I hope he gets us those pieces as well. This coming week would be a great time to get that ball rolling. It's interesting that this guy is basically the polar opposite of KP in these regards and it may prove beneficial to the team. Fans will probably have a difficult time with him since he'll likely remain tight lipped about roster changes and he doesn't carry the charisma of KP... yet. He seems like a very intelligent guy and I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt until he proves otherwise.
I was hoping to read about how Cho starred on some small division college's basketball team... or at least something about high school. Am I wrong in thinking that someone who has never played can't evaluate talent properly?
A GM does not need to be the one to evaluate the players. He has Born and Bucannon and eventually an assistant GM who can specialize in that. But, if he is not good at evaluating players, he better be very good at trusting the right people to evaluate players for him. He better be great at listening to others when they spend the time to show him why certain players are right or wrong for the Blazers.
My guess is that he is not a talent evaluator, but more of a whiz at other GM type functions. However, if he has people around him to evaluate the talent, then so long as he can obtain that talent properly I'm fine with that.
There are others. There are also those like Michael Jordan, Elgin Baylor, Billy King, Isiah Thomas that have all kinds of basketball experience that are horrible at evaluating talent.
Good read. I'm becoming more and more of a fan of Cho and what he can do for the Trail Blazers. I think the combination of him and Born/Bucannon will be great.
I know they really kinda have to say it, but Buchanan and Borne both sounded like this would be a much better partnership than the old one. Maybe I was just reading into it though? Did anyone else pick up on that/
I didn't read/hear anything from them, so can't comment on how it sounded, but I'd imagine they could sound that way just because they will have more influence now than before? If they are now being relied upon as talent evaluators, as opposed to being part of the group.
Ya, that's true. Cho could have came in and said I am going to lean on you guys a lot for evaluating talent, where KP might have said they were simply a small part of the team? Who knows, but it DID sound that way to me
I agree beerboy! I'm telling you guys this guy is special. I have a good feeling about him. KP was a god among franchise resurrecting GM's. I think this guy is the cold analytical decision maker who puts us over the top. KP was TOO much of a people person IMO. Now we need a new coach and PG and we're good to go.
I hope you are right. I just don't know how you can know this without any history to base that judgement on. I am pleased with Cho as I think he is a good risk to take, but I don't have any idea if he will end up being special.
Just using my wimmins...er MAN intuition. Just a feeling I got, not unlike my crying uncontrollably during hallmark commercials.
