Fuck Gavin Dawson! If he's not careful, he might be out of a job! You mess with a guy like Wheelz, you never know what might happen!
I caught Canzanos show, and was somewhat bothered by his rant about the OSU students painting themselves in black paint, and how last year (I guess) some fans wore afro style wigs, and acted like idiots. He acted like painting oneself in black makeup/paint is the same as "black face" (which I'm sure most of you know what that is). Black face is done to emphasize certain stereotypical characteristics (the lips, the eyes, hands, etc) whereas wearing black paint over your face isn't the same. I was bothered by how he kept making the point that it's the same, and that anyone who called in and disagreed or didn't think it was as bad as he did, got the "deliverance" music treatment. That seemed to be an obvious attempt to just anger fans and get attention. The funny thing is I think fans painting themselves up in school colors is dumb. But not because of the reasons he ranted on. As for the morning guys, Chad is the worse of the two. Gavin when he's not trying to make a "la familia" type point, is worth listening to. The only time Chad is worth listening to is when they've muted him.
A lot of anger from anyone who dares to have a less than Hall of Fame opinion about Greg Oden at this point in time. Portland fans obviously have a lot of expectations heaped onto Oden. Why, he's a "once-in-a-generation player"! I sure hope the big fella can live up to the ridiculous hype, because if he can't, it will get brutal once the fanbois turn on him here in PDX.
Without strawmen, red herrings, opinions, and rumors, we'd have nothing here. I'm just still wondering what about last night's game would make an opinion about Oden never being a "great" offensive player invalid. Perhaps we need to clarify the word "great"?
I take it you didn't see all of the "Trade Oden" posts that came up after his foot injury. Or the "Why didn't we draft Durant?" posts. PapaG is really not that far off in his opinion of some of the Blazer fans out there.
Excuse me? Gavin and Chad were the ones who jumped off the Oden Bandwagon so fast it made my head spin. My opinion of Greg Oden hasn't changed one bit since before we drafted him. I've been consistent since day one. How does that make me a bandwagon fan? Sticking with a player and/or team through thick and thin seems the polar opposite of being a bandwagon jumper. BNM
Did you actually listen to the podcast of yesterday's MSP show? He didn't just put down Oden (wrongly, inaccurately and unfairly), he made stupid comments about the Blazers (who were tied for 4th in the West at the time in spite of a ridiculously tough schedule) not looking like a play-off team, and being a huge disappointment, etc. Then he was rude to Brian Wheeler, who he invited on his show, and hung up on him. Like he does any caller who disagrees with his stupid, transparent rants. At least he didn't call Wheelz an idiot when he hung up on him - like he often does callers who disagree with him. It's funny, but if you actually listen to the podcast, it was the fans, and Brian Wheeler, that were urging people to be patient and give Oden a chance to develop before rushing to judgment. It was Dawson who took the extreme position based on unrealistic expectations - not the other way around. Again, that's the exact opposite of what happened in this situation. Dawson ripped into Oden, and to a lesser extent the entire team, for failing to live up to unrealistic expectations. It was the fans, and Wheelz, who were the voice of moderation. Most fans are smart enough to realize that when a player has played about a week of competitive ball in the last 19 months that they're going to be a bit rusty. And, even under the best of situations, it takes a young rookie time to adjust to the NBA game. Dawson was calling Oden a huge disappointment after 29 minutes of NBA play and the entire season a waste after 8 games. Tell me again who has the unrealistic expectations? That stupidity, combined with his rudeness, is why I'm upset and will no longer be listening to The Game, during my morning commute. Not because I have unrealistic expectations for the big guy and this team. My expectations may be unrealistic, I don't think so, but even if they are, that's not why I'm upset. I'm perfectly happy, ecstatic in fact, over Oden's progress and the way the team has been playing. BNM
Sorry, old and cranky, I guess. Still, I've never enjoyed their show, their lack of knowledge, and junior high school humor, but this new tactic of overstating extreme opinions to generate calls, and then calling those who disagree with them idiots and hanging up on them, has driven me over the edge. I don't find it the least bit enjoyable or entertaining. I'd prefer a little intelligent discussion over this "agree with me or you suck" approach. BNM
No offense, but they don't care about your 10 minute commute. It's people like me in their cars all day that they care about, and 'controversial' comments keep people listening. As for the rest of your post, I was commenting on the unrealistic expecations of posters here, not "Wheelz", although the rest of the organization has hyped Oden too much IMO. You are taking 10 minute snippets and ripping them, while I get the whole "Game".
less then great is not how I'd characterize their criticisms of Greg's first few games. More like ridiculous leaps of chicken little logic based on little to nothing. Thats what people are getting on them for, certainly not for expressing some doubt about his greatness. Many here have expressed that they don't expect Greg to set the world on fire. Gavin seems to think bipolar hype is a winning formula. STOMP
Hosts are terrible. Show is terrible. Took me about 3 minutes the first time I listened to know my time was spent better elsewhere - so is yours. The whole changing his voice to sound like a tough guy is ridiculous.
Man do these guys look stupid now. Big GO is tearing it up, posting respectable numbers and the team is still winning. Can't wait to hear what the guys say on Monday and if callers call them out, and if they hang up on them quickly.
