Pretty hastily put together nuthin' burger of an interview. Not one bit of new or interesting information and Calabro was in complete "fluff softball" mode. It's like he could have easily been selling new cruise packages or lottery tickets.
I really like listening to the guy, both he and Sergi Oliva are really thoughtful communicators. It's obvious they study the game and business.
I for one totally expected some hard hitting questions from the blazer broadcast 10 minutes before a blazer game from people who are paid by the organization why do we suck? When are we trading our vets? what do we hope to get back in a trade? Why isn’t scoot progressing like we hoped? Should we have drafted someone else? JFC people. the narrative was correct…blazer fans don’t know how to live through a rebuild
You need to remember that most “blazer fans” don’t hang on every little trade rumor or things revolving around that. Some people, casual fans, KIDS, etc. just like the team…for the GM to have a quick little interview before the last game of the season isn’t weird. It isn’t supposed to be some profound information wheeling segment.
I agree...I didn't find it newsworthy ..I thought it was a fluff piece. I actually like Joe The Blazers marketing dept does quite a few of these little fluff videos for the kids to enjoy.
Sergi's interview last game had me think he was tapped as the next (interim?) coach, disciple of Quinn Synder. All about pace and tempo.
I just don't like Calabro... And I don't care for the puff piece. Let him be interviewed by a real reporter and I'd probably be more interested. But even then, he can't say anything that will tell us anything.
Calabro is the best I've heard at play-by-play. No one claims he's a reporter, much less an investigative one. I know you guys love to stay up late to read my histories. In the 70s radio post-game shows, the play-by-play man would interview a player (usually the most talkative one...Chick Hearn's go-to was Laker Jerry West, and Bob Blackburn's default was Sonic Fred Brown), then announce the player's payment, a watch or $40 gift certificate from a sponsor. The player would say thank you and leave. The payment ritual was gone by about the 90s. My guess: They were paid so much by then that it seemed tacky. Interview payment was probably in their contract.
