They weren't saying anything, because they weren't fans then.... Seriously though, when KP was promoted, we were coming off our worst season and attendance was in the shitter. Very few people in this city gave a rats ass who the GM was.
I remember being so relieved Patternash was gone that I didn't care who the new guy was. I figured at the very worst he could only be just as bad.
AND there was nowhere to go but up AND he was being hailed as the smartest chap in the organization AND we were REBUILDING AND were were getting rid of Nash and Patterson. For those in absolute hysterics re: my opinion on this hire, I've said before, if we were coming of a 27 win season I'd be in favor of someone like Richard. We aren't even close to being that team. We do not need to free up millions in cap space or stockpile draft picks.
You continue to demonstrate an inability to understand pretty basic concepts that almost everyone else reading these threads grasps. You're like a child. It's probably best if you go back to posting in character so at least some people will find you intentionally funny. Ed O.
To interject, what basic concepts are you speaking of in this post? Cho simply does not have time to learn on the job. He had better be ready right now, and he had better put this team over the top. He's been handed a playoff roster; very few rookie GMs get that opportunity. I hope he's not in over his head.
I'm actually one of the very few thats applied reason to my opinion and several times. Hiring a rookie at the very instant we need experience. Not to mention hiring someone with less experience than the guy we just fired. Hiring someone who's never made a big final touch trade or brought in a big free agent. IMO that's a better opinion than "You never know." or "I just feel good about this guy." "I just feel good about this guy." is 100 times more offensive than giving 4 reasons why you don't like the hire.... but here you are having a go at me. Is "I just feel good about this guy." reason? Is it? Is it? Or is it you just don't like me so whatever I type you instantly start calling me names? As usual you offer nothing else than name calling and boring rehashes of other people posts.
That's pretty much how I feel. I understand that the guy has talent, and is lauded as a great up-and-comer, but this team needs someone who can take what we have and build on it. I hope Cho is the man for that job.
So when we make a good trade, is everyone going to say that we CHOWNED them? I like chowned better than pritchslapped.
Stop being "childish" by pointing out the glaring and obvious questions surrounding this hire. I hope Cho makes a move to put the team into title contention. He's been handed a 55-60 win team when its healthy. I also hope he never gives an interview, but when he is forced to do so, I hope he credits everybody involved in the entire organization.
Pointing out Cho's inexperience-->Not childish Mocking those who choose to be optimistic-->Childish Expressing disappointment over Cho's selection-->Not childish Dogmatically claiming that we are headed for cap space and draft picks-->Childish Contrasting KP's hire with Cho's because of the state of the team at the time-->Not childish Automatically assuming that Cho will fail before he's done anything-->Childish OddEnormous makes some good points, but obscures them with ridiculous ones.
1. Experience is a consideration, but not the SOLE consideration. Rookie GMs have had resounding success and veteran GMs have failed miserably. 2. Cho has an excellent skill set, and has positives above and beyond him merely being unknown. 3. KP is not coming back to be the GM for the Blazers any time soon. That information is easy to understand and has been often repeated, but Odd Enormous keeps ignoring or distorting them as he throws in conniption fits in these threads. He's either being dishonest or is exceptionally dense and/or immature. I think that immature is the most charitable explanation. I do, too. I have at least as much confidence in him as I do in all of the other available GM candidates, and I think in the long run he has a chance to be an excellent GM. Ed O.
I find this hiring to be questionable. I understand the excitement of a new name who is smart, up and coming and is coming from an organization that has had recent success. But is that the type of GM the Blazers need. This isn't time to rebuild or find young new talent. In fact the new GM walks into a snake pit where a move basically has to be done this summer. You really can't go into camp with Rudy, Matthews, Bayless, Babbit and Cunningham all fighting for back up minutes behind Roy and Batum can you? The new GM has got to make a major move this summer. Some may not have liked the moves Ferry or Pfund have made, but they proven that they can make the blockbuster deal. We are about to find out if Cho can make one, with the Blazers being the guinea pig. I wonder what about Cho made him more appealing than Ferry or Pfund for the current GM position. Could it be Cho passed the control factor test and the other two did not? I'm not saying Cho bows down to the vulcan gods or anything like that. I just find it a curious hiring and wonder what was really behind the hiring of Cho over Ferry and Pfund.
