As I said, if this was about job performance, or something mundane like KP wanting to fire Nate, then the delay wouldn't be unusual. It is the combination of delay and secrecy that seems weird. Now, if this was strictly personal - then the pieces start to fit. It doesn't reflect well on either party, but that's life.
There are some people here that had an inflated sense of KP's worth. If you've been following my posts for any amount of time, you know I'm not one of them. I don't consider the timing or circumstances to be "nit-picking." I believe they are hurting the team's chances of finding a good replacement. This isn't about KP, who I am sure will survive. My concern is for the team. On some level, this smacks of PA/Vulcan creating an excuse to lower expectations.
Yes. Build the team through consolidation trades. Pritchard went for quantity over quality, continually adding without combining. We'll never have room for the stashed Euros until we consolidate. In yesterday's Brian Berger program, Berger said that one of Allen's dissatisfactions is that there has been no big trade as planned. I forgot to include that in my summary in that thread. It's how Pritchard could have redeemed himself to Allen and the fans.
If true, our owner is a bigger fool than I thought. The time to make a big trade is in the summer, or even the fall, because more players are tradeable due to FA status, which opens up a sign and trade that isn't allowed at the draft. What's the biggest Blazer trade in the past 20 years for a star player? For me, it was when we landed Scottie Pippen. Date of that trade??? October 2, 1999.
This. If they make the team better, more balanced and more competitive then I don't really give a damn about the team repairing its image. Paul Allen will still be a reactionary, blunderer tomorrow and the next day and he'll still have Bert Kolde trying to throw his weight around regardless of whatever PR damage control they do or whom they hire. I just hope they catch lightning in a bottle and the team wins big. That's all I want ... for real.
Some of Barrett's hard hitting questions: "Larry, do you ever sit back and wonder if things could get much better for you or the Blazers?" "Larry, which washed up R&B group of yesteryear will highlight opening night?" "Larry, if you could be any flavor of ice cream, which would it be and why?"
I have fired many people long after the decision was made. Most recent, I fired a developer June 1 and the decision was made January 1. I almost always fire someone long after the decision is made. The reason is almost always one of two things: a) I feel bad for the person and give them a chance to find another job or: b) I need something from the person and will fire them when it is delivered. Only once have I fired someone on the spot, she told me to fuck myself. All you guys saying Allen or KP are is a jackass because of this or that are just plain silly. Nobody here knows the real story and you are just being emotional. Like a 6th grade girl (or boy).
Thanks, Snake, and it should be obvious. I understand people in their early 20s saying that Allen had some moral duty to time the firing to the offender's (Pritchard's) benefit. But I don't understand anyone older thinking that, unless they have had only one cushy big company employer all their life, full of perks and benefits. Even then, it's no different. Boeing plans mass layoffs and doesn't tell people till necessary. These people must all be overpaid government employees. Notice that they post at work. Things were tough in my day. Overpaid government employees had to do crossword puzzles all day and eat doughnuts. Only the computer programmers in the air conditioned rooms could play games all day and eat doughnuts.
That is one of the biggest reason I let them go. Seriously. Some young programmers think they can screw around all day and produce nothing. I am always amazed at the entitlement attitude.
I'm even easier to please. They can just give me one million dollars and that'll redeem anything they do to the franchise. Even burning it or moving it to Anaheim.
So, if I'm reading this correctly, Pritchard was fired for screwing around all day and doing nothing? Also, why would you (literally, you, since you talked about firing people) keep on an unproductive worker who is basically stealing money from you? That would make me question your management acumen if I was a worker actually doing my job, and Jackoff Jake is next to me playing World of Warcraft all day long.
No, you didn't read it correctly. Those have been typical reasons I have let someone go. I don't have any idea why he was let go, and it doesn't really matter because hes gone. You and almost everyone else have no idea either. Question my management all you want, I'm sure you aren't the first. Sometimes its better to have an employee getting you closer to the end result than not at all. Someone screwing around all day can still contribute. When a replacement is available, the job is complete, or their contract is up - its easier to cut bait.
