Merged: Blazers control of media content....

I've heard from good sources that Crawford was a cancer in the locker room while he was here.

 

Something was not right when Crawford was on the team. I do not have any inside info to explain his opting out. When you consider how the roster exploded a couple of seasons later, I am not sure Crawford was the problem.

What I do remember is. Crawford bragged about being a good PG in school. So he was asked to play PG. He did not like playing PG in the NBA and did not perform well. The fans gave him shit about that.

 

ROLO was/is a good player, but I believe the consensus was that we were starting over and going young and to resign the vets did not make sense. So no Neil did not want to resign ROLO and I don't remember any of us disagreeing with it at the time.

 

If he was fired for having negative opinions of the Blazers, how does Jaynes still have a job then? He's constantly critical of the team. Maybe they didn't like his ascot?

 

Maybe everyone was in shock that LMA left, and ROLO was a sidebar topic that got ignored. I never wanted ROLO to leave, and would love to have him on the roster right now.

 

aren't the Mike's still getting paid even though they've lost their jobs? I'd think if they took another gig now they'd give up their contract paychecks unless they've been bought out?

 

Rolo mailed it in for a couple months after coming back from injury...didn't help us in the playoffs much at all....now Chicago is saying the roster is mailing it in...no coincidence?

 

Raymond Felton was too fat to play the point much....Kaleb started coaching..Luke Babbitt was the go to guy....not quite what Jamal signed on for...he was real close to McMillan from their Seattle roots.....just a horrible year of snowballing injuries and shake up.....I never had a problem with him.

 

If there is any truth about this being the reason for his firing, Chris McGowan needs to go. Shameful.

 

This is the beginning of the end. Thought we were over this Steve Patterson/John Nash bullshit.

 

More media saying NO is a bully

https://audioboom.com/posts/5566836...2-a-very-blazersworld-story-feat-corbin-smith

 

This is the most incoherent podcast I have every heard. 10 minutes of torture and shut it down. The one dude is so high on "cookies" his mind is missing, probably forever.

 

Ya he sounds drunk. Shut it off after the story about NO calling out the guy's credentials.

 

CSNNW hired Quick away from the Oregonian, didn't they?

 

I don't work for the blazers I just have two ears and a soul. Read the transcript of what Isaac said, he just whined like a child about getting fired cause he thinks Neil got him fired. When in reality he's just an unbearable person and the blazers and their partners have shown that they will improve the broadcasting surrounding the team even if it means ruffling a few feathers.

You made the thread, you are pushing the idea that it is true by your actions and admissions.

 

Thank you.

Lol at this thread

 

From Bedge

 

Lollll is Quick next on the chopping block?

Both ropp and Olshey come off as extremely whiny to me, I wouldn't miss either one, but at the same time it wouldn't be fair to fire them just because they criticize something.

 

Are these just voice overs, or actual endorsements? Voice overs are generally based on vocal talent; endorsements on reputation. One clue: does he actually identify himself as Mike Barrett, or do you just recognize his voice?

I wouldn't be surprised if he's doing voice overs. He has a clear, easy to understand, non-annoying voice. I would be surprised if he's still getting endorsement work - not that he got a lot when he was working for the Blazers, but I seem to remember at least one commercial he had for a local car dealership when he was working for the Blazers.

BNM

 

I'm a fan of Ropp, but maybe CSN was looking to cut costs. Maybe Ropp's tweet etc was an easy excuse to fire him. Nobody watches CSN outside the Blazer games and the Blazers pre/post shows. They cant possibly be making much money on selling advertising/commercials in the programming they actually control.