Who Was The Least Respected (Even "Hated") Blazer?

Why is Fratello hated?

 

He's an arrogant little mediocre fuck.

 

yeah

 

Damon only wanted to help Damon

 

I always had a love/hate relationship with Joe Wolf.

 

^ That.

We had some good records with him (.606 and .598), but that was a lot of coasting off the Hubie Brown ten man rotation that we'd set up.

Really, I'm not even that critical of him as a coach though... I honestly get more annoyed with him as an announcer. He's just got an annoying personality. I think MickZagger summed it up pretty well... the guy's just unlikeable. He's a little, cocky, toupee wearing shit with a Napoleonic complex from being four feet tall and talentless, and I can't imagine being a talented, hard working pro athlete getting yelled at by a guy like him... I'd be looking for the nearest locker to throw him in.

 

I can hardly praise a person for writing sexist crap on a coach's car!
I'm hardly an expert but Rider always struck me as a sociopath. He could be superficially charming, smart, engaging, and then turn into a tarantula.
Joe Wolf? come on, a mediocre player who never pretended to be anything but.

 

Why Batum in particular? I don't remember a reason for a particular beef between those two, so remind me.

 

I met a guy who was on the basketball team with Damon at his first high school and he said everyone on the team hated him and was really happy when he transferred. I really REALLY wish we'd just kept Alvin Williams (and never signed Kenny Anderson).

 

What ever happened with Alvin Williams anyway. Seemed like he had some good years with the Raptors and then just vanished.

Just googled Kenny Anderson to see what he was up to and found out two days ago he said he was molested as a kid.

I have a lot more respect now for Kenny than I did before that search. A #2 pick in the draft, he was not a bust but not really great either. But as a guy willing to share what he went through, major props.

 

Interestingly, just like Alvin Williams, his stats fell off a cliff in his late 20's.

 

All I know is Crawchuck completely froze Batum out of the offense. He wouldn't pass the ball to Nico if you gave him a $100 bill and a free hooker.

 

Exactly; that was what I was referring to.

 

I find your assumption a bit off base. How do you know Bonzi isn't a cat lover and was merely making a suggestion to Coach Fratello about companionship?

 

Regarding that Golden State incident where Chris Mills had some of his buddies try to stop our bus, word was that Stacey Augmon played a role in settling it. He evidently had some pretty serious gang connections growing up in So Cal. He made a phone call from inside the bus. A moment later a phone call was made to a member of Chris Mills' posse, and they cleared out.

 

Maybe Bonzi likes pussy (I know I do) and was simply expressing his admiration?

 

Most disrespected was Rudy Fernandez. Sure he's a whiny Eurobitch, but that doesn't justify the the level of abuse he was given. If Brandon retires a year sooner, Miller, Fernandez, and maybe Camby are all still Blazers, and we're an exciting team with a no-doubt-about-it All-Star PF who leads the league in alley-oop dunks by a wide margin.

 

I think it was Canzano, but Quick was holding the cup in his man-cleavage...

 

Rudy was never the same after Odom injured him. He was amazing his rookie year and regarded far higher by blazer fans than Batum. He just never was the same player after that injury and even now in Europe he is good but not close to as effective as he was before coming into the NBA.

Rudy had plenty of chances to prove himself, he started at SG in the playoff series against Phoenix when Roy had surgery and laid a huge egg. He had chances later and had nice moments as a reserve but he wasn't happy with that role here or on other teams. Too bad, he was one of my favorite rookie Blazers I've ever cheered for.

 

That was Trevor Ariza, IIRC. But, yeah.