Mike Barrett Q & A with Larry Miller - KP situation

http://mikebarrettsblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/few-moments-with-prez.html

 

Before reading I just have to say it doesn't surprise me Larry Miller would turn to Mike Barrett to get his side out there.

 

After reading the first couple questions I just skimmed the rest. Pointless.

 

I agree. The entire thing can be boiled down to: "Nothing has been decided, there's no timeline on where there will be any decisions and here's a bunch of standard PR that happens to also be true."

 

Mike Barrett is a very nice guy but he works for the Blazers and will NEVER say anything critical of them or ask a tough question. If he did he would follow KP out of town and we could have another person on Blazer TV network. I can't even watch the Courtside show due to their inability to say opinions or call out Blazer management when they are wrong. I know many people don't like Quick or Canzano, but having yes men conducting interviews his aweful.

 

Come on Mike, can you not ask the big question (or is it there no question it is true at this point):

Is it true Blazers have hired a scouting firm to seek out potential GMs?

 

This is how I heard the interview

 

Meanwhile, KP the other Blazer employee is the straight shooter?

 

with history as my witness, the most telling quote of the interview was on the speculations this time of year

Believe me, the majority of this stuff is just absolutely unfounded and untrue. -Larry Miller

we shall see if Vescey and Co are right and KP is fired right after the draft and this "no decision has been made/this is how our business is always done" stuff was just a smokescreen.

STOMP

 

from Quick

Didn't exactly deny it, did he.

 

We've talked about this before. This is a man interviewing his BOSS! I wonder how brave some on here would be when it comes to asking touchy ?'s of their own boss.

 

I get that point, but Barrett tries to sell this as if Miller's answers to his questions cleared a lot of things up that's been said in the media. In reality, it's just more of the same that cleared up absolutely nothing.

 

ah, gotcha.

 

If you take them at their word that they always review management this time of year (which seems reasonable to me), how could they clear things up when (as the norm) nothing has been decided on? I'm reminded of the frantic threads last year when Roy and Aldridge weren't already signed and how they were gonzo. I know that I don't know whats what but my best guess is the Blazers are just going about their business while the speculators are going about theirs. Grab some popcorn and watch things unfold

looking into the availability of another top GM may well have happened, but for all we know thats normal for them as well as they assess the lay of the land within their business/cover their bases. Does anyone know when is Presti's contract up?

STOMP

 

The way I read it is that MB is simply saying the media has not reported the true story. He is certain of that. Because they either do not know or they are not saying. Is KP gone? yes. The reason he will be gone....has not yet been told.

 

Which is all the reason for not conducting the "interview".

When you pretend to be "interviewed" by a supposed member of the media, this is a form of a lie. Not a big lie, but a white lie.

It's bullshit.

Rather than shovel bullshit, Larry Miller never should have asked Mike Barrett to conduct a fake interview in the first place.

Larry Miller is a salesman - and it shows.

 

"Both teams played hard."