Mike and Mike are OUT? Same with 'Tone.

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  1. Mediocre Man

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    Ok, you win. Hire all the Seattle guys.
     
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    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    Thanks, but it's not my call. I just found it ironic, and shortsighted, that so many posters are vehemently against hiring anyone from Seattle when the most venerated broadcaster in Portland history was a "Seattle guy".

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    Bullshit. I know better. :)
     
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    Times have changed. The fan base, at least a pretty decent number of them, are concerned about this team leaving in a couple of years to Seattle when the lease is up. I think it would be completely foolish for the front office to bring in a "Seattle guy"
     
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    The inferiority complex is madness. Dudes, you guys gotta quit being so scared of Seattle. smh
     
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    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    Says, the guy from Houston. That's pure speculation on your part.

    Ok, who do you recommend they hire as a play-by-play guy that would be better than Kevin Calabro?

    Calabro hasn't called a Seattle game in over 8 years. When the lying hillbilly owners stole the team and moved them to Cowtown, he told the new owners to go fuck themselves. At east he has that in common with Portland fans. He hates the OKC Thunder. I could bond with him over that alone.

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    Where do you get this from? I rarely hear anyone talk about being fearful of the team moving to Seattle. And you cant bring up people here on SportsTwo, we are super fans. The average fan here in PDX has very little fear of it happening, it's not talked about. You still live in Texas correct? There is no way you can have an accurate sense of the pulse of PDX from Texas. :wink:
     
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    Not to mention, the guy is fucking fantastic. To you skeptics, try listening to Game 6 on ESPN Radio tonight. He's calling the finals games nationally.
     
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    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    Yep, unless the new guys are an upgrade, what's the fucking point?

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    I have no idea who would be better or worse. I don't think Barrett was worse, though. Calabro is 59, which would seem odd to to me to bring in someone that old. Not sure why I think that, just do.
     
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    Seriously. Paul is NOT moving the team to Seattle. We are a single sport town. You don't find more loyalty and long term fan presence than in single sport towns.

    MM is just trying to spawn drama...when there isn't even a muddy puddle for a tadpole to grow.
     
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    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    paranoid fans who have no real grasp on reality have that fear.

    If the team wanted to leave, they wouldn't upgrade the RG, they would've have bothered selling the naming rights. They would have already signed with comcast and not given a shit about the availability. They would tell damian to not embrace the community, they wouldn't have uniforms that say "rip city". One thing they would do is get rid of the radio announcer who was arguably the most important of the 4 guys in this issue (Wheels, Rice, Antonio and Barrett).

    They would be setting many things in motion for the team to move.

    Also, the earliest they can move is 2023. That't not for another SEVEN years.

    As i said earlier in the thread, you're telling me that the NBA would be all hell bent on moving a team to Seattle, that hasn't had a team (at that time) in 17 years!? Talk about going into a dead market.

    The NBA knows that old markets do not equal smart $$. Yes, they went to New Orleans after 20+ years, but that was a special circumstance. But notice that the team that did move to New Orleans (Charlotte) was quickly replaced.

    Charlotte returned like 2 years later. Seattle hasn't had an NBA team in 8 years now. And they're no where near ready for a return.

    Let's get off the paranoid spaceship folks.
     
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    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    Exactly! I have never had a single fan mention the team moving to Seattle to me in person. It's just the paranoid wackos in this forum. A lot of stupid shit gets said around here. Some of it purposely intended to get a reaction. Some of it out of boredom. I seriously doubt one single season ticket holder cancels their season tickets if the Blazers hire Kevin Calabro as their new play-by-play guy.

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    I agree with ya on that. But if they want a national name, big time guy with experience/clout, they are going to have to hire someone a little older.
     
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    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    59 is not old for a play-by-play guy. Several of them call games well into their 70s.

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    Yes, but that's basically the Mike and Mike tenure. Seems to me they'd want someone longer term, unless McGowan wants to change it out every couple of years.....which is dumb IMO
     
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    I wonder if there is a site that shows longest tenured broadcast teams?
     
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    Look the blazers are trying to fix something that wasn't broken. No fan of mike and mike should have an open mind to this change.

    Whoever they hire will suck in comparison until proven otherwise.
     
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