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Jesus christ, Neil handled this awfully but the fault is on the idiotic fans.
The idiotic fans objecting to hiring a candidate who's been accused of rape and whose own defense makes him sound pretty damn bad? The idiotic fans who vociferously objected to Jason Kidd thereby kind of giving anyone paying attention a clue as to how they'd react if Billups was hired? The idiotic fans that it's Olshey's job to please/at least not alienate?
 
If Olshey didn't know there would be some fans that are upset over the hiring of Billups then he's a fucking idiot. Sure, he may have hired who he feels is the best candidate but the way he leaked it through Woj on a Friday afternoon was wrong.


I think we knew that after he signed Crabbe to a 70+ million dollar contract.
 
Again, NOBODY talked about this situation with Billups for years!!! If Billups' name was brought up to you 2 months ago as a potential replacement for Stotts, I highly doubt you know anything about this. Because nobody has brought this up over any of his recent jobs. This was dug up from the depths by fake outraged Portland "fans". Dame wouldn't have said Billups' name if he saw this coming. Nobody with a level head saw this coming
The Billups rape incident was brought up by fans before the Blazers had even narrowed down the names of who they wanted to interview. It was known enough by the Blazers that they asked him about it in his interview. So nobody knew nothing really doesn't wash. Is Portland woke? Or easily outraged? Sure. That's not new. The Blazers as an organization are very very aware of this. They market it to it and profit from it. For Olshey not to either be aware or care is a concern.

If Olshey didn't see the concern by many fans over the possible hiring of Kidd when it was reported by Haynes he lives and works in a hole and needs to climb the fuck out.

If Olshey did see the concern by fans over the possible hiring of Kidd but didn't think it would and/or could possibly apply also to Billips then he is a fucking idiot.

Olshey has publicly blamed fans for shit in the past.

If you don't know your market or your audience the problem is with you, not the market.

*This is from someone who has not been upset over the hiring of Billups.
 
The idiotic fans objecting to hiring a candidate who's been accused of rape and whose own defense makes him sound pretty damn bad? The idiotic fans who vociferously objected to Jason Kidd thereby kind of giving anyone paying attention a clue as to how they'd react if Billups was hired? The idiotic fans that it's Olshey's job to please/at least not alienate?
The idiotic fans going to Dame as if Dame can do anything about it. Yeah those morons. Bunch of fucking kids not used to getting their way.
 
The idiotic fans objecting to hiring a candidate who's been accused of rape and whose own defense makes him sound pretty damn bad? The idiotic fans who vociferously objected to Jason Kidd thereby kind of giving anyone paying attention a clue as to how they'd react if Billups was hired? The idiotic fans that it's Olshey's job to please/at least not alienate?
No. The idiotic fans throwing Dame under the bus for this hire are bad
 
Assuming Dame has bad intentions is what got us into this situation in the first place. And you want to keep doing it. Congrats.

If we lose Dame, look no further than who to blame.
Bullshit. This board is pretty damn liberal and the poll shows that the overwhelming majority are perfectly happy with Billups. If Dame chooses to point to the vocal minority as a reason to leave, then he wants to leave and is looking for an excuse. That's fair enough - nobody should stay at a job they don't like - but fans are fickle mushheads and every athlete knows that.
 
were you not? Or what, you don’t have your own thoughts and everything you say is someone else’s?

Because it's an interesting take that I hadn't seen here. That's what we do here, you know? Talk about the Blazers?
 
Bullshit. This board is pretty damn liberal and the poll shows that the overwhelming majority are perfectly happy with Billups. If Dame chooses to point to the vocal minority as a reason to leave, then he wants to leave and is looking for an excuse. That's fair enough - nobody should stay at a job they don't like - but fans are fickle mushheads and every athlete knows that.
The only ones he sees are the kids in his mentions on Twitter and Instagram. So yeah I’m going to blame our fans. The rational ones are rational enough not to tweet him, even if they don’t agree with the hiring, knowing their opinion is not the only one that matters. Clearly what this event has told us is theres enough twats without enough sensibility to actually grow a brain and do some critical thinking.
 
I just moved to OR last month after being away for ~15 yrs or so on the east coast and midwest. What i saw driving on 84 from the airport was shocking. So much graffitti, homeless camps everywhere, needles in waterfront park, WTF happened to my town.
My wife visited Prague for a conference about 5 years before I did, and the photos I took show a shit ton more graffiti. Maybe the world is different? I went back to England and - get this - everybody's on a CELL PHONE! It wasn't like that when I left in the early 90s!

(My wife also reports exactly the same thing (homeless, drug use) about Vancouver, which wins "worlds most liveable city" on a regular basis. I guess Americans like liberty until they see its ugly side. Other cities have benches specially made so homeless people can't lie down on them - is that better?)
 
Man this is getting U-G-L-Y. If things aren't handled well there could be some dark days on the horizon.
 
I don’t think either side was serious you stupid ass dog

Unfortuniently there is no "just joking" exception from the no personal insult rule. Otherwise, everyone is going to claim they're just joking. There are a few on here who see insults like this and think that either gives them the right to say shit to people or that they're being persecuted because they can't say shit to people.

Just asking you to stop.
 
My wife visited Prague for a conference about 5 years before I did, and the photos I took show a shit ton more graffiti. Maybe the world is different? I went back to England and - get this - everybody's on a CELL PHONE! It wasn't like that when I left in the early 90s!

(My wife also reports exactly the same thing (homeless, drug use) about Vancouver, which wins "worlds most liveable city" on a regular basis. I guess Americans like liberty until they see its ugly side. Other cities have benches specially made so homeless people can't lie down on them - is that better?)

You can't go through a residential or middle class or lower neighborhood in London without seeing "Eat the rich" spraypainted somewhere.
 
"Welcome aboard as our new chef, Dr. Lecter! From a culinary sense, we are confident you will be a great hire!"

Yeah, the two scenarios are identical.
But I will say I just finished binge-watching "Clarice"......her I would hire.
 

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