Maybe the long wait for a GM is because...

They ACTUALLY want a GM and not a yes man? Honestly, if they wanted another yes-man, they could have easily filled the position by now, or just kept Buchanan. My "glass half full" reason for the search taking this long is that hopefully they are looking for the best man for the job.... I hope.

 

It's certainly possible ... but part of me wonders if Allen isn't suffering a little paralysis by analysis trying to make a decision ... he could be awfully gunshy after cycling through guys faster than he changes his underwear the past few years (ewww!)

 

I heard Paul is free balling.

 

Seems logical to me

 

It would seem logical if we didn't look at history. I hope you are right

 

Paul has had autonomous GMs before (Bob and KP). I don't see any reason why he couldn't do it again.

 

Well, a couple of guys we have had interest in (confirmed interview of Morway, speculated interest in Ainge) have teams still in the playoffs. So that could play into it as well.

 

Like I said, I really hope you are right, but there is no way it should take over a year to find a replacement

 

You don't actually think they've been looking for a year? Leave it to Larry and Paul to wait until the last minute to start looking again.

 

Oh no. I don't think they have been looking for a year. I wish they had looked sooner is all. This should have been done months ago

 

MM, get over it. They had to wait for the chosen one to be born. Cho was fired as soon as they heard of the conception of the chosen one.

The chosen one is now able to crawl. Give him 3 more months, he'll be walking, and that's when we'll have an announcement.

 

Our next GM is Chandler Jarrell?

 

No, his son. For some odd reason, he looks a lot like Eddie Murphy.

 

Clearly they want a GM whose team is still in the playoffs. No other scenario makes sense. They know they need a GM yesterday, that the draft, a coach, and free agents are looming. BUT they don't want to whiff it again, cannot afford to. So they are waiting to speak with the guy they want. And no, not a yes man.

Seems to me Ainge and Kupchak are the most likely.

 

Cup cake is out of the playoffs. And if he's our next GM, color me very disappointed.

Was Elgin Baylor not available?

 

Indy is still in it too.

 

I concur

Getting back on topic, my thought is that they want the ability to say that they went out and got someone that's not gonna be a yes man but really in his heart of hearts Paul Allen wants a yes man. Maybe he wants someone to be in charge and run the team and what not when he's not around, but when Paul Allen is around he still wants to make the decisions. When Paul Allen says something like "Let's give Darius Miles a big contract" he doesn't want a GM that's gonna tell him no.

Maybe it's that he wants someone that he thinks is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO good that he doesn't feel like he'll ever have to say no.

 

I don't know if I agree. I think Paul loves to be sold on something. He had a great relationship with Trader Bob, and Bob has most definitely NOT a yes man. He was just really good at selling bob on ideas. After all these years, Paul Allen likes to be excited just like the rest of us, but he needs someone that knows how to get him excited about a move. KP was good at that as well.

And in all fairness, Paul became extremely paranoid about losing a young guy after the whole Jermaine O'Neal thing. That's why he extended Darius. He's afraid someone (like Batum) is going to go off and have a huge season for another team. Can you blame him?

 

It's because the Blazers don't know what they want

"We want an experienced GM" - hires Rich Cho