Rich Cho's Recipe For Improving The Trail Blazers (Quick)

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  1. ABM

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    http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindblazersbeat/2010/07/rich_chos_recipe_for_improving.html

     
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    Maybe it's my background in statistics and my job as an analyst, but I find it incredibly comforting to know that we have a process oriented and systematic thinker at the controls, it leads me to believe that he looks at players as sets of skills moreso than people. I'm sure some of you will wrinkle your nose at that and I can understand why, but I think it will pay real dividends to have somebody who is dispassionate and able to look at players as objectively as possible without being blinded by sentimental or emotional attachment.

    If he's not making moves my first instinct is that it's because those deals don't meet the bar he's set for a trade, not because he has romantic notions about all of these players being potential future all-stars.
     
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    Let's hope so. We certainly don't want/need an acute case of Pritchslack settling in here. ;)
     
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    Maybe he wont waste millions of Paul's money on Euro prospects that could never see an NBA court (Freeland/Koponen) -- a better half of a decade and they're still "seasoning" in Europe.
     
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    OddEnormous I'M FLYING!! I'M FLYING!!

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    This proves he's some sort of meticulous genius?

    Fucking hell, he just sounds like every woman who's ever gone to a restaurant.

    "Oh whats that? Oh what's he having? What are the specials? Oh I can't decide... What's the soup today? OH! WHATS THAT?!?!?!?"
     
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    wow, I found that to be one of the least informative articles ever. Good thing Quick asked Cho if he was a yes man, now we know he's not.

    I like the Cho hire, I just don't like that puppy dog essay.
     
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    The alternative in that analogy is the guy who goes into the restaurant and just orders the same thing he always orders.

    I'll have a raw power forward, no seasoning. And I'll start with a small forward with the low shooting percentage dressing. And bring me a mess of those undersized point guards.

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    They're crunchy, and good with assistant coach sauce.

    ...eww.
     
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    Well, in Quick's defense, all he really had to write about was "I had dinner with Cho and he wouldn't tell me anything". Not exactly a compelling story, and yet the column inches must be filled regardless.

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    It's not an analogy. It's just a bunch of bullshit that means nothing except Portland should have possibly interviewed my stepmother.
     
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    Ok, I was giving your post the benefit of the doubt, but if you say was just a bunch of bullshit I'll have to take your word for it.

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    If we're going by this forum's logic it means he can't get the big deals done. This is what I've been told here, and I assume it will still apply to Cho.
     
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    Does anyone know if Danny Ainge reads the chalkboards at restaurants?

    More importantly, does Daryl Morey?
     
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    "Nothing is imminent".

    Oh that's great. I told everyone we had no plan and every single poster on the board told me how I was wrong and we had these trades just waiting to pull the strings on.....

    Nice to know, again, I've been fully justified.

    On the other hand, starting the season with this team certainly gives us depth at SG. That says something.
     
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    Before you pat yourself on the back too much, realize that there is a big difference between "no plan" and "nothing is imminent". Not to mention the fact that a GM saying nothing is imminent means absolutely nothing. When have you ever heard a GM say, "yeah, we are about to make a big trade in the next couple of days. Hold onto your shorts."?

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    I have a similar background and I feel the same way, though I guess it's easy to have bias for our own ways. ;)
     
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    Quote Originally Posted by OddEnormous View Post

    This proves he's some sort of meticulous genius?

    Fucking hell, he just sounds like every woman who's ever gone to a restaurant.

    "Oh whats that? Oh what's he having? What are the specials? Oh I can't decide... What's the soup today? OH! WHATS THAT?!?!?!?"



    Both approaches are shortsighted and lacking in useful info of any detail.

    Smart diners ask the Maitre d' or waitress what's good.
     
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