I really believe that the Blazers have done a complete 180 on the "Jailblazers" era and I thought that everyone felt that way. But I guess not. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/fp/flashPollResultsState?sportIndex=pollindex&pollId=75677 Im surprised that over 1/3 of the people still dont think so. What more could we do?
If you scroll over the states, you'll see the votes. Some of them only have 1 or 2 votes, and the other states that said no are basically 50-50. Those people are obviously out of touch with the NBA.
The highest percentage of "no" votes come from MT, WY, SD, GA, KY, TN, MS, CT and DE. Pretty much all redneck states where ignorance is a badge of honor.
Well, a lot of this has to do with the Pritchard hate that has been in the media lately. Whether that hate is a real sample of what people actually think or not, it's influential. I mean, when you think about it, it's been one columnist and one "executive" (Chris Wallace I'm looking in your direction) that have made a big fuss over KP. It's even gotten Blazer fans hating on KP. That, and the Blazers do have a fairly large internet presence and a. people on the internet are douchebags and b. the Blazers are good, so put two and two together and most people, I'm guessing just hate the fans and think KP is a douchebag based on dubious information.
A. Small sample size. B. Getting more than two-thirds of the people in this country to agree on anything is just about impossible. Short of a roster composed entirely of priests and stocking the Blazers dancers with nuns, I'm not sure what more you could do to change perceptions. Then again...with the problems the Catholic Church has had with priests...I think I'd rather stick with our guys.
After running the numbers through the Z test and T test I have found that the minimal number of votes make this poll statistically invalid.
The beauty of being me (or one of the 17 primary beauties) is not giving a shit about the "image" of the Blazers. Image is subjective and arbitrary and useless to me as a fan. As a result, whether 68% think the Blazers have fixed up their image or 0% do, I don't need to worry about it. Ed O.
I used to be all about winning and still fall more on that side. But having a team that has good character and being involved more and more with the community . . . I actually care what people (and myself) think about the character of the Blazers. I must be getting old . . . because character and perception the only professional sports team in the state of Oregon, matters more to me each year.
I am guessing if ESPN didn't bring the phrase up for a vote, hardly anyone would have remembered it in the first place. Anyone with any amount of basketball intelligence, thinks that phrase is relevant.
So if most NBA free agents thought Portland was a joke, and wouldn't come here, it wouldn't matter to you? If most NBA officials thought Portland's players were dirty, and thus called more fouls on the Blazers, that wouldn't bother you, either? And if fans around the league thought our players were thugs, and thus threw things at them as they left the court, that would't bother you, either? Is that what you mean when you say "image" doesn't matter to you???
Also - if a tree falls in the woods and no-one is around to see it - is Shrodinger's cat alive or not?
