People would buy shares (like a publically traded company) and would have voting rights to appoint the board who basically acts as ownership. Incredibly complicated and you have no ability to restrict shareholders to "fans", it could be fans of any team who buys in and votes accordingly.
You can't restrict ownership to Oregon and Washington? At $1000 per share you'd need 2 million shareholders... If you could get a $2 billion purchase price.
Not to steal his name or anything but the Stotts-led Blazers have become the NBA’s version of Mediocre Man. Always hanging in/near the playoffs. Not the worst team by any means but also a clear step away from the best. I’ve largely learned to temper my hopes and expectations accordingly but sometimes the overly optimistic fan in me gets in the way and I end up more disappointed than I would like.
he actually didn’t say that. He said it *appears* he’ll last through the season, and reading the article it seemed more like his guess than actual reporting.
I believe a public stock sale and setting up as a non profit with paid executive's who are hired by a board of directors.
It's rare for a coach to be fired mid-season unless they're viewed as a tire fire. Regardless of sentiment in this thread, it's very obvious that Olshey and any other decision-makers don't see Stotts as a tire fire. If Olshey has stuck with Stotts this long, he obviously respects Stotts as a coach. So, if he replaces Stotts, it almost certainly won't happen til the off-season. Thus, I don't consider this any kind of bombshell, or even news, from Quick. It seems fairly obvious.
I don't think the article was intended as any kind of a bombshell, just more a case of looking at just how hot Terry's coaching seat has become. I'm not going to post the entire article, but these two paragraphs are pretty much in line with the way the rest of it goes: "But what has become especially concerning lately is the staggering lack of fight against top-caliber teams, as well as some puzzling flat performances, the latest on Sunday when a struggling Charlotte team put up 44 points in the first quarter despite playing without Gordon Hayward, LaMelo Ball and Devonte’ Graham. It was the fifth time Portland has allowed 40 or more points in the first quarter and the eighth time overall. Compounding the poor defense, the blowout losses to good teams, the absence of fight, and the lack of preparedness to open games is what has amounted to a grasping-for-straws approach from Stotts. One game he debuts Nassir Little at shooting guard — a move that actually paid dividends — after which he says “we’ll be doing it again … we have to continue to see how he does in that role” only to … never again see what he can do in that role." I guess the thing that surprised me about the article is that it doesn't point out that while Terry's undoubtedly got a very hot seat, Olshey absolutely has to have one of his own for his own ineptness. His big moves this offseason to acquire Covington and Jones Jr., which were intended to bolster Olshey's decision to "go for it" and boost the defense, have been a major bust. Acquiring Powell at the deadline, which was intended to waken the team by providing a seasoned veteran who is both a good scorer and a solid defender, has produced squat. I can't imagine a scenario where, if the final 16 games continue the recent trends, both Neil and Terry aren't sent packing by Jody Allen and the Vulcans.
If Quick is right, that is interesting, yeah. I have no problem with Stotts' seat being "hot," or him being dismissed. But Olshey has to go too. It makes no sense at all to me to fire Stotts but keep Olshey. The two have presided over a consistently mediocre roster (that had one good run to the WCF). If this era isn't good enough (and I don't think it's what the franchise should settle for), both architects of the era need to go.
I can only take re-runs for so long... I've chose not to watch more games this season than I have in the last 5 years combined. If my interest in this team is waning - I have to assume that is the case for most others as well.
