OK, If Bob Whitsitt "Were" To Apply For The GM Position, Would You Approve?

Curious

 

I wouldn't care if he applied; I would care if he were selected.

 

Hell yes, fantasy basketball all over again . . . what could go wrong?

 

I agree with Maxie. Apply, sure. Get accepted, Fuck no.

 

Not just NO, but HELL NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Remember, he's not a chemistry major! We need one this time.

 

Hell YES!

I loved Whitsitt's teams. I only care about production on the court and he collected assets to build great teams. We got extremely close to winning it all. He didn't have all the lucky lotto draft picks that KP enjoyed yet still put talented teams together.

 

HELL NO!
We dont need anyone from the Jail Blazer era, which includes Warkentein.

 

Sure, I thought he was a good GM. I'd rather him than Ferry.

 

I have no problem at all with Whitsitt applying for the job. Just as long as he's not hired.

 

Sure, why not. Portland is past the point where they need a draft guy (Pritchard) and into the territory where they needs a deal maker.

Say what you want about Whittsit but that dude liked to make deals. Perhaps they could give him an assistant that would tell him things like "You realize that Shawn Kemp is a 300 pound coke-head now, right Bob?"

That's all he really needed.

 

Yes. I liked Trader Bob.

 

He wouldn't have to take on President duties, leave those to Larry Miller. He wouldn't have to oversee the Seahawks. That guy had too much on his plate before.

Bob cut ties with Chris Dudley and Clif Robinson allowing us to get Brian Grant. Bob got quality free agents with the MLE such as Jim Jackson and Detlef Schremph. Those were players that could start on many teams and would be useful to every team, Trader Bob convinced them to sign on with Portland.

 

He also drafted or signed the likes of Rider, Sheed, Wells, Wingfield, QWoods, and those didn't work out very well IMO.

 

Rider was awesome. Sheed and Wells were too.

 

Please refresh my memory.....what did we get in return for your "awesome" players when we traded them??
That's right....scraps. They did so much PUBLIC damage to the reputation of the team that we got rid of them for whatever we could get (chairs, used gum, etc.).

 

Bob subscribed to the "buy high, sell low" theory on assets. Bring in big names, most near the end of their careers, sign them to big contracts, and hope that they click on the court and make a run at a title. Not a bad idea when spending someone else's money. The problem for Bob was that his approach didn't even lead to an NBA Finals appearance, let alone a championship.

I'd pass.

 

Made a splash in the NBA. We got past the first round of the playoffs, which I prefer over not doing so.

I could give a shit what the public thinks. Win or go home. high risk, high reward. i love those kind of teams than one that is stable and boring and slowly building up. its not beautiful to see your team getting knocked out in round one. you have to be the badass.

 

Bob traded Rider for Steve Smith. Rasheed was traded for the Josh Smith draft pick although the magnificent John Nash made sure some other team got it.

 

Exactly my thoughts. Bob is the only GM since 1992 that has gotten a Blazer team out of the first round.

 

Meh ... meh ... meh.