this a pattern. No patience, no clear vision, no understanding of what it takes to run a top flight organization. Maybe it's the Vulcan thing, maybe Allen has no clue or maybe Bert Kolde is finally going to get his wish. Whatever the case this organization doesn't appear to have a clue what it's doing.
 
I don't get it. My best guess is that him admitting he was overruled on chastising Roy was the reason. In which case Paul Allen really does look like an idiot. Or a megalomaniac. Or both.
 
BeerBoy said:
Why is everyone so quick to blame the Trail Blazers front office and Paul Allen? Could it be that Cho isnt as good of a GM that we had hoped for?
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It's not that he is or isn't a good GM, it's that he only got 1/2 a year to prove himself. Just odd. Hopefully Buchanan is offered, or they already have someone in mind that is a proven GM that they know will take the job. My guess is that the front office thinks more highly of this team than he did though. That sucks. More 1st round exits
 
Nikolokolus said:
Because this a pattern. No patience, no clear vision, no understanding of what it takes to run a top flight organization. Maybe it's the Vulcan thing, maybe Allen has no clue or maybe Bert Kolde is finally going to get his wish. Whatever the case this organization doesn't appear to have a clue what it's doing.
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Maybe, or maybe this is an indication that they do know what they're doing, realized that Cho was a mistake, and have taken a step to fix an error. I think we have to wait and see who is brought in as GM before assessing whether this is a good or bad move. I will say that since Day 1, Cho has struck me as the guy you want in the back room crunching stats and reading the CBA, not the guy who actually has to be out front making the deals.
 
@ChrisMannixSI: Blazers never, ever gave Rich Cho a real chance to run the team. Rival execs always believed Miller was running the show
 
e_blazer said:
Maybe, or maybe this is an indication that they do know what they're doing, realized that Cho was a mistake, and have taken a step to fix an error. I think we have to wait and see who is brought in as GM before assessing whether this is a good or bad move. I will say that since Day 1, Cho has struck me as the guy you want in the back room crunching stats and reading the CBA, not the guy who actually has to be out front making the deals.
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So you don't see any pattern of meddling or incompetence in ownership/upper management in the past 25 years? Hmmm ...
 
Hope Cho gets to live his fantasy as a restaurant critic now.
 
Even if this was Cho's fault, this continues to make the Blazers organization less and less attractive to potential GM and coaching candidates looking for a stable organization to work for.

What a disaster...
 
e_blazer said:
Maybe, or maybe this is an indication that they do know what they're doing, realized that Cho was a mistake, and have taken a step to fix an error. I think we have to wait and see who is brought in as GM before assessing whether this is a good or bad move. I will say that since Day 1, Cho has struck me as the guy you want in the back room crunching stats and reading the CBA, not the guy who actually has to be out front making the deals.
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:cheers:
 
Maybe Cho wanted to make moves but had limited power and got tired of it.

I have a feeling it was Cho that decided to walk.
 
e_blazer said:
Maybe, or maybe this is an indication that they do know what they're doing, realized that Cho was a mistake, and have taken a step to fix an error.
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That doesn't say much about their decision last off-season then. Still, all of one season, in which he made a good trade of significant consequence, seems a bit silly to base a decision that you were all wrong about a guy.

I think that while we don't know with any certainty whether this specific move was right or wrong, the team risks looking unstable and like they have no idea what they're doing....which can impact the quality of people they can attract going forward. And of course there's the danger that they actually are unstable and have no idea what they're doing.
 
Following this team is like watching a never ending m night shyamalan flick
 
Tince said:
Even if this was Cho's fault, this continues to make the Blazers organization less and less attractive to potential GM and coaching candidates looking for a stable organization to work for.

What a disaster...
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This

Minstrel said:
That doesn't say much about their decision last off-season then. Still, all of one season, in which he made a good trade of significant consequence, seems a bit silly to base a decision that you were all wrong about a guy.

I think that while we don't know with any certainty whether this specific move was right or wrong, the team risks looking unstable and like they have no idea what they're doing....which can impact the quality of people they can attract going forward. And of course there's the danger that they actually are unstable and have no idea what they're doing.
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That
 
Is this good or bad??? The frustrating part and I wasn't able to tell you guys yet, but he was going to announce on Courtside tonight that I was about to be promoted from the TV crew to be his 3rd asst. FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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