Meeting between Dame and Cronin today

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  1. Strenuus

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    Yup, even when Travis doesnt mean for it to be on this forum, his tweet shows up and instantly becomes the voice of reason. Thats talent!
     
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    I actually appreciate that he isn't emotionally rooting for Dame or for Cronin... he's just trying to give objective analysis on things. And that analysis has been justifiably criticism the last few years. Not only has the team been terrible on the court, it's been inconsistent in its messaging off of it.

    I don't always agree with Quick, but in the age of media cheerleading, it's nice to see someone be willing to call out bad moves, bad messaging, and bad results.
     
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    Jason Quick for president
     
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    Your posts hit different, and my trying to understand it is hitting differently too. I feel weird.
     
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    Person vendetta, though, which is what Quick has, makes it come off as bitter. May technically still be right, of course. But bitter.

    Now Marang is 5000x worse. lol. Hes just a fucking joke without a fucking clue.
     
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    I'm sure in two weeks he'll let s know it was joking.
     
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    The covert hypnosis is working.
     
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    I think having to listen to him and Steven Ahole at the same time would be damned near torture.
     
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    Oh lord. And with Marangs fake laugh on top of it.

    Marang reminds me of the dude at the bar that never feels like he's being heard by the ENTIRE bar, so he just keeps trying to be louder and louder, with less and less substance until the crowd either leaves or tells him to shut the fuck up.
     
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    I heard it on the a podcast, can't remember which one but it didn't mention that they exclusively worked out with Beckner..just that they had. Dame has been all over the map since the draft
     
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    What evidence is there that Quick has a vendetta against Lillard? I read that column from him this morning and while it seemed harsh, harshness seems justified given the lack of on-court results and the surfeit of off-court discussions in the media.

    Or do you mean he has a vendetta against Cronin? Or both?

    I have no idea who Marang is, honestly. I mean, I've seen him mentioned here but I don't think I've ever intentionally read anything he's written or listened to his show (maybe because no one here seems to respect his wor).
     
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    It seems Travis Demers is a member or a lurker here at S2.
     
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    Do you ever talk about the Blazers, or just about people on this forum that talk about the Blazers?

    Edit: looks like 7 of your last 8 posts have been about posters. Pretty impressive noise to signal ratio there, champ!
     
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    His biggest trend is when asking players or coaches question post events or games he frames questions with...Do you think everything I'm about to say about your game would be correct? In other words, he just doesn't really ask them questions, he asks for their agreement.
     
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    Travis posts here from time to time...always a great guy
     
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    He already is…. of the asshats club…
     
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    Welp, my personal belief is that there should always be an interview process for any job. It brings in new perspectives and you can ask other people in the market how they would approach your specific challenges and goals. I don't like the idea of just handing a job out without bringing in other people to at least hear their thoughts. I have been a part of interview panels and the internal candidate thought they were guaranteed the spot, but their interview sucked and someone else came in and wowed us and they were a great addition. Maybe Joe is the perfect candidate, but he should be able to do an interview and kill it because he knows the club and he should know the challenges inside and out.

    Also.... not to sound woke, but we should have at least given the opportunity to some minority candidates to interview for the job (if they didn't.)
     
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    @Travis Demers is a member. I imagine he pays attention to a lot of places where the fan base reacts to whatever is going on with the team though.
     
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    Further, it's not like Cronin was coming from a franchise that had a bunch of success as he worked his way up the ladder. Was that his fault? Not necessarily, but keeping continuity from within an organization that hadn't had real success in 20-ish years is weird to me.

    Also, as an aside since I know this is not YOUR position, if Cronin were interviewed as part of a batch of candidates, I think that it would have been mentioned by someone, somewhere. And it's Quick's business to know that sort of thing, so I think taking a "We don't know that Cronin didn't have to interview" angle is not a reasonable interpretation of the facts/absence of facts we have.
     
    Ed O, Jun 27, 2023
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    I see him on Reddit pretty often.
     
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