Too bad for KP. There "will" be a championship in Portland...and he'll have to watch from afar. http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2007/apr/01/pritchard_worked_way/?more_like_this
Right now, this franchise has taken a couple of steps back due to self-inflicted wounds. A championship seems further off for me at any time since we won the #1 pick in 2007. Good teams prepare long-term strategies and patiently execute them. We just tore up ours for no good reason.
Hate to say it but I thought Canzano's piece (last night/today) was brilliant and probably closer to the truth than anyone else has come.
Agreed. KP was great at managing down and bad at managing up in a political environment. This shit wouldn't have happened with the Spurs.
Part of me had always wondered if KP's shirt-hanging-out, casual look was kind of an "up yours, Vulcan" fashion statement. (while, at the same time, a connecting point of sorts with Blazer fans.)
It wasn't bad until this paragraph: "and it became clear why in that post-draft news conference. Allen's decision to humiliate Pritchard and make an example of him isn't justifiable or humane. Pritchard's firing goes down as one of the lows in franchise history. Given the franchise is 0 for 22 seasons when it comes to championships under Allen's ownership: A: He keeps saying Allen decided to humiliate Prichard. He said it over and over on his show as well. I think this is bullshit. it appears to me that KP pressed the issue on Draft day about his future, and PA simply acknowledged that he would be let go. But I think it clear that PA would have waited. His intent was not to humiliate him , so stop trying to incite the masses john. B: He also keeps harping on ZERO championships in 22 years. Come on, how many owners have won in those 22 years. I count 7. Not a long list.
What does it matter if the list is 1 team? He's 0-fer-22 and sat at the top of the totem pole for the worst ever period (by a mile) in the clubs existence. Now he's fired the guy who's brought the Titanic back to the surface without having a better plan in place because he didn't name check Larry Miller during radio interviews. It's a fucking disgrace.
Well then he needs to keep it those facts and not keep stressing the 0-22 part of it. Because being 0-22 has nothing to do with whether or not he has been a failure as an owner. There are plenty of good owners that never won a championship just like there are plenty of great players who never did.
Did he call him a failure? Or just point out the fact that he hasn't exactly been a roaring success? Spending piles and piles of money does not alone make you a good owner. In fact one could argue it makes you a rather shit one especially when you haven't sniffed the 2nd round in almost a decade.
Agreed. Starting the day Miller came on board this team's management has been chaotic, embarrassing, and pointless. The wrong players are gone, the wrong managers are gone, and the names mentioned to replace them all fail to inspire my hopes. This team needs a new owner so bad.
Exactly. I cannot imagine any free agent wanting to sign with us for the next few years after seeing the mess our front office is.
I'd allow myself to be humiliated like that for $100k. Pritchard allowed it for $800k. Can't say I blame him. I hope he's enjoying a nice vacation in Hawaii right now, courtesy of Paul Allen.
I don't blame him either - I might well have made the same choice in his shoes. It was a choice, however - he didn't have to stick around. barfo
Serious? If we actually had money to spend, no one would take it? We only have the mid-level exception and I guarantee it will be accepted by someone who wants to win and play in front of a packed house. Just put Camby and Roy in charge of recruiting free agents. (And Howard if he is still on the team) Do you guys really think players care about the suits?
Not one bit. Luckily for us, Pritchard left his successor with a playoff roster and the full MLE for this summer. Our roster is so packed right now, though, a trade will need to be made to even use the MLE, unless we start cutting 2nd round picks like Pendergraph and Johnson. Potential GMs may care about the chaos, but I'm guessing the players don't care other than losing the GM who clearly believed in them. As long as the checks don't stop, I assume they'll get over it.
