Let me get this straight all the professionals like wojo, hollinger, all respect him and are saddened to hear the news.... yet the cult of S2 thinks he sucks cause their fearless leaders (we know who they are) think Jason sucks? Do I have that correct? Give me a break. Nba players are typically scumbags. He's right. Always was pretty honest I thought and wrote entertaining articles. Freeman should write for the AP. just the facts. Boring and lifeless
I don't think they hate him for trying to do a good job. I think they hate him for being a douche bag. He has publicly stated, on more than one occasion, he doesn't like talking to NBA players. If you're an NBA player, are you going to like someone who doesn't like you and your kind AND has a job that can influence public opinion about you as both a player and a person? Not all beat writers are despised by the players they write about, but then not all beat writers make a big deal about how much they dislike talking to those players (aka: doing their job). BNM
I'm a huge blazer homer... And I always enjoyed quicks articles and interviews. Nba players are not all great guys like we all want to believe. Not quicks fault he's supposed to write about what truthfully goes on
Not all NBA players are pricks like you all want to believe! Sent from HCPs Baller-Ass iPhone 5...FAMS!
I'm going to miss Quick covering the Blazers. Quick did his best but it really was a no win situation for him during the jailblazer era and he seem to be religiously hated after that by many Blazer fans. For me, I thought Quick brought more insight and took us behind the Blazer scene more than any other local writer. I have a personal dislike for Canzano, who I think loves himself more than any other Oregon sports writer . . . but I don't get that same vibe from Quick the way others do.
He was more deserving of the Nobel Peace Prize than Obama! <lights fuse, runs away, giggling maniacally>
Come on now, we've had the discussion before. I think it's time to let this one go, wookee. You ain't one who would be running.
I've never had a problem with Quick. Even when I've disagreed with something he wrote, he generally wrote about something that I was interested in (my team, and his access to it) that I wouldn't get without him. When I've emailed or tweeted him about some of the errors (impossible trade rumors, the Nic situation, cap numbers) he's been relatively gracious and receptive--unlike some other guys. Haynes, fwiw, is the same way. Either way, I'm sure to read less of him since I don't follow the Ducks as much as the Blazers, but I don't hate him, I'm not going to pee on his grave, and I think Blazer fandom just took a hit--unless a "better Quick" is in the pipeline. Which I don't see, especially with the cuts at the Big O.
Quick is a diva. I find it funny that he complains about the fans not understanding his profession, well I understand the profession and he was a tool. The whole way the Oregonian dealt with the Jail Blazer era was unprofessional and bordered on tabloid journalism. He and Canzano walked around the Rose Garden like they owned the place. I was one of the first web guys to get credentialed with the team, and most of the print journalists looked down on us as inferior. I do think that Jason got better as time went on, but he was one of the worst offenders in the early 2000's. Print journalism is on its way out, and ego maniacs like Jason Quick are on their way out with it.
Totally agree. Every little incident that happened during the Jail Blazer era the Oregonian sensationalized and blew out of proportion. Ten years AFTER the yellow hummer incident with Damon and Rasheed, Crapzano still writes about it.
Hey, not everyone likes their job. A prison guard doesn't necessarily like the prisoners. He's dealt with a lot of assholes during his career, Rasheed, Bonzi, LaMarcus seems like a sour-puss too.
The "Behind the Blazer Beat" articles were solid 3-4 years ago. I do think Quick checked out of the job right after those ended, since he basically had burned bridges. I don't think he had much of a choice in this, because of the way he turned LMA's words about Portland against LMA, which caused a huge local Chicken Little reaction in the fan base.
Wow quick needs to write a book. Check out his last behind locker room on olive! Two things... Sounds like it was Roy who he was referring to that changed and cheated. Also says Roy was a baby about miller. Last wow pippen almost whipped quicks ass multiple times http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/i..._blazers_locker_room_door_jason_quick_on.html
