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  1. EL PRESIDENTE

    EL PRESIDENTE Username Retired in Honor of Lanny.

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    Stupid motherfucking Blazer Fans.
     
    EL PRESIDENTE, Jun 27, 2021
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    Haynes is DAME'S mouthpiece.
     
    B-Roy, Jun 27, 2021
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    Dame ain’t going anywhere for at least another year imo. It’s time for Olshey to first be assertive and clear at that PC on Tuesday, and second for him to nail the rest of the offseason and put this team in position to contend. The West has never been more open. The future is meaningless, the time to go for it is NOW.

    As for the fans, this Billups stuff will blow over relatively soon. And like they say, winning cures all.
     
    Scalma, Jun 27, 2021
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    Maybe he leaked it before it was final so he could see how much backlash there was going to be. Billups isn't the coach yet officially...the Blazers could still go a different direction.

    Neil had to know there would be backlash. The Blazers had to know. They know about his past. Jody wanted Hammon. Now we know why.
     
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    You wrote exactly what I was about to post. Look at our poll...only 5 people thought it was the wrong decision to hire him? So the cluster fuck is that it was leaked? Seems to me like it was a decent strategy. It gives them time to see how people will react and prepare for it before the news conference. The fact that some fucking morons are blaming Dame is no one's fault but the morons themselves.
     
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    Well, he was never convicted BECAUSE he was never charged. OJ, on the other hand managed not to be convicted DESPITE being charged!
     
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    If there is any truth it is because Dame was blindsided. He didn't know about the past allegations. Neil did and didn't tell him. He put himself out there to go to bat for Billups. Now there is a major backlash and blame is being put on him. It's a fucked up situation. I would be angry if I was Dame too.
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    Why does anyone lash out about anything? I miss the days when people didn't have direct access to players.
     
    Natebishop3, Jun 27, 2021
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    Neil needs to STEP THE FUCK UP in this time of need. Get his damn hanky out, grab the handle on his uberlux or God forbid uberblack and walk his Amadeo Testoni shoes into his office and be better
     
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    Lol, going back on a coaching hire because the FANS. Having your best player in history asking out because of the FANS. Regardless of who you think is at fault, what does this do for future coaches and free agents you try to sign? What about retaining our own players later? We have a hard enough time attracting talent and have to overpay to keep our own players. Now we have this shit on our hands.

    Hire Billups and try to win next season. If that fails trade Dame. Fuck fan pressure.
     
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    Sure, let me piss on your foot to see if you will get upset over me pissing in your eye.
     
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    Maybe we FINALLY FIRE OLSHEY!!!!!
     
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    It's unfortunately the reality we are dealing with. This dumbass vocal minority doing all this.
     
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    I'm not saying Neil would have done that because he gives two shits what fans think. He pisses all over the fans, eye and all. He did it to see if he could get away with his hiring Billups
     
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    He's angry because the idiotic fans can't separate left from right. What did they think would happen if they go after Dame (whether he was responsible or not???). They can all go jump in a pit of fire for all I care.
     
    B-Roy, Jun 27, 2021
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    Coincidentally I actually saw someone driving Billups around in a Celtic green bronco in 1997
     
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    OLSHEY IS BEING PAID BY THE LAKERS TO FUCK THE BLAZERS UP!
     
    SlyPokerDog, Jun 27, 2021
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    This would be even MORE catastrophic. Who is going to want to play for the Blazers in the future knowing management will cave to fans who don't know shit?
     
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    If anyone needs to be questioned about their past, it's Jody Allen. If we're ok with Vulcan/Paul Allen and Jody sweeping sexual harassment and poaching under the rug with hush money and NDAs, then we should be just fine with hiring Billups who has never been charged in a crime. We can't have it both ways Blazer fans. I swear to God this woke, cancel culture being waged by the media is obnoxious - Haynes is a tool who is a clinger on the Blazers beat and people need to stop being baited into his clickbait traps...
     
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