imaginary cap space got Pritch fired. I'm sad, because I like what he's done overall. Getting Camby for Blake/Outlaw is just an indicator of how he can still pull off some great moves that help the team and the fans like.
If it was so terrible they should have fired him on the spot and not let it become the circus that it has. This organization has a history of making terrible decisions, though.
I wonder if any of the same posters who are justifying KP's job by the Blazer team record are also saying that Nate should be fired? I do not think if KP is fired it is because he didn't take the team to the next level. If KP gets fired, it is because behind the scene he pissed off the boss, IMO. Personally I don't have a difficult time believing that KP was complaining about his salary or questioning PA. KP has never been bashful to take credit, talk to the media and build himself up. I don´t think badly of KP, but he is a young GM who up until the time of the Penn firing seemed a bit full of himself (understandably so). If KP gets fired, he will survive. He has skills and I suspect will mature and learn from this experience to use in his next GM job (speak softly but carry a big wallet) As for the Blazers, they too will survive as KP is not the only good GM out there . . . but PA is one of the few owners willing to spend whatever it takes to win a championship. So give me PA over KP any day. Hope KP stays, but I for one don´t need an explanation when a boss decides to fire one his staff. In fact it would be in bad taste to talk shit about a GM when firing them. Just stay professional and leave it at professional differnces.
makes me assume nothing will happen at the draft. probably just a simple BPA, and then out the door. well, my offseason is getting a lot less exciting.
These facts don't lie, though. Which lends me to believe that KP is getting the axe for non-basketball-related reasons.
I don't think KP has done a fantastic job, he certainly has made some mistakes...but firing him and the way they are going about it is fucking piss poor by Allen......
Last summer was KP's downfall. Gave LaMarcus $65m Full court press for Hedo Turkoglu Rocky negotiations with Roy and his agent over extension.
This is not a chicken or egg situation. The GM has a much greater impact on what the coach can do, than the coach does on the GM.
I don't think it is about RLEC becauae that goes into an analysis of how is doing overall with his job. he has made some mistakes, but the overall product he has put into place is a good one and not worthy of being fired, IMO. I'm convinced it was something behind the scene that KP did or said that rubbed PA the wrong way.
I think Oden's graham cracker knees were the the final nail in the coffin for KP. Fair or not, someone had to pay for passing on Durant. If this team could make it deep into the playoffs, he might have been spared. But the team he built couldn't save him ultimately.
Regardless of whether this was a personal conflict or a job performance problem, the guy is gone (or almost certainly so). Time to move on and hope his replacement is capable and talented.
If Seattle gets the #1 pick in 2007 ... what a different vibe this team would have right now. Oden needs to be healthy this year. I don't care if he needs a fucking knee replacement to stay on the court.
Overestimating the worth of Rudy, bayless and some of the other young prospects has to hurt KP as well.....Rudy's drop in value from last year to this year makes dealing him now, selling him low, or otherwise keep him for another year where he complains\sulks about his role....He waited too long...
Exactly! The LaMarcus extension was a joke, the team had all the bargaining power but wilted under the tiniest bit of pressure from fans and the media. This team would be much better off if Brandon and LaMarcus were currently going to be restricted free agents this summer. But no they are both locked up under massive long term deals that harm the strategic position of the franchise just as the summer when Zach/Darius/Theo were given massive contracts.
With Rudy's low contract, what exactly would you think you could receive for him? Plus, were you here advocating trading Rudy after the 2008-09 season? If you weren't, then your opinion seems to be based in hindsight. If you can link me to you advocating a trade of Rudy after his rooike year, I'll take your opinion as more than just criticism.
RLEC saved Paul Allen money. Say what you want about cap space; Allen also wanted to run a lean ship, and this is one way of doing that.
