Mike and Mike are OUT? Same with 'Tone.

That's the worst three way I can imagine...

 

Maybe there's some horrible secret that's gonna get TMZ'd?

 

This sounds like corporate coming in to swing their dick around just to make a change for change's sake.

 

How can Paul Allen sit idly by and let this moron alienate the fan base and city like this?

 

Sounds like he knew before last season.

 

Highlights of the McGowan interview on 1080 The Fan.

1080: Surprising decision to say the least. A lot of fans are rather outraged....what is the message to the fanbase?

CM: Obviously I see the comments and understand there are a lot of fans that are upset. Hopefully our fans will bear with us and hopefully they will be excited with the replacements.

1080: In a season of passing expectations on the court, why this?

CM: Fans want answers but out of respect to those we let go I'm not going to get into that . I don't think it would be fair to talk about publicly. They all did a lot of great things for our organization but hopefully our fans understand when we let them know what we are doing going forward.

1080: Did this catch the 3 of them off guard?

CM: I'm sure it did. We are trying to do this in a compassionate manner but we are making a transition and we have to focus on that as well. You are talking about their lives and livelyhood and it is not easy and certainly not the fun part of the job.

1080: When you look the future, any specifics in what you are looking for?

CM: Not at this time. Once we make announcements on who we are bringing in I think it will be pretty clear as to why. It's not a lot about what they did or didn't do but more about the direction we are going in moving forward.

We are going through a broader transition with out broadcasts and it forced me to look at the creative parts of our broadcasts and started looking at it over the course of the season. It is ultimately me who makes the decisions but I spoke with others to get feedback and council.

1080: This sounds like you know who you are going to talk to.

CM: Yeah....you would never do something this drastic without knowing where you want to go. This is pretty unprecedented and we'll have some announcements pretty soon.

1080: We couldn't help but come to the conclusion that there is more to this.

CM: From a broader perspective it is. It just forced me to look at it even more closely but it was really more from a creative standpoint.

1080: Because you just signed these guys, people jump to conclusions.

CM: Sure....but then to you wait a year or give them a year to look while they are still getting paid? This gives them a soft landing and the best chance to see what their best move is without a financial impact.

We should have the entire team in place within a month or maybe even before that.

1080: Obviously a ton of tweets and your name was in a lot of these. (reads tweets....) What do you say to those that feel alienated?

CM: Just work really hard to earn their trust back again. I understand my role won't always be the most popular one but I am motivated to bring in people they can connect with. I do operate with a keen awareness that fans are fired up and that motivates me to do a good job to prove this will be good in the long run.

 

This is Stren right now.

 

I didn't get that at all. He indicated he felt they would probably express themselves at some point and didn't seem to indicate they were under any type of 'gag' order.