And? I think it's pretty clear that Cho isn't going to call the shots. EDIT: Now that Cho has made the media rounds I think it's obvious he isn't going to call the shots. It's essentially been admitted as much by Miller. And really? I don't have a problem with this. More and more it's evident that this is how's it's been in Portland for a long, long time. If Cho is as good at what he's SUPPOSED to be good at, then I'm down.
I don't like Nate being involved. I do, however, like that Buchanan and Borne will be more involved. Plus, if Nate is wrong, and IMO he will be, he will be hanging himself
Nate's right. The NBA is more collaborative than ever. More collaborative on getting Lebron a ring that is.
I don't have a problem with it either. Others seem to have a problem with people holding this opinion, though. The roster is good, and hopefully a huge deal can be made to put the Blazers in contention. I don't care who makes that call ... just get it done!
Wait a minute... More than ever? I thought we just fired a guy for being ULTRA collaborative and taking ALL the credit? It's pretty clear now why Ferry and Pfund aren't the GM.
Pritchard was just a Chief Scout & Marketing Manager masquerading as a GM. Miller did the business matters and paid the bills, and was forced to do the contract negotiations by Pritchard's immaturity. Penn did the analytical work with CBA and the cap. Someone else did the computer stat work. Now, Pritchard worshippers claim, Cho won't have all the power! Things have changed! Yes, they have since Bob Whitsitt, the last one competent enough to hold all the power. He was both GM and President. Cho can do more of the things on that list than Pritchard could.
Something tells me that Nate just won a power struggle between he and KP ... now I'm not suggesting that Nate had KP whacked, but I do think the two had stylistic differences that may have created tension (Nate loves vets and "scrappers" KP seemed to love youth and potential and "flash" ... not saying one approach is correct and the other wrong). Anyway, I think Cho is a really nice hire based on all of the stuff I read about him when he wasn't even really on the Blazers' radar: supposedly he's not only good at CBA stuff and analytics, but also has a good eye for talent (he's the one who insisted on Ibaka IIRC?)
He was on their radar if Presti turned them down, which they fully expected, so he was on their radar from the start. As I posted a week ago, Cho was the highest guy in Sonic management whom the fans liked. They disliked owners Schultz and his successor Bennett, they disliked President Wally Walker, and also GM Rick Sund. Asst. GM Cho was liked. The Vulcans are in Seattle. Ergo, they knew all about him from the start.
Yes, but did Patterson hold all the power? I think the Oregonian was more powerful and was dictating the changes they wanted. Whereas Whitsitt just ignored the rubes at the paper. He hardly even talked to them, and they hated him. He was powerful enough not to care.
Powerful enough to ignore a newspaper? Wow. He really was amazing. I mean youre talking about "The power of the press." Has anyone else ever dared look into it's lazer shooting eyes and said no????
